Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Ghana
Ghana: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 1.37 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Ghana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 1.37 million ha for maize (corn) — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 5.3% on the previous year and up 34.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Ghana peaked at 1.37 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 173,277 ha, in 1965.
That places Ghana 27th out of 167 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Ghana, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 237,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 237,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 202,340 ha | -14.6% |
| 1964 | 202,340 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 173,277 ha | -14.4% |
| 1966 | 250,900 ha | +44.8% |
| 1967 | 294,600 ha | +17.4% |
| 1968 | 271,500 ha | -7.8% |
| 1969 | 275,182 ha | +1.4% |
| 1970 | 452,500 ha | +64.4% |
| 1971 | 432,600 ha | -4.4% |
| 1972 | 388,500 ha | -10.2% |
| 1973 | 405,500 ha | +4.4% |
| 1974 | 424,900 ha | +4.8% |
| 1975 | 319,700 ha | -24.8% |
| 1976 | 274,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 1977 | 256,000 ha | -6.6% |
| 1978 | 205,000 ha | -19.9% |
| 1979 | 358,000 ha | +74.6% |
| 1980 | 440,000 ha | +22.9% |
| 1981 | 372,000 ha | -15.5% |
| 1982 | 373,000 ha | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 400,000 ha | +7.2% |
| 1984 | 724,000 ha | +81.0% |
| 1985 | 579,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1986 | 472,000 ha | -18.5% |
| 1987 | 548,000 ha | +16.1% |
| 1988 | 540,000 ha | -1.5% |
| 1989 | 567,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1990 | 464,800 ha | -18.0% |
| 1991 | 610,400 ha | +31.3% |
| 1992 | 606,800 ha | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 636,700 ha | +4.9% |
| 1994 | 629,400 ha | -1.1% |
| 1995 | 688,600 ha | +9.4% |
| 1996 | 664,950 ha | -3.4% |
| 1997 | 651,600 ha | -2.0% |
| 1998 | 696,620 ha | +6.9% |
| 1999 | 696,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 694,700 ha | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 713,303 ha | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 939,600 ha | +31.7% |
| 2003 | 791,900 ha | -15.7% |
| 2004 | 732,955 ha | -7.4% |
| 2005 | 750,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 793,000 ha | +5.7% |
| 2007 | 790,070 ha | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 846,260 ha | +7.1% |
| 2009 | 954,430 ha | +12.8% |
| 2010 | 991,669 ha | +3.9% |
| 2011 | 1.02 million ha | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 1.04 million ha | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 1.02 million ha | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 1.02 million ha | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 880,250 ha | -13.6% |
| 2016 | 883,031 ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 1.00 million ha | +13.2% |
| 2018 | 1.02 million ha | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 1.15 million ha | +12.6% |
| 2020 | 1.19 million ha | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 1.27 million ha | +6.5% |
| 2022 | 1.30 million ha | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 1.30 million ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1.37 million ha | +5.3% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 1.37 million ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 249,854 ha, 5.5× the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 1.37 million ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 275,000 ha, 5.0× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — 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 | +81.0% | 400,000 ha | 724,000 ha |
| 1979 | +74.6% | 205,000 ha | 358,000 ha |
| 1970 | +64.4% | 275,182 ha | 452,500 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 238,238 ha | 173,277 ha | 294,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 351,670 ha | 205,000 ha | 452,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 501,500 ha | 372,000 ha | 724,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 634,677 ha | 464,800 ha | 696,900 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 800,622 ha | 694,700 ha | 954,430 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.00 million ha | 880,250 ha | 1.15 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.28 million ha | 1.19 million ha | 1.37 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 24 Côte d'Ivoire 640,000 ha compare
- 24 Malawi 1.50 million ha compare
- 24 Pakistan 1.50 million ha compare
- 25 Caribbean 392,421 ha compare
- 26 Canada 1.45 million ha compare
- 28 Poland 1.28 million ha compare
- 29 Cabo Verde 124 ha compare
- 29 Serbia and Montenegro 1.22 million ha compare
- 30 Cameroon 1.20 million 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 maize (corn) — area harvested in Ghana?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Ghana was 1.37 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 1.37 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 173,277 ha in 1965.
- How does Ghana rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Ghana ranks 27th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.3%. 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 Maize (corn) — 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.