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 33rd of 207 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
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 share gdp 21.28 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 21.28 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2023)
- Rural population 41.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.5% (2025)
- Rural population 14.40 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 21.3% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 24.30 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 135,063 t (2024)
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 33rd out of 207 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.