Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Ghana
Ghana: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 78,611 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Ghana, 1996–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Ghana stood at 78,611 ha.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and up 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Ghana peaked at 79,727 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 48,700 ha, in 1997.
Ghana ranks 16th of 113 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Ghana, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 65,900 ha | — |
| 1997 | 48,700 ha | -26.1% |
| 1998 | 66,900 ha | +37.4% |
| 1999 | 65,000 ha | -2.8% |
| 2000 | 64,362 ha | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 64,982 ha | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 67,746 ha | +4.3% |
| 2003 | 68,954 ha | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 70,665 ha | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 68,500 ha | -3.1% |
| 2006 | 72,551 ha | +5.9% |
| 2007 | 73,093 ha | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 72,783 ha | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 72,249 ha | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 71,025 ha | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 73,500 ha | +3.5% |
| 2012 | 74,000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 74,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 74,738 ha | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 74,389 ha | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 75,004 ha | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 78,026 ha | +4.0% |
| 2018 | 78,525 ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 77,185 ha | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 79,727 ha | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 78,479 ha | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 78,464 ha | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 78,890 ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 78,611 ha | -0.4% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 78,611 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 9,882 ha, 8.0× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 78,611 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 28,960 ha, 2.7× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +37.4% | 48,700 ha | 66,900 ha |
| 1997 | -26.1% | 65,900 ha | 48,700 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 61,625 ha | 48,700 ha | 66,900 ha | 4 |
| 2000s | 69,588 ha | 64,362 ha | 73,093 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 75,039 ha | 71,025 ha | 78,525 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 78,834 ha | 78,464 ha | 79,727 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 13 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,092 ha compare
- 13 Guinea 83,476 ha compare
- 14 Philippines 80,901 ha compare
- 14 Caribbean 98,853 ha compare
- 14 Polynesia 719 ha compare
- 15 Burundi 80,064 ha compare
- 15 Micronesia (Federated States of) 571 ha compare
- 15 Micronesia 571 ha compare
- 17 Indonesia 68,630 ha compare
- 18 Côte d'Ivoire 36,102 ha compare
- 18 Kenya 68,449 ha compare
- 19 Brazil 65,178 ha 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 in Ghana?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Ghana was 78,611 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 79,727 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 48,700 ha in 1997.
- How does Ghana rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Ghana ranks 16th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.2%. 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 Sweet potatoes — 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.