Burkina Faso vs Ghana
Burkina Faso vs Ghana: Forest area
Forest area in 2024: 12.3% in Burkina Faso and 30.9% in Ghana, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Ghana, by 18.6 percentage points, or 2.52 times that in Burkina Faso.
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- Ghana has been higher since 1996, when it overtook Burkina Faso.
- In 2024, Burkina Faso ranked 153 and Ghana ranked 111 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Burkina Faso | Ghana | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12.3 | 30.9 | – |
| 2023 | 12.7 | 30.7 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 13.2 | 30.5 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 13.6 | 30.4 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 14 | 30.2 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 14.5 | 30.1 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 14.9 | 29.9 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 15.3 | 29.8 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 15.8 | 29.6 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 16.2 | 29.4 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 16.7 | 29.3 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 17.1 | 29.1 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 17.5 | 29 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 18 | 28.8 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 18.4 | 28.7 | 32 |
| 2009 | 18.9 | 28.5 | 32 |
| 2008 | 19.4 | 28.3 | 32 |
| 2007 | 19.9 | 28.2 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 20.4 | 28 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 20.9 | 27.9 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 21.4 | 27.7 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 21.8 | 27.6 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 22.3 | 27.4 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 22.8 | 27.2 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 23.3 | 27.1 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 24 | 26.9 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 24.7 | 26.8 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 25.4 | 26.6 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 26.1 | 26.5 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 26.8 | 26.3 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 27.5 | 26.2 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 28.2 | 26 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 28.9 | 25.8 | 33 |
| 1991 | 29.6 | 25.7 | – |
| 1990 | 30.3 | 25.5 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
- Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 209 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Burkina Faso vs Ghana
Health
- Life expectancyBurkina Faso: 61.1 years in 2023Ghana: 65.5 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBurkina Faso: 7.5 per 100 live births in 2024Ghana: 3.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBurkina Faso: 52.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Ghana: 30.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBurkina Faso: 3.69% in 2017Ghana: 3.4% in 2017
- Suicide rateBurkina Faso: 13.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Ghana: 9.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBurkina Faso: 23 million people in 2023Ghana: 33.8 million people in 2023
- Population growthBurkina Faso: 2.26% a year in 2023Ghana: 1.9% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBurkina Faso: 4.19 births per woman in 2023Ghana: 3.4 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBurkina Faso: 28.9% in 2025Ghana: 58.9% in 2025
- Median ageBurkina Faso: 17.3 years in 2023Ghana: 20.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBurkina Faso: 2.6% in 2023Ghana: 3.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateBurkina Faso: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Ghana: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBurkina Faso: 3.3% of GDP in 2025Ghana: 0.48% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBurkina Faso: $844M in 2025Ghana: $385M in 2025
- Military spending per personBurkina Faso: $37 in 2025Ghana: $15 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBurkina Faso: 13.2% of government spending in 2025Ghana: 2.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBurkina Faso: 11,000 people in 2020Ghana: 16,000 people in 2020
- National powerBurkina Faso: 0.09% of world capability in 2022Ghana: 0.17% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBurkina Faso: 0.12% of the labour force in 2020Ghana: 0.13% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBurkina Faso: 34 million TIV in 2025Ghana: 5 million TIV in 2025