Papayas — Area harvested in Ghana
Ghana: Papayas — Area harvested was 1,659 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Papayas — Area harvested in Ghana, 1996–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 1,659 ha for papayas — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, papayas — area harvested in Ghana peaked at 1,692 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 250 ha, in 1996.
Ghana ranks 25th of 64 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Papayas — Area harvested in Ghana, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 250 ha | — |
| 1997 | 350 ha | +40.0% |
| 1998 | 360 ha | +2.9% |
| 1999 | 395 ha | +9.7% |
| 2000 | 400 ha | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 471 ha | +17.8% |
| 2002 | 507 ha | +7.6% |
| 2003 | 500 ha | -1.4% |
| 2004 | 550 ha | +10.0% |
| 2005 | 800 ha | +45.5% |
| 2006 | 850 ha | +6.2% |
| 2007 | 900 ha | +5.9% |
| 2008 | 875 ha | -2.8% |
| 2009 | 900 ha | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 1,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 2011 | 1,200 ha | +20.0% |
| 2012 | 1,500 ha | +25.0% |
| 2013 | 1,550 ha | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 1,580 ha | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 1,580 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1,580 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1,658 ha | +4.9% |
| 2018 | 1,606 ha | -3.1% |
| 2019 | 1,647 ha | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 1,692 ha | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 1,648 ha | -2.6% |
| 2022 | 1,662 ha | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 1,668 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 1,659 ha | -0.5% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 1,659 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,252 ha, 1.3× the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 1,659 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,659 ha, 1.0× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Papayas — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +45.5% | 550 ha | 800 ha |
| 1997 | +40.0% | 250 ha | 350 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 338.75 ha | 250 ha | 395 ha | 4 |
| 2000s | 675.3 ha | 400 ha | 900 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,490 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,658 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,666 ha | 1,648 ha | 1,692 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
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 papayas — area harvested in Ghana?
- Papayas — area harvested in Ghana was 1,659 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest papayas — area harvested recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 1,692 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest papayas — area harvested recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 250 ha in 1996.
- How does Ghana rank for papayas — area harvested?
- Ghana ranks 25th out of 64 countries with data for 2024.
- Is papayas — area harvested rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.0%. 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 Papayas — 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.