Yams — Area harvested in Ghana
Ghana: Yams — Area harvested was 536,529 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Yams — Area harvested in Ghana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for yams — area harvested in Ghana is 536,529 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 5.6% on the previous year and up 25.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Ghana peaked at 580,707 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 87,000 ha, in 1966.
That places Ghana 2nd out of 61 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Yams — Area harvested in Ghana, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 150,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 150,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 162,000 ha | +8.0% |
| 1964 | 171,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 1965 | 95,000 ha | -44.4% |
| 1966 | 87,000 ha | -8.4% |
| 1967 | 99,000 ha | +13.8% |
| 1968 | 119,000 ha | +20.2% |
| 1969 | 117,000 ha | -1.7% |
| 1970 | 172,000 ha | +47.0% |
| 1971 | 172,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 134,000 ha | -22.1% |
| 1973 | 130,000 ha | -3.0% |
| 1974 | 133,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 1975 | 117,000 ha | -12.0% |
| 1976 | 100,000 ha | -14.5% |
| 1977 | 89,000 ha | -11.0% |
| 1978 | 95,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1979 | 105,000 ha | +10.5% |
| 1980 | 113,000 ha | +7.6% |
| 1981 | 116,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 1982 | 111,000 ha | -4.3% |
| 1983 | 143,000 ha | +28.8% |
| 1984 | 223,000 ha | +55.9% |
| 1985 | 178,000 ha | -20.2% |
| 1986 | 179,000 ha | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 204,400 ha | +14.2% |
| 1988 | 168,300 ha | -17.7% |
| 1989 | 217,000 ha | +28.9% |
| 1990 | 119,400 ha | -45.0% |
| 1991 | 227,300 ha | +90.4% |
| 1992 | 224,100 ha | -1.4% |
| 1993 | 206,700 ha | -7.8% |
| 1994 | 154,200 ha | -25.4% |
| 1995 | 176,100 ha | +14.2% |
| 1996 | 178,006 ha | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 187,400 ha | +5.3% |
| 1998 | 210,920 ha | +12.6% |
| 1999 | 242,700 ha | +15.1% |
| 2000 | 261,000 ha | +7.5% |
| 2001 | 287,386 ha | +10.1% |
| 2002 | 300,010 ha | +4.4% |
| 2003 | 321,400 ha | +7.1% |
| 2004 | 310,834 ha | -3.3% |
| 2005 | 363,000 ha | +16.8% |
| 2006 | 325,000 ha | -10.5% |
| 2007 | 323,590 ha | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 347,570 ha | +7.4% |
| 2009 | 378,740 ha | +9.0% |
| 2010 | 384,942 ha | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 403,798 ha | +4.9% |
| 2012 | 426,343 ha | +5.6% |
| 2013 | 421,558 ha | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 428,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 430,198 ha | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 438,183 ha | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 458,480 ha | +4.6% |
| 2018 | 470,000 ha | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 500,000 ha | +6.4% |
| 2020 | 505,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 551,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 2022 | 580,707 ha | +5.4% |
| 2023 | 568,184 ha | -2.2% |
| 2024 | 536,529 ha | -5.6% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 536,529 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6,684 ha, 80.3× the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 536,529 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7,822 ha, 68.6× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yams — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +90.4% | 119,400 ha | 227,300 ha |
| 1984 | +55.9% | 143,000 ha | 223,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 127,778 ha | 87,000 ha | 171,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 124,700 ha | 89,000 ha | 172,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 165,270 ha | 111,000 ha | 223,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 192,683 ha | 119,400 ha | 242,700 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 321,853 ha | 261,000 ha | 378,740 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 436,150 ha | 384,942 ha | 500,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 548,284 ha | 505,000 ha | 580,707 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 yams — area harvested in Ghana?
- Yams — area harvested in Ghana was 536,529 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 580,707 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 87,000 ha in 1966.
- How does Ghana rank for yams — area harvested?
- Ghana ranks 2nd out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.4%. 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 Yams — 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.