Millet — Area harvested in Ghana
Ghana: Millet — Area harvested was 135,281 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Millet — Area harvested in Ghana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 135,281 ha for millet — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 17.1% on the previous year and down 16.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — area harvested in Ghana peaked at 250,000 ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 100,000 ha, in 1962.
That places Ghana 22nd out of 86 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
Millet — Area harvested in Ghana, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 120,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 100,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1963 | 101,170 ha | +1.2% |
| 1964 | 103,477 ha | +2.3% |
| 1965 | 119,370 ha | +15.4% |
| 1966 | 134,700 ha | +12.8% |
| 1967 | 156,000 ha | +15.8% |
| 1968 | 140,000 ha | -10.3% |
| 1969 | 175,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1970 | 248,900 ha | +42.2% |
| 1971 | 229,900 ha | -7.6% |
| 1972 | 175,600 ha | -23.6% |
| 1973 | 192,200 ha | +9.5% |
| 1974 | 222,200 ha | +15.6% |
| 1975 | 198,700 ha | -10.6% |
| 1976 | 243,400 ha | +22.5% |
| 1977 | 208,000 ha | -14.5% |
| 1978 | 157,000 ha | -24.5% |
| 1979 | 250,000 ha | +59.2% |
| 1980 | 139,000 ha | -44.4% |
| 1981 | 157,000 ha | +12.9% |
| 1982 | 172,000 ha | +9.6% |
| 1983 | 175,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 1984 | 231,000 ha | +32.0% |
| 1985 | 185,000 ha | -19.9% |
| 1986 | 156,000 ha | -15.7% |
| 1987 | 235,000 ha | +50.6% |
| 1988 | 228,000 ha | -3.0% |
| 1989 | 244,000 ha | +7.0% |
| 1990 | 124,000 ha | -49.2% |
| 1991 | 208,500 ha | +68.1% |
| 1992 | 209,700 ha | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 203,700 ha | -2.9% |
| 1994 | 191,200 ha | -6.1% |
| 1995 | 204,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1996 | 189,600 ha | -7.1% |
| 1997 | 170,000 ha | -10.3% |
| 1998 | 180,730 ha | +6.3% |
| 1999 | 186,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2000 | 208,000 ha | +11.8% |
| 2001 | 192,972 ha | -7.2% |
| 2002 | 198,010 ha | +2.6% |
| 2003 | 206,600 ha | +4.3% |
| 2004 | 182,232 ha | -11.8% |
| 2005 | 185,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 200,000 ha | +8.1% |
| 2007 | 162,710 ha | -18.6% |
| 2008 | 182,230 ha | +12.0% |
| 2009 | 186,700 ha | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 176,600 ha | -5.4% |
| 2011 | 178,676 ha | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 172,470 ha | -3.5% |
| 2013 | 160,737 ha | -6.8% |
| 2014 | 162,000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 162,236 ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 162,263 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 153,714 ha | -5.3% |
| 2018 | 142,000 ha | -7.6% |
| 2019 | 148,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 139,000 ha | -6.1% |
| 2021 | 125,000 ha | -10.1% |
| 2022 | 138,927 ha | +11.1% |
| 2023 | 163,137 ha | +17.4% |
| 2024 | 135,281 ha | -17.1% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 135,281 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 78,708 ha, 1.7× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 135,281 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 72,000 ha, 1.9× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 127,746 ha | 100,000 ha | 175,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 212,590 ha | 157,000 ha | 250,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 192,200 ha | 139,000 ha | 244,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 186,743 ha | 124,000 ha | 209,700 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 190,445 ha | 162,710 ha | 208,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 161,870 ha | 142,000 ha | 178,676 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 140,269 ha | 125,000 ha | 163,137 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 millet — area harvested in Ghana?
- Millet — area harvested in Ghana was 135,281 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — area harvested recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 250,000 ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest millet — area harvested recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 100,000 ha in 1962.
- How does Ghana rank for millet — area harvested?
- Ghana ranks 22nd out of 86 countries with data for 2024.
- Is millet — area harvested rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Millet — 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.