Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Ghana?

Over the last ten years it is up 11.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Ghana data come from?

The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area from MODIS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Ghana

Name: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Ghana
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)

Ghana: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 314.1 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)

314.1 1000 ha

Change on year

up 1.5%

World rank

48th

of 240 countries

All-time high

314.1 1000 ha

in 2024

All-time low

260.33 1000 ha

in 2001

Years of data

2001–2024

Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Ghana, 2001–2024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

Ghana recorded 314.1 1000 ha for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and up 11.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Ghana peaked at 314.1 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 260.33 1000 ha, in 2001.

That places Ghana 48th out of 240 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
2000s	264.14 1000 ha	260.33 1000 ha	269.11 1000 ha	9
2010s	284.42 1000 ha	271.36 1000 ha	296.55 1000 ha	10
2020s	307.03 1000 ha	300.15 1000 ha	314.1 1000 ha	5

Countries ranked near Ghana

45 China, Taiwan Province of 344.04 1000 ha compare
46 Philippines 338.67 1000 ha compare
47 Algeria 336.24 1000 ha compare
49 Democratic Republic of the Congo 309.04 1000 ha compare
50 Syrian Arab Republic 307.14 1000 ha compare
51 Ecuador 296.11 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 269 places →

More environment data for Ghana

Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 3.01 % (2024)
Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 223 1000 ha (2024)
Inland waters — Area 1,100 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 22.79 % (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 41.14 % (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 5,186 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 21.48 % (2024)
Permanent crops — Area 2,708 1000 ha (2024)
Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 37.37 % (2024)
Arable land — Area 4,710 1000 ha (2024)

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Frequently asked questions

What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Ghana?: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Ghana was 314.1 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Ghana?: The highest recorded value was 314.1 1000 ha in 2024.
What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Ghana?: The lowest recorded value was 260.33 1000 ha in 2001.
How does Ghana rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?: Ghana ranks 48th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Ghana?: Over the last ten years it is up 11.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Ghana data come from?: The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area from MODIS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area from MODIS
Unit: 1000 ha
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 269 places, 6,390 data points, 2001–2024
Last refreshed: 12 August 2026

The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.