Environment in Ghana

2,543 indicators covering environment for Ghana.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Naturally regenerating forest — Share in Forest land 95.74 % 2025 down 1.4% 118th
Pesticides (total) — Export value, per square kilometre 0.008 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 down 23.8% 97th
Veneer sheets — Import quantity, annual growth rate 16.37 % change on previous year 2024 up 135.0% 72nd
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Export quantity 2 t 2024 down 94.3% 137th
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Export value 10 1000 USD 2024 down 67.7% 137th
Sawnwood, coniferous — Export quantity 5,112 m3 2024 up 92.6% 73rd
Other fibreboard — Import quantity 258 m3 2024 up 210.8% 144th
Other fibreboard — Import value 124 1000 USD 2024 up 117.5% 134th
Roundwood, coniferous — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2024 42nd
Fibreboard — Import value, per square kilometre 0.0197 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 579.7% 131st
Fibreboard — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.0558 m3 per square kilometre 2023 up 623.3% 120th
Sawnwood, coniferous — Export value 1,612 1000 USD 2024 up 84.4% 78th
Planted Forest — Area 300.86 1000 ha 2025 up 55.1% 84th
Planted Forest — Share in Forest land 4.26 % 2025 up 46.9% 126th
Sawnwood, coniferous — Production 10,000 m3 2024 unchanged 100th
Industrial roundwood — Export value, per square kilometre 0.1586 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 down 70.5% 44th
Industrial roundwood — Export quantity, per square kilometre 0.6503 m3 per square kilometre 2023 down 41.5% 43rd
Total fibre furnish — Export value 56 1000 USD 2024 down 91.5% 173rd
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2024 up 100.0% 77th
Total fibre furnish — Export quantity 33 t 2024 down 98.9% 203rd
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Export quantity 837 t 2024 up 15.1% 78th
Wood charcoal — Production, per capita 0.0694 t per person 2024 up 6.4% 3rd
Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production, per unit of GDP 0.0007 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 down 14.8% 14th
Wood fuel, coniferous — Production, per capita 0 m3 per person 2024 77th
Wood fuel — Production, per unit of GDP 0.0007 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 down 14.8% 14th
Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production, per unit of GDP 0.0007 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 down 14.9% 16th
Roundwood — Production, per unit of GDP 0.0007 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 down 14.9% 16th
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use, per square kilometre 0.1094 t per square kilometre 2023 down 27.5% 81st
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.1471 t per square kilometre 2023 up 49.8% 74th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use, per square 0.1024 t per square kilometre 2023 down 40.3% 87th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity, per square 0.1132 t per square kilometre 2023 down 37.9% 88th
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use, per square kilometre 0.2602 t per square kilometre 2023 up 30.6% 97th
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.4227 t per square kilometre 2023 up 30.4% 74th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Export quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 down 46.6% 54th
Other paper and paperboard — Export value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP 2024 down 1.1% 102nd
Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 up 109.3% 90th
Emissions of air pollutants 132,088 tonnes 2022 up 10.6% 85th
Roundwood, coniferous — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 down 34.4% 86th
Total fibre furnish — Import value, per square kilometre 0.0794 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 1,300.6% 75th
Total fibre furnish — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.1264 t per square kilometre 2023 up 2,009.6% 75th
Veneer sheets — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.002 m3 per square kilometre 2023 up 19.3% 128th
Graphic papers — Export quantity 131 t 2024 down 81.1% 130th
Graphic papers — Export value 43 1000 USD 2024 down 90.3% 157th
Veneer sheets — Import value, per square kilometre 0.0024 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 231.7% 118th
Paper and paperboard — Export value, per square kilometre 0.0296 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 193.7% 102nd
Paper and paperboard — Export quantity, per square kilometre 0.0655 t per square kilometre 2023 up 952.3% 89th
Chemical wood pulp — Import value, annual growth rate 43.57 % change on previous year 2024 up 2,179.4% 24th
Wood-based panels — Export value, per square kilometre 0.0624 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 down 62.5% 71st
Wood-based panels — Export quantity, per square kilometre 0.217 m3 per square kilometre 2023 up 66.3% 65th
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity, per square kilometre 0.076 t per square kilometre 2023 up 40.1% 63rd
Heat Index 35 65.38 2024 up 290.6% 13th
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Production 0 t 2024 76th
Chemical wood pulp — Import quantity, annual growth rate 134.78 % change on previous year 2024 up 2,224.9% 12th
Newsprint — Export quantity 0 t 2024 down 100.0% 127th
Veneer sheets — Export quantity 13,704 m3 2024 down 51.1% 56th
Veneer sheets — Export value 11,937 1000 USD 2024 down 43.2% 50th
Wood fuel, coniferous — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 77th
Land area equipped for irrigation — Area, per capita 0 1000 ha per person 2024 up 285.3% 107th
Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production, per square kilometre 237.78 m3 per square kilometre 2023 up 30.5% 1st
Wood fuel — Production, per square kilometre 237.78 m3 per square kilometre 2023 up 30.5% 1st