Taro — Area harvested in Ghana
Ghana: Taro — Area harvested was 245,230 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Taro — Area harvested in Ghana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, taro — area harvested in Ghana stood at 245,230 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.9% on the previous year and up 22.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — area harvested in Ghana peaked at 396,000 ha in 1984 and was at its lowest, 100,000 ha, in 1961.
Ghana ranks 3rd of 52 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Taro — Area harvested in Ghana, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 100,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 102,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1963 | 103,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 1964 | 105,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1965 | 110,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1966 | 124,000 ha | +12.7% |
| 1967 | 122,000 ha | -1.6% |
| 1968 | 127,000 ha | +4.1% |
| 1969 | 130,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1970 | 260,000 ha | +100.0% |
| 1971 | 260,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 258,000 ha | -0.8% |
| 1973 | 261,000 ha | +1.2% |
| 1974 | 284,000 ha | +8.8% |
| 1975 | 205,000 ha | -27.8% |
| 1976 | 167,000 ha | -18.5% |
| 1977 | 147,000 ha | -12.0% |
| 1978 | 155,000 ha | +5.4% |
| 1979 | 158,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1980 | 137,000 ha | -13.3% |
| 1981 | 134,000 ha | -2.2% |
| 1982 | 145,600 ha | +8.7% |
| 1983 | 113,000 ha | -22.4% |
| 1984 | 396,000 ha | +250.4% |
| 1985 | 317,000 ha | -19.9% |
| 1986 | 206,600 ha | -34.8% |
| 1987 | 196,400 ha | -4.9% |
| 1988 | 141,300 ha | -28.1% |
| 1989 | 207,000 ha | +46.5% |
| 1990 | 141,600 ha | -31.6% |
| 1991 | 202,900 ha | +43.3% |
| 1992 | 195,900 ha | -3.4% |
| 1993 | 173,300 ha | -11.5% |
| 1994 | 178,800 ha | +3.2% |
| 1995 | 204,500 ha | +14.4% |
| 1996 | 213,715 ha | +4.5% |
| 1997 | 206,200 ha | -3.5% |
| 1998 | 217,770 ha | +5.6% |
| 1999 | 246,000 ha | +13.0% |
| 2000 | 247,500 ha | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 262,418 ha | +6.0% |
| 2002 | 282,200 ha | +7.5% |
| 2003 | 276,700 ha | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 270,000 ha | -2.4% |
| 2005 | 255,000 ha | -5.6% |
| 2006 | 260,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 238,000 ha | -8.5% |
| 2008 | 251,850 ha | +5.8% |
| 2009 | 224,600 ha | -10.8% |
| 2010 | 205,342 ha | -8.6% |
| 2011 | 204,363 ha | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 196,328 ha | -3.9% |
| 2013 | 193,998 ha | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 200,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 200,490 ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 200,490 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 212,546 ha | +6.0% |
| 2018 | 203,000 ha | -4.5% |
| 2019 | 214,000 ha | +5.4% |
| 2020 | 213,000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 219,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 232,964 ha | +6.4% |
| 2023 | 240,588 ha | +3.3% |
| 2024 | 245,230 ha | +1.9% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 245,230 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,710 ha, 143.4× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 245,230 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 15,423 ha, 15.9× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taro — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | +250.4% | 113,000 ha | 396,000 ha |
| 1970 | +100.0% | 130,000 ha | 260,000 ha |
| 1989 | +46.5% | 141,300 ha | 207,000 ha |
| 1991 | +43.3% | 141,600 ha | 202,900 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 113,667 ha | 100,000 ha | 130,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 215,500 ha | 147,000 ha | 284,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 199,390 ha | 113,000 ha | 396,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 198,068 ha | 141,600 ha | 246,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 256,827 ha | 224,600 ha | 282,200 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 203,056 ha | 193,998 ha | 214,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 230,156 ha | 213,000 ha | 245,230 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 taro — area harvested in Ghana?
- Taro — area harvested in Ghana was 245,230 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — area harvested recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 396,000 ha in 1984.
- What is the lowest taro — area harvested recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 100,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Ghana rank for taro — area harvested?
- Ghana ranks 3rd out of 52 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — area harvested rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.6%. 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 Taro — 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.