Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Ghana
Ghana: Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested was 282,061 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Ghana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 282,061 ha for other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Ghana peaked at 282,061 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 50,000 ha, in 1961.
Ghana ranks 5th of 116 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Ghana, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 50,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 50,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 60,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1964 | 65,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1965 | 68,000 ha | +4.6% |
| 1966 | 100,000 ha | +47.1% |
| 1967 | 100,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 105,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1969 | 125,000 ha | +19.0% |
| 1970 | 153,000 ha | +22.4% |
| 1971 | 152,000 ha | -0.7% |
| 1972 | 124,000 ha | -18.4% |
| 1973 | 104,000 ha | -16.1% |
| 1974 | 150,000 ha | +44.2% |
| 1975 | 147,000 ha | -2.0% |
| 1976 | 163,000 ha | +10.9% |
| 1977 | 157,000 ha | -3.7% |
| 1978 | 118,000 ha | -24.8% |
| 1979 | 121,000 ha | +2.5% |
| 1980 | 120,800 ha | -0.2% |
| 1981 | 176,200 ha | +45.9% |
| 1982 | 160,500 ha | -8.9% |
| 1983 | 126,200 ha | -21.4% |
| 1984 | 138,000 ha | +9.4% |
| 1985 | 110,000 ha | -20.3% |
| 1986 | 205,600 ha | +86.9% |
| 1987 | 160,200 ha | -22.1% |
| 1988 | 112,200 ha | -30.0% |
| 1989 | 168,300 ha | +50.0% |
| 1990 | 150,000 ha | -10.9% |
| 1991 | 155,000 ha | +3.3% |
| 1992 | 150,000 ha | -3.2% |
| 1993 | 145,000 ha | -3.3% |
| 1994 | 140,000 ha | -3.4% |
| 1995 | 145,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 1996 | 150,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1997 | 155,000 ha | +3.3% |
| 1998 | 155,099 ha | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 150,000 ha | -3.3% |
| 2000 | 136,237 ha | -9.2% |
| 2001 | 101,500 ha | -25.5% |
| 2002 | 180,600 ha | +77.9% |
| 2003 | 180,000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 187,874 ha | +4.4% |
| 2005 | 210,000 ha | +11.8% |
| 2006 | 206,610 ha | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 216,812 ha | +4.9% |
| 2008 | 227,133 ha | +4.8% |
| 2009 | 240,000 ha | +5.7% |
| 2010 | 243,204 ha | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 250,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 260,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 260,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 265,747 ha | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 275,464 ha | +3.7% |
| 2016 | 267,070 ha | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 270,509 ha | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 274,083 ha | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 275,469 ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 276,916 ha | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 280,309 ha | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 278,999 ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 280,528 ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 282,061 ha | +0.5% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 282,061 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 12,822 ha, 22.0× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 282,061 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 28,578 ha, 9.9× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Ghana changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | +86.9% | 110,000 ha | 205,600 ha |
| 2002 | +77.9% | 101,500 ha | 180,600 ha |
| 1989 | +50.0% | 112,200 ha | 168,300 ha |
| 1966 | +47.1% | 68,000 ha | 100,000 ha |
| 1981 | +45.9% | 120,800 ha | 176,200 ha |
| 1974 | +44.2% | 104,000 ha | 150,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 80,333 ha | 50,000 ha | 125,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 138,900 ha | 104,000 ha | 163,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 147,800 ha | 110,000 ha | 205,600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 149,510 ha | 140,000 ha | 155,099 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 188,677 ha | 101,500 ha | 240,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 264,155 ha | 243,204 ha | 275,469 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 279,763 ha | 276,916 ha | 282,061 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 2 Mozambique 453,755 ha compare
- 3 Bangladesh 377,073 ha compare
- 3 Viet Nam 159,760 ha compare
- 4 Spain 299,070 ha compare
- 6 Poland 240,200 ha compare
- 6 United Republic of Tanzania 35,095 ha compare
- 7 Democratic Republic of the Congo 27,030 ha compare
- 7 Kenya 201,246 ha compare
- 8 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 22,192 ha compare
- 8 Nigeria 152,867 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)
- 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 other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Ghana?
- Other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Ghana was 282,061 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 282,061 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 50,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Ghana rank for other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested?
- Ghana ranks 5th out of 116 countries with data for 2024.
- Is other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.1%. 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 pulses 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.