Roundwood — Production, per capita in Ghana
Ghana: Roundwood — Production, per capita was 1.69 m3 per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roundwood — Production, per capita in Ghana, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in m3 per person.
Analysis
In 2024, roundwood — production, per capita in Ghana stood at 1.69 m3 per person. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roundwood — production, per capita in Ghana peaked at 1.69 m3 per person in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.7841 m3 per person, in 1991.
That places Ghana 19th out of 170 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roundwood — Production, per capita in Ghana, year by year
| Year | m3 per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.15 m3 per person | — |
| 1962 | 1.15 m3 per person | +0.1% |
| 1963 | 1.14 m3 per person | -0.9% |
| 1964 | 1.13 m3 per person | -1.1% |
| 1965 | 1.14 m3 per person | +1.0% |
| 1966 | 1.09 m3 per person | -3.9% |
| 1967 | 1.08 m3 per person | -1.3% |
| 1968 | 1.07 m3 per person | -0.4% |
| 1969 | 1.09 m3 per person | +1.8% |
| 1970 | 1.08 m3 per person | -1.0% |
| 1971 | 1.05 m3 per person | -3.0% |
| 1972 | 1.08 m3 per person | +2.4% |
| 1973 | 1.12 m3 per person | +4.2% |
| 1974 | 1.05 m3 per person | -6.5% |
| 1975 | 1.03 m3 per person | -2.3% |
| 1976 | 1.04 m3 per person | +1.1% |
| 1977 | 1.02 m3 per person | -1.2% |
| 1978 | 0.9612 m3 per person | -6.2% |
| 1979 | 0.9255 m3 per person | -3.7% |
| 1980 | 0.89 m3 per person | -3.8% |
| 1981 | 0.8943 m3 per person | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 0.9285 m3 per person | +3.8% |
| 1983 | 1.02 m3 per person | +9.6% |
| 1984 | 1 m3 per person | -1.7% |
| 1985 | 0.9853 m3 per person | -1.5% |
| 1986 | 0.9666 m3 per person | -1.9% |
| 1987 | 0.9505 m3 per person | -1.7% |
| 1988 | 0.9374 m3 per person | -1.4% |
| 1989 | 0.9189 m3 per person | -2.0% |
| 1990 | 0.9295 m3 per person | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 0.7841 m3 per person | -15.6% |
| 1992 | 1.01 m3 per person | +28.4% |
| 1993 | 1.2 m3 per person | +19.3% |
| 1994 | 1.33 m3 per person | +10.4% |
| 1995 | 1.35 m3 per person | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 1.37 m3 per person | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 1.38 m3 per person | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 1.4 m3 per person | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 1.4 m3 per person | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 1.41 m3 per person | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 1.43 m3 per person | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 1.44 m3 per person | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 1.46 m3 per person | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 1.47 m3 per person | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 1.48 m3 per person | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 1.49 m3 per person | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 1.5 m3 per person | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 1.52 m3 per person | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 1.52 m3 per person | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 1.56 m3 per person | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 1.57 m3 per person | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 1.58 m3 per person | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 1.6 m3 per person | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 1.6 m3 per person | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 1.62 m3 per person | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 1.62 m3 per person | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 1.63 m3 per person | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 1.64 m3 per person | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 1.59 m3 per person | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 1.63 m3 per person | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 1.67 m3 per person | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 1.68 m3 per person | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 1.69 m3 per person | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1.69 m3 per person | +0.3% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 1.69 m3 per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.4583 m3 per person, 3.7× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 1.69 m3 per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.5118 m3 per person, 3.3× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Roundwood — Production, per capita in Ghana changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +28.4% | 0.7841 m3 per person | 1.01 m3 per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.12 m3 per person | 1.07 m3 per person | 1.15 m3 per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.04 m3 per person | 0.9255 m3 per person | 1.12 m3 per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.9489 m3 per person | 0.89 m3 per person | 1.02 m3 per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.22 m3 per person | 0.7841 m3 per person | 1.4 m3 per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.47 m3 per person | 1.41 m3 per person | 1.52 m3 per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.6 m3 per person | 1.56 m3 per person | 1.64 m3 per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.67 m3 per person | 1.63 m3 per person | 1.69 m3 per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
More environment data for Ghana
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -13.57 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -11.89 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.26 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.34 °C (2025)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.2663 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 9.09 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roundwood — production, per capita in Ghana?
- Roundwood — production, per capita in Ghana was 1.69 m3 per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest roundwood — production, per capita recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 1.69 m3 per person in 2024.
- What is the lowest roundwood — production, per capita recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7841 m3 per person in 1991.
- How does Ghana rank for roundwood — production, per capita?
- Ghana ranks 19th out of 170 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roundwood — production, per capita rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Roundwood — Production, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Roundwood — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Roundwood — Production ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Roundwood — Production Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Roundwood — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.