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Surface area — Ghana

Surface area in Ghana in 2023 — 238,539 km². Ranked 81 in the world out of 215. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 0%.

2023 238,539 km² +0% vs 2022
World rank 81of 215
Period maximum 238,540 km²1961
Period minimum 238,533 km²2019

Trend over time

1961–2023 · km²

Surface area — Ghana, 1961–2023238,532238,534238,536238,538238,54019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 238,540 km²1963: 238,540 km²1965: 238,540 km²1967: 238,540 km²1969: 238,540 km²1971: 238,540 km²1973: 238,540 km²1975: 238,540 km²1977: 238,540 km²1979: 238,540 km²1981: 238,540 km²1983: 238,540 km²1985: 238,540 km²1987: 238,540 km²1989: 238,540 km²1991: 238,540 km²1993: 238,540 km²1995: 238,540 km²1997: 238,540 km²1999: 238,540 km²2001: 238,540 km²2003: 238,540 km²2005: 238,540 km²2007: 238,540 km²2009: 238,540 km²2011: 238,540 km²2013: 238,540 km²2015: 238,540 km²2017: 238,540 km²2019: 238,533 km²2021: 238,533 km²2023: 238,539 km²
Change over the period: −1 (−0%) Average annual rate: 0 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Ghana

Ghana 238,539 km²
World 141M km²
Sub-Saharan Africa 24.34M km²
Western Africa computed 6.15M km²
Lower-middle-income countries computed 22.41M km²
Surface area — Ghana, by year Ghana All countries CSV XLSX
Year km² Change Change, %
2023 238,539 +6 +0%
2022 238,533 +0 +0%
2021 238,533 +0 +0%
2020 238,533 +0 +0%
2019 238,533 −7 −0%
2018 238,540 +0 +0%
2017 238,540 +0 +0%
2016 238,540 +0 +0%
2015 238,540 +0 +0%
2014 238,540 +0 +0%
2013 238,540 +0 +0%
2012 238,540 +0 +0%
2011 238,540 +0 +0%
2010 238,540 +0 +0%
2009 238,540 +0 +0%
2008 238,540 +0 +0%
2007 238,540 +0 +0%
2006 238,540 +0 +0%
2005 238,540 +0 +0%
2004 238,540 +0 +0%
2003 238,540 +0 +0%
2002 238,540 +0 +0%
2001 238,540 +0 +0%
2000 238,540 +0 +0%
1999 238,540 +0 +0%
1998 238,540 +0 +0%
1997 238,540 +0 +0%
1996 238,540 +0 +0%
1995 238,540 +0 +0%
1994 238,540 +0 +0%
1993 238,540 +0 +0%
1992 238,540 +0 +0%
1991 238,540 +0 +0%
1990 238,540 +0 +0%
1989 238,540 +0 +0%
1988 238,540 +0 +0%
1987 238,540 +0 +0%
1986 238,540 +0 +0%
1985 238,540 +0 +0%
1984 238,540 +0 +0%
1983 238,540 +0 +0%
1982 238,540 +0 +0%
1981 238,540 +0 +0%
1980 238,540 +0 +0%
1979 238,540 +0 +0%
1978 238,540 +0 +0%
1977 238,540 +0 +0%
1976 238,540 +0 +0%
1975 238,540 +0 +0%
1974 238,540 +0 +0%
1973 238,540 +0 +0%
1972 238,540 +0 +0%
1971 238,540 +0 +0%
1970 238,540 +0 +0%
1969 238,540 +0 +0%
1968 238,540 +0 +0%
1967 238,540 +0 +0%
1966 238,540 +0 +0%
1965 238,540 +0 +0%
1964 238,540 +0 +0%
1963 238,540 +0 +0%
1962 238,540 +0 +0%
1961 238,540 — —

Western Africa, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

NE Niger 1.27M ML Mali 1.24M MR Mauritania 1.03M NG Nigeria 923,770 CI Côte d'Ivoire 322,460 BF Burkina Faso 274,200 GN Guinea 245,860 GH Ghana 238,539 SN Senegal 196,710 BJ Benin 114,760 LR Liberia 111,370 SL Sierra Leone 72,300 TG Togo 56,790 GW Guinea-Bissau 36,130 GM Gambia 11,300 CV Cabo Verde 4,030
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About the indicator

Total surface area: land together with inland water bodies and, where applicable, coastal waters. This is the figure usually quoted as the area of a country in reference books and encyclopedias. It is the basis for the share of protected natural areas, because protected areas include marine waters, which land area leaves out.

Important: This is the “encyclopedic” area of a country. Land shares — forest, arable and agricultural land — are calculated against land area, not against this figure.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.

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