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Trees & air quality in Ghana
How much tree cover Ghana's major cities have, what their air quality is right now, and how many more trees each one needs. Every report covers the same 2 km area, so the cities compare like for like.
- Cities tracked
- 5
- National forest cover
- 35.2%vs 30% target
- Worst air right now
- TakoradiAQI 56
5 cities in Ghana
Accra
2 km around Victoriaborg
Tree cover
7%
65.3K
trees needed
to reach 30%
Kumasi
2 km radius
Tamale
2 km around Tamale
Tree cover
21%
29.3K
trees needed
to reach 30%
Takoradi
2 km around Takoradi
Tree cover
35%
None
trees needed
Healthy tree cover
Cape Coast
2 km around Cape Coast
Tree cover
22%
13.7K
trees needed
to reach 30%
Ghana as a whole
35.2% of Ghana was forested as of 2023, against a 30% benchmark. That already clears the benchmark — the city reports above show where cover is still thin locally. Source: World Bank (FAO).
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