Treenuts, Total — Area harvested in Ghana
Ghana: Treenuts, Total — Area harvested was 418,298 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Treenuts, Total — Area harvested in Ghana, 1987–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, treenuts, total — area harvested in Ghana stood at 418,298 ha. That is the highest value across all 38 years on record.
The figure is up 8.9% on the previous year and up 340.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, treenuts, total — area harvested in Ghana peaked at 418,298 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,600 ha, in 1987.
Ghana ranks 8th of 122 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Treenuts, Total — Area harvested in Ghana, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 2,600 ha | — |
| 1988 | 2,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 2,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 2,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 2,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 2,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 2,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 3,600 ha | +38.5% |
| 1995 | 6,467 ha | +79.6% |
| 1996 | 6,570 ha | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 18,300 ha | +178.5% |
| 1998 | 24,884 ha | +36.0% |
| 1999 | 23,754 ha | -4.5% |
| 2000 | 24,112 ha | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 22,272 ha | -7.6% |
| 2002 | 23,749 ha | +6.6% |
| 2003 | 36,857 ha | +55.2% |
| 2004 | 51,952 ha | +41.0% |
| 2005 | 58,885 ha | +13.3% |
| 2006 | 66,182 ha | +12.4% |
| 2007 | 70,200 ha | +6.1% |
| 2008 | 60,200 ha | -14.2% |
| 2009 | 67,569 ha | +12.2% |
| 2010 | 74,414 ha | +10.1% |
| 2011 | 90,250 ha | +21.3% |
| 2012 | 84,282 ha | -6.6% |
| 2013 | 88,820 ha | +5.4% |
| 2014 | 94,924 ha | +6.9% |
| 2015 | 95,253 ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 152,274 ha | +59.9% |
| 2017 | 177,140 ha | +16.3% |
| 2018 | 202,120 ha | +14.1% |
| 2019 | 170,966 ha | -15.4% |
| 2020 | 249,742 ha | +46.1% |
| 2021 | 306,152 ha | +22.6% |
| 2022 | 384,324 ha | +25.5% |
| 2023 | 383,968 ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 418,298 ha | +8.9% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 418,298 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6,680 ha, 62.6× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 418,298 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 27,038 ha, 15.5× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Treenuts, Total — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +178.5% | 6,570 ha | 18,300 ha |
| 1995 | +79.6% | 3,600 ha | 6,467 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2,600 ha | 2,600 ha | 2,600 ha | 3 |
| 1990s | 9,398 ha | 2,600 ha | 24,884 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 48,198 ha | 22,272 ha | 70,200 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 123,044 ha | 74,414 ha | 202,120 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 348,497 ha | 249,742 ha | 418,298 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 5 Indonesia 659,954 ha compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 422,386 ha compare
- 6 Benin 493,004 ha compare
- 6 Viet Nam 287,250 ha compare
- 7 Brazil 459,488 ha compare
- 8 Syrian Arab Republic 137,933 ha compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 58,720 ha compare
- 9 Morocco 254,347 ha compare
- 10 Portugal 227,180 ha compare
- 10 Republic of Moldova 28,002 ha compare
- 11 Burkina Faso 225,628 ha compare
- 11 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 17,450 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 treenuts, total — area harvested in Ghana?
- Treenuts, total — area harvested in Ghana was 418,298 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest treenuts, total — area harvested recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 418,298 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest treenuts, total — area harvested recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,600 ha in 1987.
- How does Ghana rank for treenuts, total — area harvested?
- Ghana ranks 8th out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
- Is treenuts, total — area harvested rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 340.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Treenuts, Total — 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.