Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Ghana
Ghana: Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested was 9 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Ghana, 1987–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 9 ha for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Ghana peaked at 10 ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1991.
That places Ghana 127th out of 134 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 38 years of available data.
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Ghana, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 5 ha | — |
| 1988 | 5 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 5 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 4 ha | -20.0% |
| 1991 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 1992 | 1 ha | — |
| 1993 | 1 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 2 ha | +100.0% |
| 1995 | 3 ha | +50.0% |
| 1996 | 3 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 4 ha | +33.3% |
| 1998 | 4 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 5 ha | +25.0% |
| 2000 | 5 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 6 ha | +20.0% |
| 2002 | 6 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 7 ha | +16.7% |
| 2004 | 7 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 8 ha | +14.3% |
| 2006 | 8 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 10 ha | +25.0% |
| 2008 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 9 ha | -10.0% |
| 2021 | 9 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 10 ha | +11.1% |
| 2023 | 9 ha | -10.0% |
| 2024 | 9 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5 ha | 5 ha | 5 ha | 3 |
| 1990s | 2.7 ha | 0 ha | 5 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.7 ha | 5 ha | 10 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10 ha | 10 ha | 10 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.2 ha | 9 ha | 10 ha | 5 |
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- 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)
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- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 21.28 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2023)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Ghana?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Ghana was 9 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 10 ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1991.
- How does Ghana rank for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested?
- Ghana ranks 127th out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.0%. 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 Cucumbers and gherkins — 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.