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 |