Soya beans — Area harvested in Ghana
Ghana: Soya beans — Area harvested was 145,000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Soya beans — Area harvested in Ghana, 2008–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, soya beans — area harvested in Ghana stood at 145,000 ha. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.6% on the previous year and up 66.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — area harvested in Ghana peaked at 145,000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 47,266 ha, in 2008.
That places Ghana 24th out of 107 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Soya beans — Area harvested in Ghana, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 47,266 ha | — |
| 2009 | 70,794 ha | +49.8% |
| 2010 | 90,933 ha | +28.4% |
| 2011 | 102,180 ha | +12.4% |
| 2012 | 93,585 ha | -8.4% |
| 2013 | 84,800 ha | -9.4% |
| 2014 | 86,870 ha | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 86,270 ha | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 86,880 ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 101,700 ha | +17.1% |
| 2018 | 103,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 112,000 ha | +8.7% |
| 2020 | 116,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 126,000 ha | +8.6% |
| 2022 | 135,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 2023 | 140,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 2024 | 145,000 ha | +3.6% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 145,000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 30,000 ha, 4.8× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 145,000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 69,324 ha, 2.1× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Soya beans — 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 | +49.8% | 47,266 ha | 70,794 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 59,030 ha | 47,266 ha | 70,794 ha | 2 |
| 2010s | 94,822 ha | 84,800 ha | 112,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 132,400 ha | 116,000 ha | 145,000 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 soya beans — area harvested in Ghana?
- Soya beans — area harvested in Ghana was 145,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 145,000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 47,266 ha in 2008.
- How does Ghana rank for soya beans — area harvested?
- Ghana ranks 24th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — area harvested rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 66.9%. 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 Soya beans — 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.