Environment in Ghana

2,543 indicators covering environment for Ghana.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Special coated paper and pulp products (export/import) — Import value 6,728 1000 USD 2024 up 598.6% 110th
Household and sanitary paper, ready for use (export/import) — Import 15,425 1000 USD 2024 down 66.8% 93rd
Packaging cartons, boxes etc. (export/import) — Import value 43,531 1000 USD 2024 up 72.8% 84th
Secondary processed paper products (export/import) — Import value 109,812 1000 USD 2024 up 21.1% 89th
Other articles of paper and paperboard, ready for use (export/import) 44,077 1000 USD 2024 up 145.3% 85th
Other manufactured wood products (export/import) — Import value 2,164 1000 USD 2024 up 95.0% 125th
Builder's joinery and carpentry of wood (export/import) — Import value 12,806 1000 USD 2024 up 106.0% 87th
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Production 0 t 2024 25th
Other papers mainly for packaging — Export quantity 0 t 2024 140th
Other papers mainly for packaging — Export value 2 1000 USD 2024 129th
Change in the consumption of ozone-depleting substances 17.62 2021 down 46.0% 24th
Printing and writing papers, uncoated, woodfree — Export quantity 5 t 2024 down 98.6% 138th
Printing and writing papers, uncoated, woodfree — Export value 10 1000 USD 2024 down 95.9% 138th
Total fibre furnish — Production, per square kilometre 0.0132 t per square kilometre 2023 down 57.1% 109th
Case materials — Export quantity 4,309 t 2024 up 430,800.0% 82nd
Case materials — Export value 1,734 1000 USD 2024 up 5,318.8% 83rd
Percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services 43 % 2024 up 43.3% 104th
Cartonboard — Export quantity 62 t 2024 down 44.1% 118th
Cartonboard — Export value 42 1000 USD 2024 down 48.1% 127th
Printing and writing papers, coated — Export quantity 120 t 2024 up 215.8% 88th
Printing and writing papers, coated — Export value 29 1000 USD 2024 up 38.1% 110th
Printing and writing papers, uncoated, mechanical — Export quantity 6 t 2024 down 33.3% 103rd
Printing and writing papers, uncoated, mechanical — Export value 4 1000 USD 2024 up 300.0% 119th
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural 14.1% 2023 up 166.0% 138th
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban 48.2% 2023 up 47.0% 152nd
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking 32.8% 2023 up 74.5% 146th
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding 6.8 Mt CO2e 2023 up 14.8% 38th
Other nitrogenous fertilizers, n.e.c. — Import quantity 25,586 t 2023 up 1,956.4% 55th
Other nitrogenous fertilizers, n.e.c. — Import value 9,102 1000 USD 2023 up 1,338.0% 58th
Industrial roundwood, coniferous — Production, per square kilometre 0.2197 m3 per square kilometre 2023 up 0.0% 87th
Share of land covered by forest 31.0% 2025 up 5.3% 113th
6.4.1 Water Use Efficiency (Industries) — Value 209.32 USD/m3 2023 up 30.3% 38th
6.4.1 Water Use Efficiency (Services (G to T)) — Value 102.88 USD/m3 2023 up 30.0% 67th
6.4.2 Level of water stress (No breakdown) — Value 0.48 % 2023 down 91.8% 158th
Fertilizers n.e.c. — Import quantity 5,140 t 2023 down 89.1% 77th
Fertilizers n.e.c. — Import value 7,209 1000 USD 2023 down 67.2% 73rd
Particle board — Production 8,000 m3 2024 unchanged 81st
NPK fertilizers — Import quantity 134,138 t 2023 up 39.8% 33rd
NPK fertilizers — Import value 73,143 1000 USD 2023 up 49.8% 34th
Land use 7.42 million hectares 2023 up 9.5% 45th
6.4.2 Level of water stress (Agriculture (ISIC4 A01 A0210 A0322)) 0.35 % 2023 down 91.9% 136th
6.4.2 Level of water stress (Services (G to T)) — Value 0.1 % 2023 down 90.8% 157th
Recovered paper — Production, per capita 0.0001 t per person 2024 down 18.5% 109th
6.4.2 Level of water stress (Industries) — Value 0.03 % 2023 down 92.7% 141st
Urea — Import value 23,846 1000 USD 2023 up 34.6% 76th
Urea — Import quantity 52,684 t 2023 up 47.6% 78th
Hardboard — Export quantity 27 m3 2024 84th
Hardboard — Export value 5 1000 USD 2024 up 150.0% 98th
Recovered fibre pulp (export/import) — Import quantity 6,476 t 2024 up 11,464.3% 16th
Recovered fibre pulp (export/import) — Import value 9,453 1000 USD 2024 up 12,504.0% 10th
Recovered paper — Production, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 down 34.4% 116th
Oriented strand board (OSB) — Import quantity 32 m3 2024 down 82.3% 142nd
Oriented strand board (OSB) — Import value 12 1000 USD 2024 down 97.7% 150th
Potassium chloride (muriate of potash) (MOP) — Import value 10,947 1000 USD 2023 up 144.4% 62nd
6.4.1 Water Use Efficiency (No breakdown) — Value 34.66 USD/m3 2023 up 31.5% 57th
Ammonium nitrate (AN) — Import quantity 119,860 t 2023 up 20.7% 20th
Ammonium nitrate (AN) — Import value 105,910 1000 USD 2023 up 76.4% 6th
Potassium chloride (muriate of potash) (MOP) — Import quantity 20,001 t 2023 up 126.5% 67th
Ammonium sulphate — Import quantity 28,492 t 2023 down 21.2% 60th
Ammonium sulphate — Import value 9,413 1000 USD 2023 down 3.7% 58th