Timber removals per capita rose 1.97% to 1.74 cbm in Ghana in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, timber removals per capita in Ghana reached an all time high of 1.74 cbm in 2015 and an all time low of 0.823 cbm in 1991. When compared to Ghana's main peers, timber removals per capita in Benin amounted to 0.649 cbm, 0.547 cbm in Ivory Coast and 0.644 cbm in Togo in 2015.
Ghana has been ranked 17th within the group of 171 countries we follow in terms of timber removals per capita, 6 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Timber Removals Per Capita | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Benin | cbm | 0.720 | 0.709 | 0.694 | 0.687 | 0.669 | ||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | cbm | 0.912 | 0.898 | 0.884 | 0.872 | 0.860 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ghana | cbm | 1.60 | 1.64 | 1.65 | 1.67 | 1.70 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | cbm | 1.18 | 1.16 | 1.14 | 1.11 | 1.09 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | cbm | 0.557 | 0.596 | 0.586 | 0.576 | 0.565 | ||||||||||||||||
| Liberia | cbm | 1.88 | 1.89 | 1.90 | 1.92 | 1.94 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mali | cbm | 0.419 | 0.410 | 0.406 | 0.399 | 0.397 | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | cbm | 0.676 | 0.665 | 0.654 | 0.643 | 0.633 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | cbm | 0.465 | 0.455 | 0.445 | 0.436 | 0.427 | ||||||||||||||||
| Togo | cbm | 0.747 | 0.728 | 0.710 | 0.693 | 0.676 |
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