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Agricultural land in Ghana

Agricultural land in Ghana was 55.4% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 50th highest of 224 countries in 2024.

202455.4% Estimated
Change on 20230 pts
Rank50th of 224Countries ranked
Series high59.71997
Series low51.41961

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Agricultural land in Ghana, 1961 to 2024

50525456586019611971198119912001201120241961: 51.4 %1962: 51.4 %1963: 51.4 %1964: 51.4 %1965: 51.4 %1966: 51.4 %1967: 51.4 %1968: 51.4 %1969: 51.4 %1970: 51.4 %1971: 51.4 %1972: 51.4 %1973: 51.4 %1974: 51.4 %1975: 51.9 %1976: 51.9 %1977: 51.9 %1978: 52.3 %1979: 52.3 %1980: 52.3 %1981: 52.3 %1982: 53.1 %1983: 53.1 %1984: 54 %1985: 54.4 %1986: 54.3 %1987: 54.7 %1988: 55.1 %1989: 55.1 %1990: 55.5 %1991: 55.9 %1992: 55.9 %1993: 56.3 %1994: 56.7 %1995: 57.6 %1996: 58.5 %1997: 59.7 %1998: 57.1 %1999: 57.4 %2000: 56.1 %2001: 56.7 %2002: 57.4 %2003: 55.3 %2004: 52.2 %2005: 53.3 %2006: 52.9 %2007: 54.8 %2008: 52.8 %2009: 54.1 %2010: 54.5 %2011: 54.1 %2012: 54.3 %2013: 54.8 %2014: 54.4 %2015: 54.6 %2016: 54.3 %2017: 53.1 %2018: 53.7 %2019: 54.9 %2020: 55.4 %2021: 55.4 %2022: 55.4 %2023: 55.4 %2024: 55.4 %5052.55557.56019611983200520241961: 51.4 %1962: 51.4 %1963: 51.4 %1964: 51.4 %1965: 51.4 %1966: 51.4 %1967: 51.4 %1968: 51.4 %1969: 51.4 %1970: 51.4 %1971: 51.4 %1972: 51.4 %1973: 51.4 %1974: 51.4 %1975: 51.9 %1976: 51.9 %1977: 51.9 %1978: 52.3 %1979: 52.3 %1980: 52.3 %1981: 52.3 %1982: 53.1 %1983: 53.1 %1984: 54 %1985: 54.4 %1986: 54.3 %1987: 54.7 %1988: 55.1 %1989: 55.1 %1990: 55.5 %1991: 55.9 %1992: 55.9 %1993: 56.3 %1994: 56.7 %1995: 57.6 %1996: 58.5 %1997: 59.7 %1998: 57.1 %1999: 57.4 %2000: 56.1 %2001: 56.7 %2002: 57.4 %2003: 55.3 %2004: 52.2 %2005: 53.3 %2006: 52.9 %2007: 54.8 %2008: 52.8 %2009: 54.1 %2010: 54.5 %2011: 54.1 %2012: 54.3 %2013: 54.8 %2014: 54.4 %2015: 54.6 %2016: 54.3 %2017: 53.1 %2018: 53.7 %2019: 54.9 %2020: 55.4 %2021: 55.4 %2022: 55.4 %2023: 55.4 %2024: 55.4 %
%. Source: FAOSTAT, Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-02.
All 64 values
Period%
202455.4 Estimated
202355.4 Estimated
202255.4 Estimated
202155.4 Estimated
202055.4 Estimated
201954.9 Estimated
201853.7 Estimated
201753.1 Estimated
201654.3 Estimated
201554.6 Estimated
201454.4 Estimated
201354.8 Estimated
201254.3 Estimated
201154.1 Estimated
201054.5 Estimated
200954.1 Estimated
200852.8 Estimated
200754.8 Estimated
200652.9 Estimated
200553.3 Estimated
200452.2 Estimated
200355.3 Estimated
200257.4 Estimated
200156.7 Estimated
200056.1 Estimated
199957.4 Estimated
199857.1 Estimated
199759.7 Estimated
199658.5 Estimated
199557.6 Estimated
199456.7 Estimated
199356.3 Estimated
199255.9 Estimated
199155.9 Estimated
199055.5 Estimated
198955.1 Estimated
198855.1 Estimated
198754.7 Estimated
198654.3 Estimated
198554.4 Estimated
198454 Estimated
198353.1 Estimated
198253.1 Estimated
198152.3 Estimated
198052.3 Estimated
197952.3 Estimated
197852.3 Estimated
197751.9 Estimated
197651.9 Estimated
197551.9 Estimated
197451.4 Estimated
197351.4 Estimated
197251.4 Estimated
197151.4 Estimated
197051.4 Estimated
196951.4 Estimated
196851.4 Estimated
196751.4 Estimated
196651.4 Estimated
196551.4 Estimated
196451.4 Estimated
196351.4 Estimated
196251.4 Estimated
196151.4 Estimated

