Arable land share — all countries

Arable land share — Ghana

Arable land share in Ghana in 2023 — 20.7%. Ranked 53 in the world out of 206. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 13.23 pp.

2023 20.7% +0 pp vs 2022
World rank 53of 206
Period maximum 20.7%2020
Period minimum 7.47%1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · % of land area

Arable land share — Ghana, 1961–202351015202519611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 7.47%1963: 7.47%1965: 7.47%1967: 7.47%1969: 7.47%1971: 7.47%1973: 7.47%1975: 7.91%1977: 7.91%1979: 8.35%1981: 8.35%1983: 9.23%1985: 10.55%1987: 10.99%1989: 11.43%1991: 12.31%1993: 12.31%1995: 13.18%1997: 15.82%1999: 16.25%2001: 16.67%2003: 17.09%2005: 17.52%2007: 17.94%2009: 18.37%2011: 18.79%2013: 19.21%2015: 19.64%2017: 20.06%2019: 20.49%2021: 20.7%2023: 20.7%
Change over the period: +13.23 pp Annual average: 0.21 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Ghana 20.7%
World 10.67%
Western Africa computed 16.46%
Arable land share — Ghana, by year Ghana All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 20.7 +0 pp
2022 20.7 +0 pp
2021 20.7 −0 pp
2020 20.7 +0.21 pp
2019 20.49 +0.21 pp
2018 20.28 +0.21 pp
2017 20.06 +0.21 pp
2016 19.85 +0.21 pp
2015 19.64 +0.21 pp
2014 19.43 +0.21 pp
2013 19.21 +0.21 pp
2012 19 +0.21 pp
2011 18.79 +0.21 pp
2010 18.58 +0.21 pp
2009 18.37 +0.21 pp
2008 18.15 +0.21 pp
2007 17.94 +0.21 pp
2006 17.73 +0.21 pp
2005 17.52 +0.21 pp
2004 17.31 +0.21 pp
2003 17.09 +0.21 pp
2002 16.88 +0.21 pp
2001 16.67 +0.21 pp
2000 16.46 +0.21 pp
1999 16.25 +0.21 pp
1998 16.03 +0.21 pp
1997 15.82 +1.76 pp
1996 14.06 +0.88 pp
1995 13.18 +0.88 pp
1994 12.31 +0 pp
1993 12.31 +0 pp
1992 12.31 +0 pp
1991 12.31 +0.44 pp
1990 11.87 +0.44 pp
1989 11.43 +0 pp
1988 11.43 +0.44 pp
1987 10.99 +0.44 pp
1986 10.55 +0 pp
1985 10.55 +0.44 pp
1984 10.11 +0.88 pp
1983 9.23 +0 pp
1982 9.23 +0.88 pp
1981 8.35 +0 pp
1980 8.35 +0 pp
1979 8.35 +0 pp
1978 8.35 +0.44 pp
1977 7.91 +0 pp
1976 7.91 +0 pp
1975 7.91 +0.44 pp
1974 7.47 +0 pp
1973 7.47 +0 pp
1972 7.47 +0 pp
1971 7.47 +0 pp
1970 7.47 +0 pp
1969 7.47 +0 pp
1968 7.47 +0 pp
1967 7.47 +0 pp
1966 7.47 +0 pp
1965 7.47 +0 pp
1964 7.47 +0 pp
1963 7.47 +0 pp
1962 7.47 +0 pp
1961 7.47

About the indicator

The share of arable land in land area: land under annual crops, temporary meadows, kitchen gardens and land lying fallow for less than five years. It excludes permanent crops and permanent pasture, so the indicator reflects more precisely the resource available for growing grain and other field crops.

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

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