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Forest Land Area rose 0.305% to 93.4 '000 sq km in Ghana in 2015

Forest Land Area ('000 sq km), 2015
Paper, Pulp & Forestry | Ghana | July 14, 2018
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Forest land area rose 0.305% to 93.4 '000 sq km in Ghana in 2015, according to Faostat.

Historically, forest land area in Ghana reached an all time high of 93.4 '000 sq km in 2015 and an all time low of 50.6 '000 sq km in 2009. When compared to Ghana's main peers, forest land area in Benin amounted to 43.1 '000 sq km, 104 '000 sq km in Ivory Coast and 1.88 '000 sq km in Togo in 2015.

Ghana has been ranked 55th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of forest land area, 16 places above the position seen 10 years ago.

Forest Land Area Unit 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Benin '000 sq km 46.1 45.6 45.1 44.6 44.1
Burkina Faso '000 sq km 57.1 56.5 55.9 55.3 54.7
Ghana '000 sq km 50.6 92.0 92.2 92.5 92.8
Guinea '000 sq km 65.8 65.4 65.1 64.7 64.4
Ivory Coast '000 sq km 104 104 104 104 104
Liberia '000 sq km 43.6 43.3 43.0 42.7 42.4
Mali '000 sq km 126 51.1 50.3 49.5 48.7
Niger '000 sq km 12.2 12.0 11.9 11.8 11.7
Nigeria '000 sq km 94.5 90.4 86.3 82.2 78.1
Togo '000 sq km 3.07 2.87 2.67 2.47 2.28

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