Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Ghana
Ghana: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 370,000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Ghana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 370,000 ha for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 10.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Ghana peaked at 480,000 ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 31,073 ha, in 1965.
That places Ghana 18th out of 112 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Ghana, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 60,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 60,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 61,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 1964 | 64,500 ha | +5.7% |
| 1965 | 31,073 ha | -51.8% |
| 1966 | 32,443 ha | +4.4% |
| 1967 | 46,538 ha | +43.4% |
| 1968 | 60,702 ha | +30.4% |
| 1969 | 74,056 ha | +22.0% |
| 1970 | 98,013 ha | +32.3% |
| 1971 | 98,000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1972 | 91,500 ha | -6.6% |
| 1973 | 79,000 ha | -13.7% |
| 1974 | 111,000 ha | +40.5% |
| 1975 | 102,000 ha | -8.1% |
| 1976 | 91,400 ha | -10.4% |
| 1977 | 85,000 ha | -7.0% |
| 1978 | 71,000 ha | -16.5% |
| 1979 | 92,000 ha | +29.6% |
| 1980 | 83,800 ha | -8.9% |
| 1981 | 118,800 ha | +41.8% |
| 1982 | 115,100 ha | -3.1% |
| 1983 | 95,300 ha | -17.2% |
| 1984 | 149,000 ha | +56.3% |
| 1985 | 119,000 ha | -20.1% |
| 1986 | 162,800 ha | +36.8% |
| 1987 | 150,500 ha | -7.6% |
| 1988 | 130,800 ha | -13.1% |
| 1989 | 158,600 ha | +21.3% |
| 1990 | 127,000 ha | -19.9% |
| 1991 | 100,000 ha | -21.3% |
| 1992 | 130,000 ha | +30.0% |
| 1993 | 160,000 ha | +23.1% |
| 1994 | 188,200 ha | +17.6% |
| 1995 | 180,400 ha | -4.1% |
| 1996 | 179,956 ha | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 175,780 ha | -2.3% |
| 1998 | 194,450 ha | +10.6% |
| 1999 | 185,000 ha | -4.9% |
| 2000 | 218,000 ha | +17.8% |
| 2001 | 254,000 ha | +16.5% |
| 2002 | 384,000 ha | +51.2% |
| 2003 | 464,700 ha | +21.0% |
| 2004 | 431,667 ha | -7.1% |
| 2005 | 450,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 2006 | 480,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 2007 | 341,640 ha | -28.8% |
| 2008 | 350,660 ha | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 342,550 ha | -2.3% |
| 2010 | 353,376 ha | +3.2% |
| 2011 | 356,780 ha | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 345,186 ha | -3.2% |
| 2013 | 328,940 ha | -4.7% |
| 2014 | 334,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 336,450 ha | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 336,450 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 338,000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 320,000 ha | -5.3% |
| 2019 | 337,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 2020 | 337,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 273,000 ha | -19.0% |
| 2022 | 370,000 ha | +35.5% |
| 2023 | 370,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 370,000 ha | +0.0% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 370,000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 40,974 ha, 9.0× the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 370,000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 107,211 ha, 3.5× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 54,479 ha | 31,073 ha | 74,056 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 91,891 ha | 71,000 ha | 111,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 128,370 ha | 83,800 ha | 162,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 162,079 ha | 100,000 ha | 194,450 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 371,722 ha | 218,000 ha | 480,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 338,618 ha | 320,000 ha | 356,780 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 344,000 ha | 273,000 ha | 370,000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 15 Mali 526,150 ha compare
- 15 Polynesia 2,030 ha compare
- 16 Argentina 431,991 ha compare
- 16 Côte d'Ivoire 165,000 ha compare
- 16 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,357 ha compare
- 17 Malawi 400,000 ha compare
- 19 Angola 369,237 ha compare
- 19 Caribbean 50,979 ha compare
- 20 Uganda 330,000 ha compare
- 21 Brazil 281,563 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 groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Ghana?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Ghana was 370,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 480,000 ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 31,073 ha in 1965.
- How does Ghana rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Ghana ranks 18th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.8%. 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 Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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.