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Agricultural land share — Ghana

Agricultural land share in Ghana in 2023 — 55.39%. Ranked 48 in the world out of 209. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 3.97 pp.

2023 55.39% +0 pp vs 2022
World rank 48of 209
Period maximum 59.69%1997
Period minimum 51.42%1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · % of land area

Agricultural land share — Ghana, 1961–20235052.55557.56019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 51.42%1963: 51.42%1965: 51.42%1967: 51.42%1969: 51.42%1971: 51.42%1973: 51.42%1975: 51.86%1977: 51.86%1979: 52.3%1981: 52.3%1983: 53.11%1985: 54.36%1987: 54.72%1989: 55.09%1991: 55.9%1993: 56.25%1995: 57.57%1997: 59.69%1999: 57.39%2001: 56.68%2003: 55.34%2005: 53.26%2007: 54.81%2009: 54.1%2011: 54.09%2013: 54.77%2015: 54.56%2017: 53.11%2019: 54.85%2021: 55.39%2023: 55.39%
Change over the period: +3.97 pp Annual average: 0.06 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Ghana

Ghana 55.39%
World 36.93%
Sub-Saharan Africa 44.7%
Western Africa computed 49.01%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 44.89%
Agricultural land share — Ghana, by year Ghana All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 55.39 +0 pp
2022 55.39 +0 pp
2021 55.39 −0 pp
2020 55.39 +0.54 pp
2019 54.85 +1.16 pp
2018 53.69 +0.59 pp
2017 53.11 −1.2 pp
2016 54.31 −0.25 pp
2015 54.56 +0.18 pp
2014 54.38 −0.39 pp
2013 54.77 +0.5 pp
2012 54.28 +0.19 pp
2011 54.09 −0.41 pp
2010 54.5 +0.4 pp
2009 54.1 +1.34 pp
2008 52.76 −2.05 pp
2007 54.81 +1.88 pp
2006 52.93 −0.33 pp
2005 53.26 +1.1 pp
2004 52.16 −3.17 pp
2003 55.34 −2.02 pp
2002 57.35 +0.67 pp
2001 56.68 +0.58 pp
2000 56.1 −1.29 pp
1999 57.39 +0.33 pp
1998 57.07 −2.63 pp
1997 59.69 +1.24 pp
1996 58.45 +0.88 pp
1995 57.57 +0.88 pp
1994 56.69 +0.44 pp
1993 56.25 +0.35 pp
1992 55.9 +0 pp
1991 55.9 +0.4 pp
1990 55.5 +0.4 pp
1989 55.09 −0.04 pp
1988 55.13 +0.4 pp
1987 54.72 +0.4 pp
1986 54.32 −0.04 pp
1985 54.36 +0.4 pp
1984 53.95 +0.84 pp
1983 53.11 −0.04 pp
1982 53.14 +0.84 pp
1981 52.3 +0 pp
1980 52.3 +0 pp
1979 52.3 +0 pp
1978 52.3 +0.44 pp
1977 51.86 +0 pp
1976 51.86 +0 pp
1975 51.86 +0.44 pp
1974 51.42 +0 pp
1973 51.42 +0 pp
1972 51.42 +0 pp
1971 51.42 +0 pp
1970 51.42 +0 pp
1969 51.42 +0 pp
1968 51.42 +0 pp
1967 51.42 +0 pp
1966 51.42 +0 pp
1965 51.42 +0 pp
1964 51.42 +0 pp
1963 51.42 +0 pp
1962 51.42 +0 pp
1961 51.42 —

Western Africa, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CI Côte d'Ivoire 86.48 NG Nigeria 76.2 GN Guinea 73.23 TG Togo 70.23 GM Gambia 62.65 GH Ghana 55.39 SL Sierra Leone 54.71 BF Burkina Faso 53.4 SN Senegal 49.4 BJ Benin 41.83 MR Mauritania 38.53 NE Niger 36.79 ML Mali 35.47 GW Guinea-Bissau 29.89 LR Liberia 19.97 CV Cabo Verde 19.6
Full table for all countries

About the indicator

The share of agricultural land in total land area: arable land, land under permanent crops, and permanent meadows and pastures. High values often come not from crop-growing countries but from pastoral ones — vast semi-desert rangelands formally count as agricultural land.

Important: The aggregate for country groups is weighted by land area.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.

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