Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Ghana
Ghana: Oil palm fruit — Area harvested was 435,934 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Ghana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oil palm fruit — area harvested in Ghana is 435,934 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 2.5% on the previous year and up 24.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil palm fruit — area harvested in Ghana peaked at 435,934 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 60,000 ha, in 1961.
Ghana ranks 6th of 41 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Ghana, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 60,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 60,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 60,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 85,000 ha | +41.7% |
| 1965 | 88,900 ha | +4.6% |
| 1966 | 89,000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1967 | 90,900 ha | +2.1% |
| 1968 | 100,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1969 | 100,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 110,900 ha | +10.9% |
| 1971 | 110,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 113,300 ha | +2.2% |
| 1973 | 124,600 ha | +10.0% |
| 1974 | 146,100 ha | +17.3% |
| 1975 | 143,700 ha | -1.6% |
| 1976 | 143,300 ha | -0.3% |
| 1977 | 140,000 ha | -2.3% |
| 1978 | 150,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1979 | 169,900 ha | +13.3% |
| 1980 | 145,700 ha | -14.2% |
| 1981 | 143,300 ha | -1.6% |
| 1982 | 143,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 143,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 123,000 ha | -14.2% |
| 1985 | 98,000 ha | -20.3% |
| 1986 | 100,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 100,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 110,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1989 | 130,000 ha | +18.2% |
| 1990 | 130,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 130,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 135,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 1993 | 135,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 135,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 140,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 1996 | 150,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1997 | 150,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 160,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1999 | 160,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 160,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 180,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 2002 | 180,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 240,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 2004 | 317,600 ha | +32.3% |
| 2005 | 325,200 ha | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 333,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 299,900 ha | -9.9% |
| 2008 | 337,800 ha | +12.6% |
| 2009 | 352,800 ha | +4.4% |
| 2010 | 360,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 354,577 ha | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 387,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 2013 | 318,760 ha | -17.6% |
| 2014 | 349,040 ha | +9.5% |
| 2015 | 349,040 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 349,040 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 361,082 ha | +3.5% |
| 2018 | 366,728 ha | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 372,777 ha | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 386,503 ha | +3.7% |
| 2021 | 394,698 ha | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 401,916 ha | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 425,263 ha | +5.8% |
| 2024 | 435,934 ha | +2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 81,533 ha | 60,000 ha | 100,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 135,270 ha | 110,900 ha | 169,900 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 123,660 ha | 98,000 ha | 145,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 142,500 ha | 130,000 ha | 160,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 272,630 ha | 160,000 ha | 352,800 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 356,804 ha | 318,760 ha | 387,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 408,863 ha | 386,503 ha | 435,934 ha | 5 |
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- 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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oil palm fruit — area harvested in Ghana?
- Oil palm fruit — area harvested in Ghana was 435,934 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 435,934 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 60,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Ghana rank for oil palm fruit — area harvested?
- Ghana ranks 6th out of 41 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oil palm fruit — area harvested rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.9%. 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 Oil palm fruit — 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.