Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Ghana
Ghana: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0023 ha per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Ghana, 1996–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 0.0023 ha per person for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 29 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.2% on the previous year and down 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Ghana peaked at 0.0037 ha per person in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.0023 ha per person, in 2024.
Ghana ranks 22nd of 99 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 29 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Ghana, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 0.0037 ha per person | — |
| 1997 | 0.0027 ha per person | -27.8% |
| 1998 | 0.0036 ha per person | +34.1% |
| 1999 | 0.0034 ha per person | -5.2% |
| 2000 | 0.0033 ha per person | -3.4% |
| 2001 | 0.0032 ha per person | -1.7% |
| 2002 | 0.0033 ha per person | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 0.0032 ha per person | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 0.0032 ha per person | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 0.0031 ha per person | -5.6% |
| 2006 | 0.0031 ha per person | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 0.0031 ha per person | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 0.003 ha per person | -2.9% |
| 2009 | 0.0029 ha per person | -3.2% |
| 2010 | 0.0028 ha per person | -4.1% |
| 2011 | 0.0028 ha per person | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 0.0028 ha per person | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 0.0027 ha per person | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 0.0027 ha per person | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 0.0026 ha per person | -2.7% |
| 2016 | 0.0026 ha per person | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 0.0026 ha per person | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 0.0026 ha per person | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 0.0025 ha per person | -3.7% |
| 2020 | 0.0025 ha per person | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 0.0024 ha per person | -3.5% |
| 2022 | 0.0024 ha per person | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 0.0023 ha per person | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 0.0023 ha per person | -2.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +34.1% | 0.0027 ha per person | 0.0036 ha per person |
| 1997 | -27.8% | 0.0037 ha per person | 0.0027 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0033 ha per person | 0.0027 ha per person | 0.0037 ha per person | 4 |
| 2000s | 0.0031 ha per person | 0.0029 ha per person | 0.0033 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0027 ha per person | 0.0025 ha per person | 0.0028 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0024 ha per person | 0.0023 ha per person | 0.0025 ha per person | 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 sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Ghana?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Ghana was 0.0023 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0037 ha per person in 1996.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0023 ha per person in 2024.
- How does Ghana rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita?
- Ghana ranks 22nd out of 99 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Sweet potatoes — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.