Forest area in Ghana
Ghana: Forest area was 7.06 million hectares in 2025. ▲ Rising
Forest area in Ghana, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares.
Analysis
In 2025, forest area in Ghana stood at 7.06 million hectares. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area in Ghana peaked at 7.06 million hectares in 2025 and was at its lowest, 5.81 million hectares, in 1990.
That places Ghana 64th out of 235 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.97 million hectares | 5.81 million hectares | 6.13 million hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.32 million hectares | 6.16 million hectares | 6.48 million hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.68 million hectares | 6.52 million hectares | 6.84 million hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.97 million hectares | 6.88 million hectares | 7.06 million hectares | 6 |
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More environment data for Ghana
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 48.09 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.4 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 6.2 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.7908 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 7.72 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0127 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 18.11 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0108 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0685 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 3.3 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest area in Ghana?
- Forest area in Ghana was 7.06 million hectares in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest forest area recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 7.06 million hectares in 2025.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.81 million hectares in 1990.
- How does Ghana rank for forest area?
- Ghana ranks 64th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest area rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. 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 (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems.