Agriculture & Rural in Ghana

31 indicators covering agriculture & rural for Ghana.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% 2023 down 55.3% 79th
Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% 2023 up 90.7% 48th
Rural population 41.1% 2025 down 11.4% 84th
Rural population growth 0.5% 2025 down 56.9% 84th
Rural population 14.40 million 2025 up 8.2% 40th
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 21.3% 2025 up 6.5% 35th
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 24.30 billion current US$ 2025 up 146.0% 36th
Land under cereal production 2.15 million hectares 2023 up 31.9% 54th
Cereal yield 2,688 kg per hectare 2023 up 59.1% 99th
Cereal production 5.77 million metric tons 2023 up 110.0% 49th
Fertilizer consumption 28.89 kilograms per hectare of arable land 2023 up 6.4% 140th
Land area 227,533 sq. km 2023 down 0.0% 82nd
Agricultural land 126,037 sq. km 2023 up 1.1% 66th
Agricultural land 55.4% 2023 up 1.1% 48th
Arable land 4.71 million hectares 2023 up 7.7% 51st
Permanent cropland 11.9% 2023 up 12.8% 21st
Arable land 20.7% 2023 up 7.7% 53rd
Arable land 0.1394 hectares per person 2023 down 12.7% 90th
Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) 28.6% 2025 down 29.6% 61st
Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) 40.0% 2025 down 13.0% 37th
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) 34.6% 2025 down 20.4% 48th
Average precipitation in depth 1,187 mm per year 2022 unchanged 76th
Crop production index 137.06 2014-2016 = 100 2022 up 48.5% 15th
Food production index 135.5 2014-2016 = 100 2022 up 47.0% 16th
Livestock production index 119.16 2014-2016 = 100 2022 up 32.7% 57th
Forest area 35.2% 2023 up 1.3% 88th
Forest area 80,074 sq. km 2023 up 1.3% 58th
Annual freshwater withdrawals, agriculture 73.1% 2022 down 0.5% 68th
Surface area 238,539 sq. km 2023 down 0.0% 81st
Access to electricity, rural 82.6% 2024 up 29.1% 161st
Agricultural irrigated land 0.3% 2014 up 220.5% 78th