Coffee, green — Area harvested in Ghana
Ghana: Coffee, green — Area harvested was 460 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Coffee, green — Area harvested in Ghana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, coffee, green — area harvested in Ghana stood at 460 ha.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, coffee, green — area harvested in Ghana peaked at 29,100 ha in 1970 and was at its lowest, 350 ha, in 2011.
Ghana ranks 55th of 75 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Coffee, green — Area harvested in Ghana, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,000 ha | +100.0% |
| 1963 | 4,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1964 | 9,000 ha | +125.0% |
| 1965 | 4,000 ha | -55.6% |
| 1966 | 20,200 ha | +405.0% |
| 1967 | 26,300 ha | +30.2% |
| 1968 | 28,700 ha | +9.1% |
| 1969 | 27,000 ha | -5.9% |
| 1970 | 29,100 ha | +7.8% |
| 1971 | 28,000 ha | -3.8% |
| 1972 | 28,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 20,000 ha | -28.6% |
| 1974 | 15,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 1975 | 20,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1976 | 25,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1977 | 15,000 ha | -40.0% |
| 1978 | 8,000 ha | -46.7% |
| 1979 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 10,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1983 | 9,000 ha | -10.0% |
| 1984 | 5,000 ha | -44.4% |
| 1985 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 4,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1988 | 3,500 ha | -12.5% |
| 1989 | 5,000 ha | +42.9% |
| 1990 | 4,950 ha | -1.0% |
| 1991 | 10,000 ha | +102.0% |
| 1992 | 10,644 ha | +6.4% |
| 1993 | 14,741 ha | +38.5% |
| 1994 | 9,447 ha | -35.9% |
| 1995 | 9,621 ha | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 15,000 ha | +55.9% |
| 1997 | 7,200 ha | -52.0% |
| 1998 | 20,930 ha | +190.7% |
| 1999 | 7,715 ha | -63.1% |
| 2000 | 3,361 ha | -56.4% |
| 2001 | 2,110 ha | -37.2% |
| 2002 | 2,011 ha | -4.7% |
| 2003 | 1,117 ha | -44.5% |
| 2004 | 1,181 ha | +5.7% |
| 2005 | 1,141 ha | -3.4% |
| 2006 | 1,411 ha | +23.7% |
| 2007 | 1,435 ha | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 1,196 ha | -16.7% |
| 2009 | 1,321 ha | +10.5% |
| 2010 | 824 ha | -37.6% |
| 2011 | 350 ha | -57.5% |
| 2012 | 400 ha | +14.3% |
| 2013 | 450 ha | +12.5% |
| 2014 | 460 ha | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 460 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 460 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 460 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 460 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 460 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 460 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 460 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 460 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 460 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 460 ha | +0.0% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 460 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 9,466 ha, 5% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 460 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7,778 ha, 6% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Coffee, green — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | +405.0% | 4,000 ha | 20,200 ha |
| 1998 | +190.7% | 7,200 ha | 20,930 ha |
| 1964 | +125.0% | 4,000 ha | 9,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,244 ha | 3,000 ha | 28,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 19,610 ha | 8,000 ha | 29,100 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,250 ha | 3,500 ha | 10,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,025 ha | 4,950 ha | 20,930 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,628 ha | 1,117 ha | 3,361 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 478.4 ha | 350 ha | 824 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 460 ha | 460 ha | 460 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 coffee, green — area harvested in Ghana?
- Coffee, green — area harvested in Ghana was 460 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coffee, green — area harvested recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 29,100 ha in 1970.
- What is the lowest coffee, green — area harvested recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 350 ha in 2011.
- How does Ghana rank for coffee, green — area harvested?
- Ghana ranks 55th out of 75 countries with data for 2024.
- Is coffee, green — area harvested rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Coffee, green — 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.