Environment in Ghana

2,543 indicators covering environment for Ghana.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Share of population using at least a basic drinking water source 89.9% 2024 up 13.0% 172nd
People using at least a basic drinking water source 30.96 million people 2024 up 38.7% 45th
People not using improved drinking water sources 1.93 million people 2024 down 46.1% 38th
Share of population not using improved drinking water sources 5.6% 2024 down 56.1% 59th
Share of the population using improved water sources 94.4% 2024 up 8.2% 173rd
Special coated paper and pulp products (export/import) — Export value 1 1000 USD 2024 down 92.3% 159th
Total greenhouse gas emissions including LULUCF 53.62 Mt CO2e 2023 up 39.7% 75th
Wooden wrapping and packaging material (export/import) — Export value 13 1000 USD 2024 down 92.3% 142nd
Composite paper and paperboard (export/import) — Import value 51 1000 USD 2024 down 1.9% 138th
Printing and writing papers, coated — Import quantity 8,698 t 2024 up 1.4% 99th
Printing and writing papers, coated — Import value 9,009 1000 USD 2024 up 6.0% 101st
Builder's joinery and carpentry of wood (export/import) — Export value 4,897 1000 USD 2024 up 8,803.6% 73rd
Wood products for domestic/decorative use (export/import) — Export 134 1000 USD 2024 up 71.8% 112th
Household and sanitary paper, ready for use (export/import) — Export 1,146 1000 USD 2024 up 316.7% 103rd
Wood chips, particles and residues — Export quantity 29 m3 2024 down 99.9% 126th
Wood chips, particles and residues — Export value 8 1000 USD 2024 down 99.8% 123rd
Other manufactured wood products (export/import) — Export value 11,484 1000 USD 2024 down 39.5% 52nd
Printing and writing papers, uncoated, mechanical — Import quantity 2,178 t 2024 up 27.7% 84th
Printing and writing papers, uncoated, mechanical — Import value 1,858 1000 USD 2024 up 22.6% 91st
Further processed sawnwood, coniferous (export/import) — Import value 1 1000 USD 2024 down 66.7% 208th
Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services 76.3% 2024 up 14.4% 130th
People in rural areas not using an improved water source 1.93 million people 2024 down 36.4% 34th
Grassland — Area from MODIS 10,028 1000 ha 2024 up 11.5% 42nd
Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS 2,698 1000 ha 2024 down 7.4% 54th
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area 314.1 1000 ha 2024 up 11.4% 44th
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS 10,020 1000 ha 2024 down 8.5% 53rd
Mangroves — Area from MODIS 10.99 1000 ha 2024 up 41.6% 65th
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS 13.34 1000 ha 2024 down 12.6% 75th
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded 127.76 1000 ha 2024 up 119.4% 52nd
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS 7.84 1000 ha 2024 up 14.0% 90th
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS 0 1000 ha 2024 46th
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS 668.75 1000 ha 2024 up 2.6% 40th
Temporary crops — Area 3,668 1000 ha 2024 up 8.7% 59th
Temporary fallow — Area 526.83 1000 ha 2024 down 3.5% 50th
Temporary meadows and pastures — Area 515.42 1000 ha 2024 up 3.0% 39th
Other papers mainly for packaging — Import quantity 624 t 2024 up 2,128.6% 105th
Other papers mainly for packaging — Import value 344 1000 USD 2024 up 1,333.3% 111th
Medium/high density fibreboard (MDF/HDF) — Export quantity 7 m3 2024 down 74.1% 127th
Medium/high density fibreboard (MDF/HDF) — Export value 8 1000 USD 2024 down 65.2% 125th
Case materials — Import quantity 55,036 t 2024 up 194.9% 76th
Case materials — Import value 32,556 1000 USD 2024 up 189.5% 79th
Packaging cartons, boxes etc. (export/import) — Export value 9,184 1000 USD 2024 up 129.8% 96th
Packaging paper and paperboard — Import quantity 83,520 t 2024 up 161.3% 86th
Packaging paper and paperboard — Import value 57,710 1000 USD 2024 up 130.6% 92nd
Cartonboard — Import quantity 4,391 t 2024 down 43.9% 125th
Cartonboard — Import value 3,244 1000 USD 2024 down 62.7% 143rd
Industrial roundwood, coniferous — Production, per capita 0.0015 m3 per person 2024 down 18.5% 93rd
Industrial roundwood, coniferous — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 down 34.4% 84th
Further processed sawnwood (export/import) — Import value 214 1000 USD 2024 up 590.3% 151st
Further processed sawnwood, non-coniferous (export/import) — Import 213 1000 USD 2024 up 660.7% 131st
Packaging paper and paperboard — Export quantity 5,331 t 2024 up 231.1% 94th
Packaging paper and paperboard — Export value 3,025 1000 USD 2024 up 54.2% 94th
Other articles of paper and paperboard, ready for use (export/import) 3,346 1000 USD 2024 up 1,288.4% 96th
Wrapping papers — Import quantity 23,469 t 2024 up 330.6% 72nd
Wrapping papers — Import value 21,566 1000 USD 2024 up 327.0% 77th
Secondary processed paper products (export/import) — Export value 13,678 1000 USD 2024 up 201.3% 101st
Wooden wrapping and packaging material (export/import) — Import value 1,474 1000 USD 2024 up 7.8% 113th
Wrapping papers — Export quantity 960 t 2024 down 35.9% 79th
Wrapping papers — Export value 1,247 1000 USD 2024 down 32.6% 79th
Wood products for domestic/decorative use (export/import) — Import 487 1000 USD 2024 down 26.2% 144th