Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Ghana
Ghana: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 1.94 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Ghana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Ghana stood at 1.94 million ha.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and up 21.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Ghana peaked at 1.95 million ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 355,000 ha, in 1965.
Ghana ranks 6th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Ghana, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 390,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 392,000 ha | +0.5% |
| 1963 | 423,554 ha | +8.0% |
| 1964 | 438,803 ha | +3.6% |
| 1965 | 355,000 ha | -19.1% |
| 1966 | 397,000 ha | +11.8% |
| 1967 | 404,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 1968 | 418,000 ha | +3.5% |
| 1969 | 447,000 ha | +6.9% |
| 1970 | 642,000 ha | +43.6% |
| 1971 | 642,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 612,000 ha | -4.7% |
| 1973 | 615,000 ha | +0.5% |
| 1974 | 642,000 ha | +4.4% |
| 1975 | 607,000 ha | -5.5% |
| 1976 | 517,000 ha | -14.8% |
| 1977 | 468,000 ha | -9.5% |
| 1978 | 485,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 1979 | 482,000 ha | -0.6% |
| 1980 | 480,000 ha | -0.4% |
| 1981 | 460,000 ha | -4.2% |
| 1982 | 486,600 ha | +5.8% |
| 1983 | 466,000 ha | -4.2% |
| 1984 | 869,000 ha | +86.5% |
| 1985 | 784,954 ha | -9.7% |
| 1986 | 772,800 ha | -1.5% |
| 1987 | 790,310 ha | +2.3% |
| 1988 | 753,610 ha | -4.6% |
| 1989 | 870,010 ha | +15.4% |
| 1990 | 583,806 ha | -32.9% |
| 1991 | 964,915 ha | +65.3% |
| 1992 | 971,916 ha | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 911,817 ha | -6.2% |
| 1994 | 853,415 ha | -6.4% |
| 1995 | 931,910 ha | +9.2% |
| 1996 | 1.05 million ha | +12.5% |
| 1997 | 1.03 million ha | -1.6% |
| 1998 | 1.13 million ha | +9.1% |
| 1999 | 1.19 million ha | +6.1% |
| 2000 | 1.23 million ha | +3.3% |
| 2001 | 1.34 million ha | +8.8% |
| 2002 | 1.44 million ha | +7.7% |
| 2003 | 1.47 million ha | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 1.44 million ha | -2.6% |
| 2005 | 1.44 million ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 1.45 million ha | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 1.44 million ha | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 1.51 million ha | +5.4% |
| 2009 | 1.56 million ha | +3.3% |
| 2010 | 1.54 million ha | -1.6% |
| 2011 | 1.57 million ha | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 1.57 million ha | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 1.56 million ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 1.59 million ha | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 1.62 million ha | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 1.65 million ha | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 1.67 million ha | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 1.73 million ha | +3.8% |
| 2019 | 1.81 million ha | +4.8% |
| 2020 | 1.86 million ha | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 1.90 million ha | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 1.94 million ha | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 1.95 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 1.94 million ha | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 407,262 ha | 355,000 ha | 447,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 571,200 ha | 468,000 ha | 642,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 673,328 ha | 460,000 ha | 870,010 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 961,701 ha | 583,806 ha | 1.19 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.43 million ha | 1.23 million ha | 1.56 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.63 million ha | 1.54 million ha | 1.81 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.92 million ha | 1.86 million ha | 1.95 million 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 roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Ghana?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Ghana was 1.94 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 1.95 million ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 355,000 ha in 1965.
- How does Ghana rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Ghana ranks 6th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.9%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.