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 59 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
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 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 1 Nigeria 1.39 million ha compare
- 2 Cameroon 250,535 ha compare
- 4 China 100,324 ha compare
- 5 China, mainland 98,043 ha compare
- 6 Côte d'Ivoire 76,400 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Ghana
- Agriculture share gdp 21.28 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 21.28 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2023)
- Rural population 41.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.5% (2025)
- Rural population 14.40 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 21.3% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 24.30 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 135,063 t (2024)
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 59 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.