Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested in Ghana
Ghana: Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested was 76,051 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested in Ghana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 76,051 ha for coconuts, in shell — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 1.2% on the previous year and up 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coconuts, in shell — area harvested in Ghana peaked at 87,335 ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 21,000 ha, in 1978.
That places Ghana 11th out of 84 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested in Ghana, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 29,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 27,000 ha | -6.9% |
| 1963 | 27,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 27,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 26,840 ha | -0.6% |
| 1966 | 26,961 ha | +0.5% |
| 1967 | 25,473 ha | -5.5% |
| 1968 | 32,400 ha | +27.2% |
| 1969 | 32,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 36,400 ha | +12.3% |
| 1971 | 36,000 ha | -1.1% |
| 1972 | 35,600 ha | -1.1% |
| 1973 | 36,800 ha | +3.4% |
| 1974 | 37,600 ha | +2.2% |
| 1975 | 37,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 27,600 ha | -26.6% |
| 1977 | 23,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1978 | 21,000 ha | -8.7% |
| 1979 | 21,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 21,100 ha | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 52,300 ha | +147.9% |
| 1982 | 45,200 ha | -13.6% |
| 1983 | 45,500 ha | +0.7% |
| 1984 | 33,000 ha | -27.5% |
| 1985 | 26,000 ha | -21.2% |
| 1986 | 25,000 ha | -3.8% |
| 1987 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 26,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1989 | 26,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 21,727 ha | -16.4% |
| 1991 | 27,000 ha | +24.3% |
| 1992 | 28,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 1993 | 30,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1994 | 46,100 ha | +53.7% |
| 1995 | 43,000 ha | -6.7% |
| 1996 | 52,000 ha | +20.9% |
| 1997 | 51,600 ha | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 54,000 ha | +4.7% |
| 1999 | 54,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 54,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 55,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 55,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 55,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 55,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 55,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 55,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 55,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 55,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 55,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 55,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 64,204 ha | +16.7% |
| 2012 | 64,291 ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 67,747 ha | +5.4% |
| 2014 | 70,480 ha | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 71,056 ha | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 71,553 ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 87,335 ha | +22.1% |
| 2018 | 83,742 ha | -4.1% |
| 2019 | 80,438 ha | -3.9% |
| 2020 | 77,000 ha | -4.3% |
| 2021 | 77,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 78,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 77,000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 76,051 ha | -1.2% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 76,051 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 17,687 ha, 4.3× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 76,051 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7,186 ha, 10.6× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Coconuts, in shell — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | +147.9% | 21,100 ha | 52,300 ha |
| 1994 | +53.7% | 30,000 ha | 46,100 ha |
| 1984 | -27.5% | 45,500 ha | 33,000 ha |
| 1968 | +27.2% | 25,473 ha | 32,400 ha |
| 1976 | -26.6% | 37,600 ha | 27,600 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 28,230 ha | 25,473 ha | 32,400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 31,260 ha | 21,000 ha | 37,600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 32,510 ha | 21,100 ha | 52,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 40,743 ha | 21,727 ha | 54,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 54,900 ha | 54,000 ha | 55,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 71,585 ha | 55,000 ha | 87,335 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 77,010 ha | 76,051 ha | 78,000 ha | 5 |
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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 coconuts, in shell — area harvested in Ghana?
- Coconuts, in shell — area harvested in Ghana was 76,051 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coconuts, in shell — area harvested recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 87,335 ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest coconuts, in shell — area harvested recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 21,000 ha in 1978.
- How does Ghana rank for coconuts, in shell — area harvested?
- Ghana ranks 11th out of 84 countries with data for 2024.
- Is coconuts, in shell — area harvested rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.