Land Cover

Name: Ghana Land Cover
Creator: FAO FAOSTAT
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Ghana's land cover by class — tree-covered, shrub, herbaceous, cropland, built-up, bare and inland water — from satellite land-cover products. Sourced from FAO FAOSTAT, CC BY 4.0. 667 records.

v1.0last updated Sep 18, 2026 · covers 1992 to 2024listing updated Sep 18, 2026GH₵9.00667 recordsEnergy & Environment

The newest figures in this dataset are from 2024; the source has published nothing newer. Check the dates before relying on a figure.

Fields

Every column this dataset returns, with its type. This is the shape of the API response.

Field	Type
item	TEXT NOT NULL
item_code	TEXT
element	TEXT
year	INTEGER NOT NULL
value	DECIMAL(20,4)
unit	TEXT
flag	TEXT
source	TEXT

Preview

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First 5 rows of Land Cover
itemTEXT NOT NULL	item codeTEXT	elementTEXT	yearINTEGER NOT NULL	valueDECIMAL(20,4)	unitTEXT	flagTEXT	sourceTEXT
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas)	6970	Area from CCI_LC	1992	77.71	1000 ha	Estimated value	FAO FAOSTAT (CC BY 4.0)
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas)	6970	Area from CCI_LC	1993	80.25	1000 ha	Estimated value	FAO FAOSTAT (CC BY 4.0)
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas)	6970	Area from CCI_LC	1994	82.93	1000 ha	Estimated value	FAO FAOSTAT (CC BY 4.0)
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas)	6970	Area from CCI_LC	1995	85.07	1000 ha	Estimated value	FAO FAOSTAT (CC BY 4.0)
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas)	6970	Area from CCI_LC	1996	87.1	1000 ha	Estimated value	FAO FAOSTAT (CC BY 4.0)

itemTEXT NOT NULL	item codeTEXT	elementTEXT	yearINTEGER NOT NULL	valueDECIMAL(20,4)	unitTEXT	flagTEXT	sourceTEXT
example-item-1	example-item_code-1	example-element-1	10	10	example-unit-1	example-flag-1	example-source-1
example-item-2	example-item_code-2	example-element-2	20	20	example-unit-2	example-flag-2	example-source-2
example-item-3	example-item_code-3	example-element-3	30	30	example-unit-3	example-flag-3	example-source-3
example-item-4	example-item_code-4	example-element-4	40	40	example-unit-4	example-flag-4	example-source-4
example-item-5	example-item_code-5	example-element-5	50	50	example-unit-5	example-flag-5	example-source-5
example-item-6	example-item_code-6	example-element-6	60	60	example-unit-6	example-flag-6	example-source-6
example-item-7	example-item_code-7	example-element-7	70	70	example-unit-7	example-flag-7	example-source-7
example-item-8	example-item_code-8	example-element-8	80	80	example-unit-8	example-flag-8	example-source-8

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Endpoint

GET connect.apighana.com/api/data/land_cover

Auth: X-API-Key header
Pagination: page · limit
Format: JSON
Version: 1.0
Last updated: Sep 18, 2026from the source
Covers: 1992 to 2024no newer figures published
Refreshed: monthly
Last checked: Oct 1, 2026looked right
Source: FAO FAOSTAT

How to cite

Cite this dataset and the organisation its records come from (FAO FAOSTAT). Datasets are updated, so keep the date you accessed it in the citation. These records cover 1992 to 2024; say which period your figures come from. Last updated from the source on Sep 18, 2026.

API Ghana. (2026). Land cover (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from FAO FAOSTAT]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/land-cover

Code samples

cURL

curl "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/land_cover?page=1&limit=20" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $APIGHANA_KEY"

JavaScript

const response = await fetch(
  "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/land_cover?page=1&limit=20",
  { headers: { "X-API-Key": process.env.APIGHANA_KEY } },
);

const { data, meta } = await response.json();

Python

import os, requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/land_cover",
    headers={"X-API-Key": os.environ["APIGHANA_KEY"]},
    params={"page": 1, "limit": 20},
)

rows = response.json()["data"]

Field

Type

item

TEXT NOT NULL

item_code

TEXT

element

TEXT

year

INTEGER NOT NULL

value

DECIMAL(20,4)

unit

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flag

TEXT

source

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itemTEXT NOT NULL

item codeTEXT

elementTEXT

yearINTEGER NOT NULL

valueDECIMAL(20,4)

unitTEXT

flagTEXT

sourceTEXT

Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas)

6970

Area from CCI_LC

1992

77.71

1000 ha

Estimated value

FAO FAOSTAT (CC BY 4.0)

Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas)

6970

Area from CCI_LC

1993

80.25

1000 ha

Estimated value

FAO FAOSTAT (CC BY 4.0)

Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas)

6970

Area from CCI_LC

1994

82.93

1000 ha

Estimated value

FAO FAOSTAT (CC BY 4.0)

Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas)

6970

Area from CCI_LC

1995

85.07

1000 ha

Estimated value

FAO FAOSTAT (CC BY 4.0)

Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas)

6970

Area from CCI_LC

1996

87.1

1000 ha

Estimated value

FAO FAOSTAT (CC BY 4.0)

itemTEXT NOT NULL

item codeTEXT

elementTEXT

yearINTEGER NOT NULL

valueDECIMAL(20,4)

unitTEXT

flagTEXT

sourceTEXT

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How to cite

API Ghana. (2026). Land cover (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from FAO FAOSTAT]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/land-cover

Code samples

cURL

curl "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/land_cover?page=1&limit=20" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $APIGHANA_KEY"

JavaScript

const response = await fetch(
  "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/land_cover?page=1&limit=20",
  { headers: { "X-API-Key": process.env.APIGHANA_KEY } },
);

const { data, meta } = await response.json();

Python

import os, requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/land_cover",
    headers={"X-API-Key": os.environ["APIGHANA_KEY"]},
    params={"page": 1, "limit": 20},
)

rows = response.json()["data"]