Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Ghana
Ghana: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 1.04 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Ghana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Ghana stood at 1.04 million ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and up 21.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Ghana peaked at 1.04 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 146,813 ha, in 1965.
That places Ghana 41st out of 182 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 164,340 ha | 146,813 ha | 207,161 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 267,804 ha | 244,110 ha | 299,161 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 292,780 ha | 245,000 ha | 325,216 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 380,714 ha | 277,628 ha | 465,780 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 736,018 ha | 482,300 ha | 892,200 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 877,529 ha | 816,447 ha | 917,415 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 977,470 ha | 885,898 ha | 1.04 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 38 Hungary 1.11 million ha compare
- 39 Bulgaria 1.09 million ha compare
- 39 Niue 5,285 ha compare
- 40 Uruguay 1.08 million ha compare
- 41 Cook Islands 984 ha compare
- 42 Uzbekistan, Republic of 994,711 ha compare
- 43 South Sudan, Republic of 988,499 ha compare
- 44 Poland, Republic of 965,385 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)
- 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 oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Ghana?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Ghana was 1.04 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 1.04 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 146,813 ha in 1965.
- How does Ghana rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Ghana ranks 41st out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.7%. 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 Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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.