Sugar cane — Area harvested in Ghana
Ghana: Sugar cane — Area harvested was 6,450 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Ghana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar cane — area harvested in Ghana stood at 6,450 ha.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — area harvested in Ghana peaked at 10,738 ha in 1969 and was at its lowest, 1,500 ha, in 1961.
Ghana ranks 67th of 103 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Ghana, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1963 | 2,590 ha | +29.5% |
| 1964 | 3,076 ha | +18.8% |
| 1965 | 4,996 ha | +62.4% |
| 1966 | 7,531 ha | +50.7% |
| 1967 | 8,903 ha | +18.2% |
| 1968 | 8,093 ha | -9.1% |
| 1969 | 10,738 ha | +32.7% |
| 1970 | 4,000 ha | -62.7% |
| 1971 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 5,300 ha | +32.5% |
| 1973 | 4,700 ha | -11.3% |
| 1974 | 5,300 ha | +12.8% |
| 1975 | 5,800 ha | +9.4% |
| 1976 | 5,600 ha | -3.4% |
| 1977 | 5,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 5,400 ha | -3.6% |
| 1979 | 5,500 ha | +1.9% |
| 1980 | 5,300 ha | -3.6% |
| 1981 | 3,900 ha | -26.4% |
| 1982 | 3,300 ha | -15.4% |
| 1983 | 4,000 ha | +21.2% |
| 1984 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 5,500 ha | +37.5% |
| 1997 | 5,400 ha | -1.8% |
| 1998 | 5,900 ha | +9.3% |
| 1999 | 5,500 ha | -6.8% |
| 2000 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 5,700 ha | +3.6% |
| 2008 | 5,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 5,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 5,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 5,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 6,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 2013 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 6,013 ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 6,074 ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 6,142 ha | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 6,211 ha | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 6,280 ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 6,336 ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 6,373 ha | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 6,381 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 6,415 ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 6,450 ha | +0.5% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 6,450 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 32,772 ha, 20% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 6,450 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 18,222 ha, 35% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar cane — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | -62.7% | 10,738 ha | 4,000 ha |
| 1965 | +62.4% | 3,076 ha | 4,996 ha |
| 1966 | +50.7% | 4,996 ha | 7,531 ha |
| 1996 | +37.5% | 4,000 ha | 5,500 ha |
| 1962 | +33.3% | 1,500 ha | 2,000 ha |
| 1969 | +32.7% | 8,093 ha | 10,738 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,492 ha | 1,500 ha | 10,738 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,120 ha | 4,000 ha | 5,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,050 ha | 3,300 ha | 5,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,630 ha | 4,000 ha | 5,900 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,560 ha | 5,500 ha | 5,700 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,012 ha | 5,700 ha | 6,280 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,391 ha | 6,336 ha | 6,450 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 sugar cane — area harvested in Ghana?
- Sugar cane — area harvested in Ghana was 6,450 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 10,738 ha in 1969.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,500 ha in 1961.
- How does Ghana rank for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Ghana ranks 67th out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — area harvested rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.5%. 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 Sugar cane — 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.