Ghana - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Ghana was 4,700,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,720,000 in 2011 and a minimum value of 1,700,000 in 1961.

Definition: Arable land (in hectares) 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.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 1,700,000
1962 1,700,000
1963 1,700,000
1964 1,700,000
1965 1,700,000
1966 1,700,000
1967 1,700,000
1968 1,700,000
1969 1,700,000
1970 1,700,000
1971 1,700,000
1972 1,700,000
1973 1,700,000
1974 1,700,000
1975 1,800,000
1976 1,800,000
1977 1,800,000
1978 1,900,000
1979 1,900,000
1980 1,900,000
1981 1,900,000
1982 2,100,000
1983 2,100,000
1984 2,300,000
1985 2,400,000
1986 2,400,000
1987 2,500,000
1988 2,600,000
1989 2,600,000
1990 2,700,000
1991 2,800,000
1992 2,800,000
1993 2,800,000
1994 2,800,000
1995 3,000,000
1996 3,200,000
1997 3,600,000
1998 3,800,000
1999 3,850,000
2000 3,950,000
2001 4,060,000
2002 4,181,000
2003 4,185,000
2004 4,000,000
2005 4,000,000
2006 4,200,000
2007 4,300,000
2008 4,500,000
2009 4,600,000
2010 4,620,000
2011 4,720,000
2012 4,700,000
2013 4,700,000
2014 4,700,000
2015 4,700,000
2016 4,700,000
2017 4,700,000
2018 4,700,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Ghana was 0.158 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.248 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.158 in 2018.

Definition: 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.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 0.248
1962 0.240
1963 0.233
1964 0.226
1965 0.220
1966 0.214
1967 0.209
1968 0.204
1969 0.200
1970 0.195
1971 0.189
1972 0.184
1973 0.179
1974 0.174
1975 0.180
1976 0.176
1977 0.173
1978 0.179
1979 0.176
1980 0.172
1981 0.167
1982 0.180
1983 0.175
1984 0.185
1985 0.188
1986 0.182
1987 0.184
1988 0.186
1989 0.181
1990 0.183
1991 0.184
1992 0.179
1993 0.174
1994 0.169
1995 0.176
1996 0.183
1997 0.201
1998 0.207
1999 0.205
2000 0.205
2001 0.205
2002 0.207
2003 0.202
2004 0.188
2005 0.183
2006 0.188
2007 0.187
2008 0.191
2009 0.190
2010 0.186
2011 0.186
2012 0.181
2013 0.177
2014 0.173
2015 0.169
2016 0.165
2017 0.161
2018 0.158

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Ghana was 20.66 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 20.74 in 2011, while its lowest value was 7.47 in 1961.

Definition: Arable land 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.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 7.47
1962 7.47
1963 7.47
1964 7.47
1965 7.47
1966 7.47
1967 7.47
1968 7.47
1969 7.47
1970 7.47
1971 7.47
1972 7.47
1973 7.47
1974 7.47
1975 7.91
1976 7.91
1977 7.91
1978 8.35
1979 8.35
1980 8.35
1981 8.35
1982 9.23
1983 9.23
1984 10.11
1985 10.55
1986 10.55
1987 10.99
1988 11.43
1989 11.43
1990 11.87
1991 12.31
1992 12.31
1993 12.31
1994 12.31
1995 13.18
1996 14.06
1997 15.82
1998 16.70
1999 16.92
2000 17.36
2001 17.84
2002 18.37
2003 18.39
2004 17.58
2005 17.58
2006 18.46
2007 18.90
2008 19.78
2009 20.22
2010 20.30
2011 20.74
2012 20.66
2013 20.66
2014 20.66
2015 20.66
2016 20.66
2017 20.66
2018 20.66

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use