Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS in Ghana
Ghana: Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS was 2,698 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS in Ghana, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for herbaceous crops — area from modis in Ghana is 2,698 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.9% on the previous year and down 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, herbaceous crops — area from modis in Ghana peaked at 5,564 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 2,698 1000 ha, in 2024.
Ghana ranks 54th of 223 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS in Ghana, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 5,564 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 5,364 1000 ha | -3.6% |
| 2003 | 4,621 1000 ha | -13.8% |
| 2004 | 3,787 1000 ha | -18.1% |
| 2005 | 3,601 1000 ha | -4.9% |
| 2006 | 3,576 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 3,635 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 3,762 1000 ha | +3.5% |
| 2009 | 3,617 1000 ha | -3.9% |
| 2010 | 3,445 1000 ha | -4.7% |
| 2011 | 3,359 1000 ha | -2.5% |
| 2012 | 3,298 1000 ha | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 2,871 1000 ha | -12.9% |
| 2014 | 2,914 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 3,035 1000 ha | +4.1% |
| 2016 | 3,424 1000 ha | +12.8% |
| 2017 | 3,568 1000 ha | +4.2% |
| 2018 | 3,287 1000 ha | -7.9% |
| 2019 | 2,921 1000 ha | -11.2% |
| 2020 | 2,719 1000 ha | -6.9% |
| 2021 | 3,001 1000 ha | +10.4% |
| 2022 | 3,075 1000 ha | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 3,062 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 2,698 1000 ha | -11.9% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 2,698 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 787.08 1000 ha, 3.4× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 2,698 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 514.93 1000 ha, 5.2× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4,170 1000 ha | 3,576 1000 ha | 5,564 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 3,212 1000 ha | 2,871 1000 ha | 3,568 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,911 1000 ha | 2,698 1000 ha | 3,075 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
More environment data for Ghana
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -13.57 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -11.89 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.26 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.34 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -27.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.72 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.8796 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is herbaceous crops — area from modis in Ghana?
- Herbaceous crops — area from modis in Ghana was 2,698 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest herbaceous crops — area from modis recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 5,564 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest herbaceous crops — area from modis recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,698 1000 ha in 2024.
- How does Ghana rank for herbaceous crops — area from modis?
- Ghana ranks 54th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is herbaceous crops — area from modis rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.