Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land in Ghana
Ghana: Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land was 21.48 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land in Ghana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 21.48 % for permanent crops — share in agricultural land in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, permanent crops — share in agricultural land in Ghana peaked at 21.48 % in 2020 and was at its lowest, 11.95 %, in 1991.
Ghana ranks 54th of 220 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13.68 % | 13.68 % | 13.68 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 13.6 % | 13.45 % | 13.68 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 12.83 % | 12.25 % | 13.45 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 12.71 % | 11.95 % | 13.69 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 16.38 % | 14.35 % | 18.18 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.98 % | 18.3 % | 21.44 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 21.48 % | 21.48 % | 21.48 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
More environment data for Ghana
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 3.01 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 223 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 1,100 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 22.79 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 41.14 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 5,186 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 2,708 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 37.37 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 4,710 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.22 ha/cap (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is permanent crops — share in agricultural land in Ghana?
- Permanent crops — share in agricultural land in Ghana was 21.48 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest permanent crops — share in agricultural land recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 21.48 % in 2020.
- What is the lowest permanent crops — share in agricultural land recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.95 % in 1991.
- How does Ghana rank for permanent crops — share in agricultural land?
- Ghana ranks 54th out of 220 countries with data for 2024.
- Is permanent crops — share in agricultural land rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.