Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Ghana
Ghana: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 10,020 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Ghana, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tree-covered areas — area from modis in Ghana is 10,020 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Ghana peaked at 11,348 1000 ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 9,291 1000 ha, in 2001.
Ghana ranks 53rd of 223 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Ghana, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 9,291 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 10,190 1000 ha | +9.7% |
| 2003 | 10,948 1000 ha | +7.4% |
| 2004 | 11,113 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 11,249 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 11,348 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 11,295 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 11,151 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 11,188 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 11,337 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 11,334 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 11,258 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 11,135 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 10,956 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 10,712 1000 ha | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 10,596 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 10,500 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 10,543 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 10,770 1000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 10,567 1000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 10,207 1000 ha | -3.4% |
| 2022 | 10,062 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 10,052 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 10,020 1000 ha | -0.3% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 10,020 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,158 1000 ha, 4.6× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 10,020 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,469 1000 ha, 4.1× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10,864 1000 ha | 9,291 1000 ha | 11,348 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 10,914 1000 ha | 10,500 1000 ha | 11,337 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,182 1000 ha | 10,020 1000 ha | 10,567 1000 ha | 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)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -27.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.72 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.8796 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Ghana?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Ghana was 10,020 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 11,348 1000 ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,291 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Ghana rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Ghana ranks 53rd out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.