Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Ghana
Ghana: Fruit Primary — Area harvested was 469,605 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Ghana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, fruit primary — area harvested in Ghana stood at 469,605 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — area harvested in Ghana peaked at 489,812 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 133,400 ha, in 1961.
Ghana ranks 26th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Ghana, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 133,400 ha | — |
| 1962 | 133,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 144,400 ha | +8.2% |
| 1964 | 143,900 ha | -0.3% |
| 1965 | 150,297 ha | +4.4% |
| 1966 | 151,066 ha | +0.5% |
| 1967 | 163,418 ha | +8.2% |
| 1968 | 170,917 ha | +4.6% |
| 1969 | 180,294 ha | +5.5% |
| 1970 | 195,500 ha | +8.4% |
| 1971 | 198,700 ha | +1.6% |
| 1972 | 200,800 ha | +1.1% |
| 1973 | 221,761 ha | +10.4% |
| 1974 | 240,000 ha | +8.2% |
| 1975 | 283,400 ha | +18.1% |
| 1976 | 252,500 ha | -10.9% |
| 1977 | 201,400 ha | -20.2% |
| 1978 | 189,500 ha | -5.9% |
| 1979 | 167,600 ha | -11.6% |
| 1980 | 172,700 ha | +3.0% |
| 1981 | 176,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1982 | 187,050 ha | +6.3% |
| 1983 | 181,300 ha | -3.1% |
| 1984 | 272,610 ha | +50.4% |
| 1985 | 300,660 ha | +10.3% |
| 1986 | 225,600 ha | -25.0% |
| 1987 | 224,000 ha | -0.7% |
| 1988 | 246,200 ha | +9.9% |
| 1989 | 216,600 ha | -12.0% |
| 1990 | 156,468 ha | -27.8% |
| 1991 | 208,665 ha | +33.4% |
| 1992 | 194,355 ha | -6.9% |
| 1993 | 202,445 ha | +4.2% |
| 1994 | 226,991 ha | +12.1% |
| 1995 | 263,555 ha | +16.1% |
| 1996 | 288,909 ha | +9.6% |
| 1997 | 284,642 ha | -1.5% |
| 1998 | 309,473 ha | +8.7% |
| 1999 | 316,521 ha | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 311,563 ha | -1.6% |
| 2001 | 332,780 ha | +6.8% |
| 2002 | 343,138 ha | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 349,243 ha | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 343,922 ha | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 352,835 ha | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 359,180 ha | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 357,378 ha | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 363,041 ha | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 387,535 ha | +6.7% |
| 2010 | 392,442 ha | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 402,490 ha | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 404,993 ha | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 407,969 ha | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 426,925 ha | +4.6% |
| 2015 | 432,334 ha | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 432,094 ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 454,652 ha | +5.2% |
| 2018 | 489,812 ha | +7.7% |
| 2019 | 459,574 ha | -6.2% |
| 2020 | 465,103 ha | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 472,211 ha | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 466,278 ha | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 468,546 ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 469,605 ha | +0.2% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 469,605 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 71,505 ha, 6.6× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 469,605 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 61,574 ha, 7.6× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fruit Primary — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | +50.4% | 181,300 ha | 272,610 ha |
| 1991 | +33.4% | 156,468 ha | 208,665 ha |
| 1990 | -27.8% | 216,600 ha | 156,468 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 152,344 ha | 133,400 ha | 180,294 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 215,116 ha | 167,600 ha | 283,400 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 220,272 ha | 172,700 ha | 300,660 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 245,202 ha | 156,468 ha | 316,521 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 350,062 ha | 311,563 ha | 387,535 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 430,328 ha | 392,442 ha | 489,812 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 468,349 ha | 465,103 ha | 472,211 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 fruit primary — area harvested in Ghana?
- Fruit primary — area harvested in Ghana was 469,605 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 489,812 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 133,400 ha in 1961.
- How does Ghana rank for fruit primary — area harvested?
- Ghana ranks 26th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — area harvested rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 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 Fruit Primary — 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.