Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Ghana
Ghana: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested was 1.08 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Ghana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 1.08 million ha for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in 2024. 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 21.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Ghana peaked at 1.08 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 158,000 ha, in 1962.
That places Ghana 46th out of 186 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.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Ghana, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 160,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 158,000 ha | -1.2% |
| 1963 | 159,000 ha | +0.6% |
| 1964 | 192,500 ha | +21.1% |
| 1965 | 161,813 ha | -15.9% |
| 1966 | 163,404 ha | +1.0% |
| 1967 | 179,911 ha | +10.1% |
| 1968 | 210,272 ha | +16.9% |
| 1969 | 225,161 ha | +7.1% |
| 1970 | 264,207 ha | +17.3% |
| 1971 | 264,845 ha | +0.2% |
| 1972 | 261,110 ha | -1.4% |
| 1973 | 261,783 ha | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 316,161 ha | +20.8% |
| 1975 | 316,504 ha | +0.1% |
| 1976 | 292,290 ha | -7.7% |
| 1977 | 289,917 ha | -0.8% |
| 1978 | 276,187 ha | -4.7% |
| 1979 | 313,040 ha | +13.3% |
| 1980 | 278,717 ha | -11.0% |
| 1981 | 341,400 ha | +22.5% |
| 1982 | 330,600 ha | -3.2% |
| 1983 | 313,100 ha | -5.3% |
| 1984 | 333,000 ha | +6.4% |
| 1985 | 266,000 ha | -20.1% |
| 1986 | 319,916 ha | +20.3% |
| 1987 | 303,967 ha | -5.0% |
| 1988 | 300,880 ha | -1.0% |
| 1989 | 345,216 ha | +14.7% |
| 1990 | 314,135 ha | -9.0% |
| 1991 | 298,115 ha | -5.1% |
| 1992 | 342,300 ha | +14.8% |
| 1993 | 385,912 ha | +12.7% |
| 1994 | 419,380 ha | +8.7% |
| 1995 | 412,950 ha | -1.5% |
| 1996 | 444,856 ha | +7.7% |
| 1997 | 448,515 ha | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 487,280 ha | +8.6% |
| 1999 | 465,100 ha | -4.6% |
| 2000 | 504,300 ha | +8.4% |
| 2001 | 545,891 ha | +8.2% |
| 2002 | 658,954 ha | +20.7% |
| 2003 | 801,219 ha | +21.6% |
| 2004 | 850,337 ha | +6.1% |
| 2005 | 882,452 ha | +3.8% |
| 2006 | 917,811 ha | +4.0% |
| 2007 | 746,058 ha | -18.7% |
| 2008 | 832,500 ha | +11.6% |
| 2009 | 864,158 ha | +3.8% |
| 2010 | 895,371 ha | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 927,941 ha | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 938,761 ha | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 846,947 ha | -9.8% |
| 2014 | 887,590 ha | +4.8% |
| 2015 | 890,486 ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 893,180 ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 936,159 ha | +4.8% |
| 2018 | 920,263 ha | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 948,987 ha | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 963,625 ha | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 918,926 ha | -4.6% |
| 2022 | 1.03 million ha | +12.5% |
| 2023 | 1.06 million ha | +2.6% |
| 2024 | 1.08 million ha | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 178,896 ha | 158,000 ha | 225,161 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 285,604 ha | 261,110 ha | 316,504 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 313,280 ha | 266,000 ha | 345,216 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 401,854 ha | 298,115 ha | 487,280 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 760,368 ha | 504,300 ha | 917,811 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 908,568 ha | 846,947 ha | 948,987 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.01 million ha | 918,926 ha | 1.08 million 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 oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Ghana?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Ghana was 1.08 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 1.08 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 158,000 ha in 1962.
- How does Ghana rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- Ghana ranks 46th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.1%. 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, Oil 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.