Rice — Area harvested in Ghana
Ghana: Rice — Area harvested was 472,900 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Rice — Area harvested in Ghana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 472,900 ha for rice — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.7% on the previous year and up 111.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Ghana peaked at 472,900 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 27,518 ha, in 1961.
That places Ghana 25th out of 133 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Rice — Area harvested in Ghana, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 27,518 ha | — |
| 1962 | 28,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 1963 | 32,374 ha | +15.6% |
| 1964 | 42,653 ha | +31.8% |
| 1965 | 32,306 ha | -24.3% |
| 1966 | 33,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 1967 | 43,705 ha | +32.4% |
| 1968 | 45,729 ha | +4.6% |
| 1969 | 49,000 ha | +7.2% |
| 1970 | 55,000 ha | +12.2% |
| 1971 | 60,700 ha | +10.4% |
| 1972 | 70,000 ha | +15.3% |
| 1973 | 66,000 ha | -5.7% |
| 1974 | 66,800 ha | +1.2% |
| 1975 | 78,500 ha | +17.5% |
| 1976 | 77,000 ha | -1.9% |
| 1977 | 129,000 ha | +67.5% |
| 1978 | 123,000 ha | -4.7% |
| 1979 | 105,000 ha | -14.6% |
| 1980 | 99,000 ha | -5.7% |
| 1981 | 116,000 ha | +17.2% |
| 1982 | 61,000 ha | -47.4% |
| 1983 | 40,000 ha | -34.4% |
| 1984 | 69,000 ha | +72.5% |
| 1985 | 68,000 ha | -1.4% |
| 1986 | 76,100 ha | +11.9% |
| 1987 | 72,000 ha | -5.4% |
| 1988 | 51,800 ha | -28.1% |
| 1989 | 71,600 ha | +38.2% |
| 1990 | 49,000 ha | -31.6% |
| 1991 | 94,900 ha | +93.7% |
| 1992 | 79,700 ha | -16.0% |
| 1993 | 77,200 ha | -3.1% |
| 1994 | 80,900 ha | +4.8% |
| 1995 | 99,900 ha | +23.5% |
| 1996 | 105,250 ha | +5.4% |
| 1997 | 117,700 ha | +11.8% |
| 1998 | 130,400 ha | +10.8% |
| 1999 | 105,300 ha | -19.2% |
| 2000 | 115,200 ha | +9.4% |
| 2001 | 136,039 ha | +18.1% |
| 2002 | 122,810 ha | -9.7% |
| 2003 | 117,000 ha | -4.7% |
| 2004 | 119,392 ha | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 120,000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 125,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 108,930 ha | -12.9% |
| 2008 | 132,800 ha | +21.9% |
| 2009 | 162,360 ha | +22.3% |
| 2010 | 181,228 ha | +11.6% |
| 2011 | 197,480 ha | +9.0% |
| 2012 | 189,529 ha | -4.0% |
| 2013 | 215,905 ha | +13.9% |
| 2014 | 224,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 2015 | 233,270 ha | +4.1% |
| 2016 | 243,858 ha | +4.5% |
| 2017 | 241,700 ha | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 206,000 ha | -14.8% |
| 2019 | 282,000 ha | +36.9% |
| 2020 | 291,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 357,000 ha | +22.7% |
| 2022 | 382,000 ha | +7.0% |
| 2023 | 443,200 ha | +16.0% |
| 2024 | 472,900 ha | +6.7% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 472,900 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 67,206 ha, 7.0× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 472,900 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 88,500 ha, 5.3× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rice — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +93.7% | 49,000 ha | 94,900 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 37,143 ha | 27,518 ha | 49,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 83,100 ha | 55,000 ha | 129,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 72,450 ha | 40,000 ha | 116,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 94,025 ha | 49,000 ha | 130,400 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 125,953 ha | 108,930 ha | 162,360 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 221,497 ha | 181,228 ha | 282,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 389,220 ha | 291,000 ha | 472,900 ha | 5 |
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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 rice — area harvested in Ghana?
- Rice — area harvested in Ghana was 472,900 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 472,900 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 27,518 ha in 1961.
- How does Ghana rank for rice — area harvested?
- Ghana ranks 25th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 111.1%. 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 Rice — 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.