Sorghum — Area harvested in Ghana
Ghana: Sorghum — Area harvested was 380,192 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Area harvested in Ghana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sorghum — area harvested in Ghana stood at 380,192 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 22.6% on the previous year and up 67.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Ghana peaked at 380,192 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 145,000 ha, in 1967.
That places Ghana 20th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Area harvested in Ghana, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 150,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 155,000 ha | +3.3% |
| 1963 | 161,872 ha | +4.4% |
| 1964 | 166,202 ha | +2.7% |
| 1965 | 155,727 ha | -6.3% |
| 1966 | 175,600 ha | +12.8% |
| 1967 | 145,000 ha | -17.4% |
| 1968 | 151,000 ha | +4.1% |
| 1969 | 150,000 ha | -0.7% |
| 1970 | 242,800 ha | +61.9% |
| 1971 | 233,100 ha | -4.0% |
| 1972 | 200,300 ha | -14.1% |
| 1973 | 221,000 ha | +10.3% |
| 1974 | 216,100 ha | -2.2% |
| 1975 | 208,000 ha | -3.7% |
| 1976 | 249,000 ha | +19.7% |
| 1977 | 175,000 ha | -29.7% |
| 1978 | 160,000 ha | -8.6% |
| 1979 | 211,000 ha | +31.9% |
| 1980 | 261,000 ha | +23.7% |
| 1981 | 198,000 ha | -24.1% |
| 1982 | 216,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1983 | 220,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1984 | 252,000 ha | +14.5% |
| 1985 | 202,000 ha | -19.8% |
| 1986 | 176,000 ha | -12.9% |
| 1987 | 271,600 ha | +54.3% |
| 1988 | 226,000 ha | -16.8% |
| 1989 | 286,000 ha | +26.5% |
| 1990 | 215,200 ha | -24.8% |
| 1991 | 262,600 ha | +22.0% |
| 1992 | 307,300 ha | +17.0% |
| 1993 | 309,600 ha | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 299,200 ha | -3.4% |
| 1995 | 334,500 ha | +11.8% |
| 1996 | 314,300 ha | -6.0% |
| 1997 | 323,600 ha | +3.0% |
| 1998 | 332,360 ha | +2.7% |
| 1999 | 311,700 ha | -6.2% |
| 2000 | 288,700 ha | -7.4% |
| 2001 | 329,103 ha | +14.0% |
| 2002 | 337,150 ha | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 346,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 298,107 ha | -13.8% |
| 2005 | 305,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 320,000 ha | +4.9% |
| 2007 | 208,470 ha | -34.9% |
| 2008 | 275,860 ha | +32.3% |
| 2009 | 267,210 ha | -3.1% |
| 2010 | 252,555 ha | -5.5% |
| 2011 | 243,482 ha | -3.6% |
| 2012 | 230,841 ha | -5.2% |
| 2013 | 225,819 ha | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 227,000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 228,393 ha | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 229,604 ha | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 208,799 ha | -9.1% |
| 2018 | 275,838 ha | +32.1% |
| 2019 | 300,000 ha | +8.8% |
| 2020 | 304,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 310,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 310,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 310,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 380,192 ha | +22.6% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 380,192 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 28,421 ha, 13.4× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 380,192 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 225,850 ha, 1.7× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 156,711 ha | 145,000 ha | 175,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 211,630 ha | 160,000 ha | 249,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 230,860 ha | 176,000 ha | 286,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 301,036 ha | 215,200 ha | 334,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 297,560 ha | 208,470 ha | 346,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 242,233 ha | 208,799 ha | 300,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 322,838 ha | 304,000 ha | 380,192 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 sorghum — area harvested in Ghana?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Ghana was 380,192 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 380,192 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 145,000 ha in 1967.
- How does Ghana rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Ghana ranks 20th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 67.5%. 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 Sorghum — 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.