Other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell in Ghana
Ghana: Other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell was 9,865 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell in Ghana, 1987–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell in Ghana stood at 9,865 ha.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell in Ghana peaked at 10,253 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 1,600 ha, in 1987.
Ghana ranks 14th of 76 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 38 years of available data.
Other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell in Ghana, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 1,600 ha | — |
| 1988 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 2,500 ha | +56.2% |
| 1996 | 3,570 ha | +42.8% |
| 1997 | 5,300 ha | +48.5% |
| 1998 | 8,170 ha | +54.2% |
| 1999 | 8,000 ha | -2.1% |
| 2000 | 7,001 ha | -12.5% |
| 2001 | 7,049 ha | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 6,749 ha | -4.3% |
| 2003 | 6,857 ha | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 6,952 ha | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 6,885 ha | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 7,182 ha | +4.3% |
| 2007 | 8,200 ha | +14.2% |
| 2008 | 8,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 8,569 ha | +4.5% |
| 2010 | 8,892 ha | +3.8% |
| 2011 | 8,250 ha | -7.2% |
| 2012 | 9,282 ha | +12.5% |
| 2013 | 9,820 ha | +5.8% |
| 2014 | 9,924 ha | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 10,253 ha | +3.3% |
| 2016 | 9,999 ha | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 9,811 ha | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 9,662 ha | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 9,566 ha | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 9,512 ha | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 9,893 ha | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 9,813 ha | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 9,839 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 9,865 ha | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1,600 ha | 1,600 ha | 1,600 ha | 3 |
| 1990s | 3,554 ha | 1,600 ha | 8,170 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,364 ha | 6,749 ha | 8,569 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,546 ha | 8,250 ha | 10,253 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,784 ha | 9,512 ha | 9,893 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 11 South Africa 15,175 ha compare
- 12 Thailand 11,614 ha compare
- 13 Papua New Guinea 10,477 ha compare
- 15 Zimbabwe 9,807 ha compare
- 16 Republic of Korea 9,058 ha compare
- 17 France 7,070 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 other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell in Ghana?
- Other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell in Ghana was 9,865 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 10,253 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,600 ha in 1987.
- How does Ghana rank for other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell?
- Ghana ranks 14th out of 76 countries with data for 2024.
- Is other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell, n.e.c. — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.