Forest land — Area in Ghana
Ghana: Forest land — Area was 7,056 1000 ha in 2025. ▲ Rising
Forest land — Area in Ghana, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 7,056 1000 ha for forest land — area in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — area in Ghana peaked at 7,056 1000 ha in 2025 and was at its lowest, 5,806 1000 ha, in 1990.
Ghana ranks 67th of 231 countries on this measure, 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 | 5,967 1000 ha | 5,806 1000 ha | 6,128 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,324 1000 ha | 6,163 1000 ha | 6,485 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,681 1000 ha | 6,521 1000 ha | 6,842 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,967 1000 ha | 6,878 1000 ha | 7,056 1000 ha | 6 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 64 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 7,728 1000 ha compare
- 65 Philippines 7,439 1000 ha compare
- 66 South Sudan 7,160 1000 ha compare
- 68 Romania 6,957 1000 ha compare
- 69 Cambodia 6,333 1000 ha compare
- 70 Liberia 6,327 1000 ha compare
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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — area in Ghana?
- Forest land — area in Ghana was 7,056 1000 ha in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — area recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 7,056 1000 ha in 2025.
- What is the lowest forest land — area recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,806 1000 ha in 1990.
- How does Ghana rank for forest land — area?
- Ghana ranks 67th out of 231 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest land — 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, published as part of Forest land — Area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.