Beans, dry — Area harvested in Ghana
Ghana: Beans, dry — Area harvested was 126,775 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Beans, dry — Area harvested in Ghana, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for beans, dry — area harvested in Ghana is 126,775 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 23.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beans, dry — area harvested in Ghana peaked at 221,727 ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 101,500 ha, in 2001.
Ghana ranks 31st of 129 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Beans, dry — Area harvested in Ghana, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 101,500 ha | — |
| 2002 | 180,600 ha | +77.9% |
| 2003 | 190,400 ha | +5.4% |
| 2004 | 183,400 ha | -3.7% |
| 2005 | 180,000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2006 | 185,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 183,400 ha | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 221,727 ha | +20.9% |
| 2009 | 220,954 ha | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 185,756 ha | -15.9% |
| 2011 | 170,107 ha | -8.4% |
| 2012 | 168,800 ha | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 162,000 ha | -4.0% |
| 2014 | 165,720 ha | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 165,720 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 112,910 ha | -31.9% |
| 2017 | 129,132 ha | +14.4% |
| 2018 | 129,783 ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 123,942 ha | -4.5% |
| 2020 | 127,619 ha | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 127,114 ha | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 126,225 ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 126,986 ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 126,775 ha | -0.2% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 126,775 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 58,254 ha, 2.2× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 126,775 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 91,234 ha, 1.4× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Beans, dry — Area harvested 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 | +77.9% | 101,500 ha | 180,600 ha |
| 2016 | -31.9% | 165,720 ha | 112,910 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 182,998 ha | 101,500 ha | 221,727 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 151,387 ha | 112,910 ha | 185,756 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 126,944 ha | 126,225 ha | 127,619 ha | 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 in Ghana?
- Beans, dry — area harvested in Ghana was 126,775 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 221,727 ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 101,500 ha in 2001.
- How does Ghana rank for beans, dry — area harvested?
- Ghana ranks 31st out of 129 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beans, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Beans, dry — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.