Beans, dry — Area harvested, per capita in Ghana
Ghana: Beans, dry — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0037 ha per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Beans, dry — Area harvested, per capita in Ghana, 2001–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 0.0037 ha per person for beans, dry — area harvested, per capita in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.0% on the previous year and down 37.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beans, dry — area harvested, per capita in Ghana peaked at 0.0091 ha per person in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.0037 ha per person, in 2024.
Ghana ranks 39th of 115 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Beans, dry — Area harvested, per capita in Ghana, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 0.005 ha per person | — |
| 2002 | 0.0087 ha per person | +73.1% |
| 2003 | 0.0089 ha per person | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 0.0084 ha per person | -6.2% |
| 2005 | 0.008 ha per person | -4.4% |
| 2006 | 0.008 ha per person | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.0078 ha per person | -3.4% |
| 2008 | 0.0091 ha per person | +17.9% |
| 2009 | 0.0089 ha per person | -2.8% |
| 2010 | 0.0073 ha per person | -18.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0065 ha per person | -10.6% |
| 2012 | 0.0063 ha per person | -3.1% |
| 2013 | 0.0059 ha per person | -6.3% |
| 2014 | 0.0059 ha per person | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.0058 ha per person | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 0.0038 ha per person | -33.4% |
| 2017 | 0.0043 ha per person | +11.9% |
| 2018 | 0.0042 ha per person | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 0.004 ha per person | -6.4% |
| 2020 | 0.004 ha per person | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 0.0039 ha per person | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 0.0038 ha per person | -2.6% |
| 2023 | 0.0038 ha per person | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 0.0037 ha per person | -2.0% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 0.0037 ha per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0035 ha per person, 1.1× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 0.0037 ha per person is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0038 ha per person, 98% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Beans, dry — Area harvested, per capita in Ghana changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +73.1% | 0.005 ha per person | 0.0087 ha per person |
| 2016 | -33.4% | 0.0058 ha per person | 0.0038 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0081 ha per person | 0.005 ha per person | 0.0091 ha per person | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.0054 ha per person | 0.0038 ha per person | 0.0073 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0038 ha per person | 0.0037 ha per person | 0.004 ha per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
More agriculture & rural data for Ghana
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 41.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2128 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 692.99 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4821 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4108 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 21.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 21.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beans, dry — area harvested, per capita in Ghana?
- Beans, dry — area harvested, per capita in Ghana was 0.0037 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest beans, dry — area harvested, per capita recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0091 ha per person in 2008.
- What is the lowest beans, dry — area harvested, per capita recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0037 ha per person in 2024.
- How does Ghana rank for beans, dry — area harvested, per capita?
- Ghana ranks 39th out of 115 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beans, dry — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Beans, dry — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Beans, dry — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Beans, dry — Area harvested ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Beans, dry — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Beans, dry — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.