Arable land — all countries

Arable land — Ghana

Arable land in Ghana in 2023 — 4,709,900 ha. Ranked 51 in the world out of 206. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 177.1%.

2023 4.71M ha +0% vs 2022
World rank 51of 206
Period maximum 4.71M ha2020
Period minimum 1.7M ha1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares

Arable land — Ghana, 1961–20231M2M3M4M5M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 1,700,000 ha1963: 1,700,000 ha1965: 1,700,000 ha1967: 1,700,000 ha1969: 1,700,000 ha1971: 1,700,000 ha1973: 1,700,000 ha1975: 1,800,000 ha1977: 1,800,000 ha1979: 1,900,000 ha1981: 1,900,000 ha1983: 2,100,000 ha1985: 2,400,000 ha1987: 2,500,000 ha1989: 2,600,000 ha1991: 2,800,000 ha1993: 2,800,000 ha1995: 3,000,000 ha1997: 3,600,000 ha1999: 3,696,513 ha2001: 3,793,026 ha2003: 3,889,539 ha2005: 3,986,052 ha2007: 4,082,565 ha2009: 4,179,078 ha2011: 4,275,591 ha2013: 4,372,104 ha2015: 4,468,617 ha2017: 4,565,130 ha2019: 4,661,644 ha2021: 4,709,900 ha2023: 4,709,900 ha
Change over the period: +3.01M (+177.05%) Average annual rate: 1.66 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Ghana 4.71M ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 240M ha
Western Africa computed 99.78M ha
Arable land — Ghana, by year Ghana All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 4.71M +0 +0%
2022 4.71M +0 +0%
2021 4.71M +0 +0%
2020 4.71M +48,257 +1.04%
2019 4.66M +48,257 +1.05%
2018 4.61M +48,257 +1.06%
2017 4.57M +48,257 +1.07%
2016 4.52M +48,257 +1.08%
2015 4.47M +48,257 +1.09%
2014 4.42M +48,257 +1.1%
2013 4.37M +48,257 +1.12%
2012 4.32M +48,257 +1.13%
2011 4.28M +48,257 +1.14%
2010 4.23M +48,257 +1.15%
2009 4.18M +48,257 +1.17%
2008 4.13M +48,257 +1.18%
2007 4.08M +48,257 +1.2%
2006 4.03M +48,257 +1.21%
2005 3.99M +48,257 +1.23%
2004 3.94M +48,257 +1.24%
2003 3.89M +48,257 +1.26%
2002 3.84M +48,257 +1.27%
2001 3.79M +48,257 +1.29%
2000 3.74M +48,257 +1.31%
1999 3.7M +48,257 +1.32%
1998 3.65M +48,257 +1.34%
1997 3.6M +400,000 +12.5%
1996 3.2M +200,000 +6.67%
1995 3M +200,000 +7.14%
1994 2.8M +0 +0%
1993 2.8M +0 +0%
1992 2.8M +0 +0%
1991 2.8M +100,000 +3.7%
1990 2.7M +100,000 +3.85%
1989 2.6M +0 +0%
1988 2.6M +100,000 +4%
1987 2.5M +100,000 +4.17%
1986 2.4M +0 +0%
1985 2.4M +100,000 +4.35%
1984 2.3M +200,000 +9.52%
1983 2.1M +0 +0%
1982 2.1M +200,000 +10.53%
1981 1.9M +0 +0%
1980 1.9M +0 +0%
1979 1.9M +0 +0%
1978 1.9M +100,000 +5.56%
1977 1.8M +0 +0%
1976 1.8M +0 +0%
1975 1.8M +100,000 +5.88%
1974 1.7M +0 +0%
1973 1.7M +0 +0%
1972 1.7M +0 +0%
1971 1.7M +0 +0%
1970 1.7M +0 +0%
1969 1.7M +0 +0%
1968 1.7M +0 +0%
1967 1.7M +0 +0%
1966 1.7M +0 +0%
1965 1.7M +0 +0%
1964 1.7M +0 +0%
1963 1.7M +0 +0%
1962 1.7M +0 +0%
1961 1.7M

About the indicator

The area of arable land: land under annual crops, temporary meadows, kitchen gardens and land lying fallow for up to five years. It differs from agricultural land in excluding pasture and permanent crops — and since pasture makes up most of agricultural land, arable land is usually about a third the size. The world area of arable land has barely grown since the 1990s: the added output of recent decades came from yields, not from an expansion of fields.

Important: Land lying fallow for up to five years is included, abandoned land is not. Permanent crops — orchards, vineyards, plantations — do not count as arable land.

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