Arable land in Ghana
Ghana: Arable land was 0.1394 hectares per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Arable land in Ghana, 1961–2023
Source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Measured in hectares per person.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 0.1394 hectares per person for arable land in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.9% on the previous year and down 12.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land in Ghana peaked at 0.2373 hectares per person in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.1394 hectares per person, in 2023.
That places Ghana 90th out of 206 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.216 hectares per person | 0.1956 hectares per person | 0.2373 hectares per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.1743 hectares per person | 0.1638 hectares per person | 0.1905 hectares per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1686 hectares per person | 0.1547 hectares per person | 0.1776 hectares per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1797 hectares per person | 0.1648 hectares per person | 0.1974 hectares per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1791 hectares per person | 0.1681 hectares per person | 0.1907 hectares per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.157 hectares per person | 0.1491 hectares per person | 0.1659 hectares per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1435 hectares per person | 0.1394 hectares per person | 0.1477 hectares per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
More agriculture & rural data for Ghana
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2023)
- Rural population 41.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.5% (2025)
- Rural population 14.40 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 21.3% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 24.30 billion current US$ (2025)
- Land under cereal production 2.15 million hectares (2023)
- Cereal yield 2,688 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal production 5.77 million metric tons (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land in Ghana?
- Arable land in Ghana was 0.1394 hectares per person in 2023, according to FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
- What is the highest arable land recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2373 hectares per person in 1961.
- What is the lowest arable land recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1394 hectares per person in 2023.
- How does Ghana rank for arable land?
- Ghana ranks 90th out of 206 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as part of Arable land (hectares per person). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Arable land (hectares per person) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.