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 23rd out of 93 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
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 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 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 23rd out of 93 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.