Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Ghana
Ghana: Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested was 8,011 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Ghana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Ghana is 8,011 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and down 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Ghana peaked at 8,420 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 475 ha, in 1991.
That places Ghana 58th out of 140 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Ghana, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,740 ha | +2.4% |
| 1963 | 1,659 ha | -4.7% |
| 1964 | 1,619 ha | -2.4% |
| 1965 | 1,290 ha | -20.3% |
| 1966 | 1,310 ha | +1.6% |
| 1967 | 1,020 ha | -22.1% |
| 1968 | 1,200 ha | +17.6% |
| 1969 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,400 ha | +16.7% |
| 1976 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1980 | 1,600 ha | +6.7% |
| 1981 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,700 ha | +6.2% |
| 1983 | 1,750 ha | +2.9% |
| 1984 | 1,800 ha | +2.9% |
| 1985 | 1,850 ha | +2.8% |
| 1986 | 1,900 ha | +2.7% |
| 1987 | 1,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,520 ha | -20.0% |
| 1991 | 475 ha | -68.8% |
| 1992 | 1,234 ha | +159.8% |
| 1993 | 2,713 ha | +119.9% |
| 1994 | 4,500 ha | +65.9% |
| 1995 | 1,970 ha | -56.2% |
| 1996 | 3,500 ha | +77.7% |
| 1997 | 4,500 ha | +28.6% |
| 1998 | 5,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1999 | 4,440 ha | -11.2% |
| 2000 | 4,368 ha | -1.6% |
| 2001 | 4,403 ha | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 4,421 ha | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 4,457 ha | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 4,501 ha | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 4,284 ha | -4.8% |
| 2006 | 5,500 ha | +28.4% |
| 2007 | 5,600 ha | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 5,982 ha | +6.8% |
| 2009 | 6,500 ha | +8.7% |
| 2010 | 7,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 2011 | 7,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 2012 | 8,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 2013 | 8,250 ha | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 8,420 ha | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 8,420 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 8,420 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 8,295 ha | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 8,224 ha | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 8,089 ha | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 8,137 ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 8,159 ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 7,970 ha | -2.3% |
| 2023 | 7,903 ha | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 8,011 ha | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,415 ha | 1,020 ha | 1,740 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,310 ha | 1,200 ha | 1,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,790 ha | 1,600 ha | 1,900 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,985 ha | 475 ha | 5,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,002 ha | 4,284 ha | 6,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,062 ha | 7,000 ha | 8,420 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,036 ha | 7,903 ha | 8,159 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)
- 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 onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Ghana?
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Ghana was 8,011 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 8,420 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 475 ha in 1991.
- How does Ghana rank for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested?
- Ghana ranks 58th out of 140 countries with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.9%. 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 Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — 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.