Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Ghana
Ghana: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 34 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Ghana, 1987–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Ghana is 34 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Ghana peaked at 40 ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 6 ha, in 1990.
That places Ghana 62nd out of 74 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.
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Ghana, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 10 ha | — |
| 1988 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 6 ha | -40.0% |
| 1991 | 15 ha | +150.0% |
| 1992 | 16 ha | +6.7% |
| 1993 | 17 ha | +6.2% |
| 1994 | 15 ha | -11.8% |
| 1995 | 10 ha | -33.3% |
| 1996 | 16 ha | +60.0% |
| 1997 | 18 ha | +12.5% |
| 1998 | 19 ha | +5.6% |
| 1999 | 20 ha | +5.3% |
| 2000 | 23 ha | +15.0% |
| 2001 | 25 ha | +8.7% |
| 2002 | 30 ha | +20.0% |
| 2003 | 40 ha | +33.3% |
| 2004 | 30 ha | -25.0% |
| 2005 | 20 ha | -33.3% |
| 2006 | 25 ha | +25.0% |
| 2007 | 25 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 28 ha | +12.0% |
| 2009 | 29 ha | +3.6% |
| 2010 | 30 ha | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 31 ha | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 32 ha | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 32 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 32 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 34 ha | +6.2% |
| 2016 | 33 ha | -2.9% |
| 2017 | 33 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 33 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 34 ha | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 35 ha | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 34 ha | -2.9% |
| 2022 | 34 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 34 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 34 ha | +0.0% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 34 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,327 ha, 1% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 34 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 5,766 ha, 1% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +150.0% | 6 ha | 15 ha |
| 1996 | +60.0% | 10 ha | 16 ha |
| 1990 | -40.0% | 10 ha | 6 ha |
| 1995 | -33.3% | 15 ha | 10 ha |
| 2005 | -33.3% | 30 ha | 20 ha |
| 2003 | +33.3% | 30 ha | 40 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 10 ha | 10 ha | 10 ha | 3 |
| 1990s | 15.2 ha | 6 ha | 20 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 27.5 ha | 20 ha | 40 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 32.4 ha | 30 ha | 34 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 34.2 ha | 34 ha | 35 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 59 Zimbabwe 119 ha compare
- 60 Hungary 62 ha compare
- 61 Palestine, State of 35 ha compare
- 62 Puerto Rico 34 ha compare
- 64 French Polynesia 22 ha compare
- 64 Morocco 22 ha compare
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 edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Ghana?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Ghana was 34 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 40 ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 6 ha in 1990.
- How does Ghana rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Ghana ranks 62nd out of 74 countries with data for 2024.
- Is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.2%. 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 Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c., fresh — 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.