Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Ghana
Ghana: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre was 0.3467 ha per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Ghana, 1996–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per square kilometre.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 0.3467 ha per square kilometre for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in 2023.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Ghana peaked at 0.3504 ha per square kilometre in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.214 ha per square kilometre, in 1997.
Ghana ranks 14th of 99 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Ghana, year by year
| Year | ha per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 0.2896 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1997 | 0.214 ha per square kilometre | -26.1% |
| 1998 | 0.294 ha per square kilometre | +37.4% |
| 1999 | 0.2857 ha per square kilometre | -2.8% |
| 2000 | 0.2829 ha per square kilometre | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 0.2856 ha per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 0.2977 ha per square kilometre | +4.3% |
| 2003 | 0.303 ha per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 0.3106 ha per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 0.301 ha per square kilometre | -3.1% |
| 2006 | 0.3188 ha per square kilometre | +5.9% |
| 2007 | 0.3212 ha per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 0.3199 ha per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 0.3175 ha per square kilometre | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 0.3121 ha per square kilometre | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 0.323 ha per square kilometre | +3.5% |
| 2012 | 0.3252 ha per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 0.3252 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.3285 ha per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 0.3269 ha per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.3296 ha per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 0.3429 ha per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 2018 | 0.3451 ha per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.3392 ha per square kilometre | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 0.3504 ha per square kilometre | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 0.3449 ha per square kilometre | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 0.3448 ha per square kilometre | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.3467 ha per square kilometre | +0.5% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 0.3467 ha per square kilometre is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0781 ha per square kilometre, 4.4× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 0.3467 ha per square kilometre is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0885 ha per square kilometre, 3.9× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre 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 | +37.4% | 0.214 ha per square kilometre | 0.294 ha per square kilometre |
| 1997 | -26.1% | 0.2896 ha per square kilometre | 0.214 ha per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2708 ha per square kilometre | 0.214 ha per square kilometre | 0.294 ha per square kilometre | 4 |
| 2000s | 0.3058 ha per square kilometre | 0.2829 ha per square kilometre | 0.3212 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3298 ha per square kilometre | 0.3121 ha per square kilometre | 0.3451 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3467 ha per square kilometre | 0.3448 ha per square kilometre | 0.3504 ha per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 11 Dominica 0.5227 ha per square kilometre compare
- 12 Sierra Leone 0.4674 ha per square kilometre compare
- 13 Cuba 0.3819 ha per square kilometre compare
- 15 Papua New Guinea 0.3162 ha per square kilometre compare
- 16 Philippines 0.3043 ha per square kilometre compare
- 17 Guinea 0.3006 ha per square kilometre compare
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 square kilometre in Ghana?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Ghana was 0.3467 ha per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3504 ha per square kilometre in 2020.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.214 ha per square kilometre in 1997.
- How does Ghana rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- Ghana ranks 14th out of 99 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Sweet potatoes — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.