Wood fuel — Production, per capita in Ghana
Ghana: Wood fuel — Production, per capita was 1.61 m3 per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wood fuel — Production, per capita in Ghana, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in m3 per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wood fuel — production, per capita in Ghana is 1.61 m3 per person, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wood fuel — production, per capita in Ghana peaked at 1.61 m3 per person in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.6968 m3 per person, in 1991.
That places Ghana 6th out of 170 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wood fuel — Production, per capita in Ghana, year by year
| Year | m3 per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.8776 m3 per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.8846 m3 per person | +0.8% |
| 1963 | 0.8907 m3 per person | +0.7% |
| 1964 | 0.8941 m3 per person | +0.4% |
| 1965 | 0.8939 m3 per person | -0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.8905 m3 per person | -0.4% |
| 1967 | 0.8848 m3 per person | -0.6% |
| 1968 | 0.8784 m3 per person | -0.7% |
| 1969 | 0.8727 m3 per person | -0.6% |
| 1970 | 0.8683 m3 per person | -0.5% |
| 1971 | 0.8664 m3 per person | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 0.8666 m3 per person | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.8668 m3 per person | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.865 m3 per person | -0.2% |
| 1975 | 0.8595 m3 per person | -0.6% |
| 1976 | 0.8508 m3 per person | -1.0% |
| 1977 | 0.8393 m3 per person | -1.4% |
| 1978 | 0.8269 m3 per person | -1.5% |
| 1979 | 0.8159 m3 per person | -1.3% |
| 1980 | 0.8079 m3 per person | -1.0% |
| 1981 | 0.8185 m3 per person | +1.3% |
| 1982 | 0.866 m3 per person | +5.8% |
| 1983 | 0.9445 m3 per person | +9.1% |
| 1984 | 0.9265 m3 per person | -1.9% |
| 1985 | 0.9085 m3 per person | -1.9% |
| 1986 | 0.89 m3 per person | -2.0% |
| 1987 | 0.8791 m3 per person | -1.2% |
| 1988 | 0.8711 m3 per person | -0.9% |
| 1989 | 0.8576 m3 per person | -1.5% |
| 1990 | 0.836 m3 per person | -2.5% |
| 1991 | 0.6968 m3 per person | -16.7% |
| 1992 | 0.9268 m3 per person | +33.0% |
| 1993 | 1.09 m3 per person | +17.7% |
| 1994 | 1.22 m3 per person | +11.5% |
| 1995 | 1.28 m3 per person | +5.0% |
| 1996 | 1.3 m3 per person | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 1.31 m3 per person | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 1.33 m3 per person | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 1.35 m3 per person | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 1.36 m3 per person | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 1.37 m3 per person | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 1.39 m3 per person | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 1.4 m3 per person | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 1.41 m3 per person | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 1.42 m3 per person | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 1.43 m3 per person | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 1.45 m3 per person | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 1.46 m3 per person | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 1.47 m3 per person | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 1.48 m3 per person | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 1.49 m3 per person | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 1.5 m3 per person | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 1.51 m3 per person | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 1.52 m3 per person | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 1.53 m3 per person | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 1.54 m3 per person | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 1.55 m3 per person | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 1.55 m3 per person | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 1.52 m3 per person | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 1.57 m3 per person | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 1.58 m3 per person | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 1.59 m3 per person | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 1.6 m3 per person | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 1.61 m3 per person | +0.6% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 1.61 m3 per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.3778 m3 per person, 4.3× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 1.61 m3 per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.4386 m3 per person, 3.7× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wood fuel — 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 | +33.0% | 0.6968 m3 per person | 0.9268 m3 per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8852 m3 per person | 0.8727 m3 per person | 0.8941 m3 per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.8525 m3 per person | 0.8159 m3 per person | 0.8683 m3 per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.877 m3 per person | 0.8079 m3 per person | 0.9445 m3 per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.13 m3 per person | 0.6968 m3 per person | 1.35 m3 per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.42 m3 per person | 1.36 m3 per person | 1.47 m3 per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.52 m3 per person | 1.48 m3 per person | 1.55 m3 per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.59 m3 per person | 1.57 m3 per person | 1.61 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 wood fuel — production, per capita in Ghana?
- Wood fuel — production, per capita in Ghana was 1.61 m3 per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest wood fuel — production, per capita recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 1.61 m3 per person in 2024.
- What is the lowest wood fuel — production, per capita recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6968 m3 per person in 1991.
- How does Ghana rank for wood fuel — production, per capita?
- Ghana ranks 6th out of 170 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wood fuel — production, per capita rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.8%. 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 Wood fuel — Production, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Wood fuel — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Wood fuel — Production ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Wood fuel — 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
Wood fuel — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.