Pineapples — Area harvested in Ghana
Ghana: Pineapples — Area harvested was 10,748 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pineapples — Area harvested in Ghana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 10,748 ha for pineapples — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pineapples — area harvested in Ghana peaked at 10,927 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 424 ha, in 1991.
Ghana ranks 21st of 85 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pineapples — Area harvested in Ghana, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 7,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 1964 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 6,571 ha | -6.1% |
| 1966 | 5,034 ha | -23.4% |
| 1967 | 6,400 ha | +27.1% |
| 1968 | 8,498 ha | +32.8% |
| 1969 | 8,094 ha | -4.8% |
| 1970 | 9,300 ha | +14.9% |
| 1971 | 8,000 ha | -14.0% |
| 1972 | 8,100 ha | +1.2% |
| 1973 | 8,900 ha | +9.9% |
| 1974 | 10,500 ha | +18.0% |
| 1975 | 4,900 ha | -53.3% |
| 1976 | 3,000 ha | -38.8% |
| 1977 | 1,900 ha | -36.7% |
| 1978 | 2,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1979 | 1,200 ha | -40.0% |
| 1980 | 2,100 ha | +75.0% |
| 1981 | 2,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 2,500 ha | +19.0% |
| 1983 | 1,900 ha | -24.0% |
| 1984 | 2,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1985 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 2,200 ha | +10.0% |
| 1988 | 2,400 ha | +9.1% |
| 1989 | 2,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 2,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1991 | 424 ha | -83.0% |
| 1992 | 443 ha | +4.5% |
| 1993 | 489 ha | +10.4% |
| 1994 | 564 ha | +15.3% |
| 1995 | 604 ha | +7.1% |
| 1996 | 1,021 ha | +69.0% |
| 1997 | 1,146 ha | +12.2% |
| 1998 | 1,190 ha | +3.8% |
| 1999 | 1,288 ha | +8.2% |
| 2000 | 1,534 ha | +19.1% |
| 2001 | 1,373 ha | -10.5% |
| 2002 | 1,373 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1,371 ha | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 1,517 ha | +10.6% |
| 2005 | 1,526 ha | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 1,387 ha | -9.1% |
| 2007 | 1,386 ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 1,476 ha | +6.5% |
| 2009 | 9,000 ha | +509.8% |
| 2010 | 9,500 ha | +5.6% |
| 2011 | 9,800 ha | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 10,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 10,300 ha | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 10,500 ha | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 10,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 10,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 10,704 ha | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 10,808 ha | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 10,834 ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 10,824 ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 10,927 ha | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 10,712 ha | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 10,730 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 10,748 ha | +0.2% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 10,748 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,685 ha, 4.0× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 10,748 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,345 ha, 4.6× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pineapples — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +509.8% | 1,476 ha | 9,000 ha |
| 1991 | -83.0% | 2,500 ha | 424 ha |
| 1980 | +75.0% | 1,200 ha | 2,100 ha |
| 1996 | +69.0% | 604 ha | 1,021 ha |
| 1975 | -53.3% | 10,500 ha | 4,900 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,733 ha | 5,034 ha | 8,498 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,780 ha | 1,200 ha | 10,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,160 ha | 1,900 ha | 2,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 966.9 ha | 424 ha | 2,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,194 ha | 1,371 ha | 9,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,345 ha | 9,500 ha | 10,834 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,788 ha | 10,712 ha | 10,927 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 18 Cameroon 12,322 ha compare
- 19 Guinea 12,241 ha compare
- 20 Côte d'Ivoire 532 ha compare
- 20 South Africa 10,919 ha compare
- 22 Dominican Republic 9,739 ha compare
- 23 Malawi 9,074 ha compare
- 24 Mozambique 8,702 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 pineapples — area harvested in Ghana?
- Pineapples — area harvested in Ghana was 10,748 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pineapples — area harvested recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 10,927 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest pineapples — area harvested recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 424 ha in 1991.
- How does Ghana rank for pineapples — area harvested?
- Ghana ranks 21st out of 85 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pineapples — area harvested rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. 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 Pineapples — 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.