Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Ghana
Ghana: Lemons and limes — Area harvested was 7,191 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Ghana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lemons and limes — area harvested in Ghana is 7,191 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — area harvested in Ghana peaked at 7,200 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 2,500 ha, in 1964.
Ghana ranks 23rd of 126 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Ghana, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,500 ha | -16.7% |
| 1965 | 4,500 ha | +80.0% |
| 1966 | 4,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 1967 | 4,500 ha | +12.5% |
| 1968 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 4,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 1970 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 4,500 ha | +12.5% |
| 1972 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 5,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1975 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 3,539 ha | -29.2% |
| 1991 | 3,361 ha | -5.0% |
| 1992 | 3,558 ha | +5.9% |
| 1993 | 3,754 ha | +5.5% |
| 1994 | 3,949 ha | +5.2% |
| 1995 | 4,143 ha | +4.9% |
| 1996 | 4,336 ha | +4.7% |
| 1997 | 4,528 ha | +4.4% |
| 1998 | 4,718 ha | +4.2% |
| 1999 | 4,908 ha | +4.0% |
| 2000 | 5,097 ha | +3.9% |
| 2001 | 5,285 ha | +3.7% |
| 2002 | 5,472 ha | +3.5% |
| 2003 | 5,658 ha | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 5,875 ha | +3.8% |
| 2005 | 6,007 ha | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 6,200 ha | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 6,330 ha | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 6,504 ha | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 6,681 ha | +2.7% |
| 2010 | 6,853 ha | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 7,022 ha | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 7,000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 7,174 ha | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 7,200 ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 7,175 ha | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 7,145 ha | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 7,124 ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 7,118 ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 7,119 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 7,125 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 7,172 ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 7,176 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 7,184 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 7,191 ha | +0.1% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 7,191 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,738 ha, 4.1× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 7,191 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,453 ha, 4.9× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lemons and limes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | +80.0% | 2,500 ha | 4,500 ha |
| 1990 | -29.2% | 5,000 ha | 3,539 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,667 ha | 2,500 ha | 4,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,750 ha | 4,000 ha | 5,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,000 ha | 5,000 ha | 5,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,079 ha | 3,361 ha | 4,908 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,911 ha | 5,097 ha | 6,681 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,093 ha | 6,853 ha | 7,200 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,170 ha | 7,125 ha | 7,191 ha | 5 |
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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 lemons and limes — area harvested in Ghana?
- Lemons and limes — area harvested in Ghana was 7,191 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 7,200 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,500 ha in 1964.
- How does Ghana rank for lemons and limes — area harvested?
- Ghana ranks 23rd out of 126 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — area harvested rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. 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 Lemons and limes — 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.