Ghana compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 5.6 %Afghanistan: 58.4 %Antigua and Barbuda: 21.1 %Albania: 41.1 %Armenia: 59.4 %Angola: 36.3 %Argentina: 45.8 %Austria: 31.1 %Australia: 47.3 %Azerbaijan: 57.8 %Bosnia and Herzegovina: 22.4 %Bangladesh: 72.2 %Belgium: 44.4 %Burkina Faso: 62.6 %Bulgaria: 46.2 %Burundi: 74.2 %Benin: 43.1 %Brunei: 2.9 %Bolivia: 36.1 %Brazil: 28.4 %Bahamas: 1.3 %Bhutan: 13.8 %Botswana: 45.6 %Belarus: 39.1 %Belize: 8.2 %Canada: 6.5 %Democratic Republic of the Congo: 16.2 %Central African Republic: 9.3 %Republic of the Congo: 31.2 %Switzerland: 37.7 %Côte d’Ivoire: 83.9 %Chile: 14.4 %Cameroon: 21.1 %China: 41.7 %Colombia: 36.5 %Costa Rica: 31.4 %Cuba: 61.7 %Cape Verde: 24.8 %Cyprus: 13.6 %Czechia: 45.8 %Germany: 47.4 %Djibouti: 73.5 %Denmark: 65.1 %Dominican Republic: 51.5 %Algeria: 17.4 %Ecuador: 20.3 %Estonia: 23 %Egypt: 4.3 %Western Sahara: 18.8 %Eritrea: 62.8 %Spain: 49.3 %Ethiopia: 34.3 %Finland: 7.4 %Fiji: 17 %Falkland Islands: 93.2 %Faroe Islands: 70.1 %France: 52.8 %Gabon: 6.9 %United Kingdom: 69.2 %Georgia: 33.7 %Ghana: 55.4 %Greenland: 0.6 %Gambia: 76.1 %Guinea: 73.2 %Equatorial Guinea: 3.4 %Greece: 38.9 %Guatemala: 46 %Guinea-Bissau: 31.4 %Guyana: 3.4 %Hong Kong: 3.8 %Honduras: 28.5 %Croatia: 26.2 %Haiti: 65.1 %Hungary: 55.5 %Indonesia: 28.9 %Ireland: 65.2 %Israel: 23.8 %Isle of Man: 68.3 %India: 59.9 %Iraq: 21.7 %Iran: 29 %Iceland: 16.3 %Italy: 43.6 %Jamaica: 39.1 %Jordan: 11.6 %Japan: 12.6 %Kenya: 50 %Kyrgyzstan: 54 %Cambodia: 34.7 %Kiribati: 41.9 %North Korea: 21.6 %South Korea: 16 %Kuwait: 8.4 %Cayman Islands: 11.3 %Kazakhstan: 79.2 %Laos: 9.5 %Lebanon: 63.7 %Sri Lanka: 48.8 %Liberia: 20.1 %Lesotho: 92.9 %Lithuania: 45.7 %Luxembourg: 51.7 %Latvia: 31.7 %Libya: 8.7 %Morocco: 67.2 %Moldova: 73.2 %Montenegro: 18.5 %Madagascar: 70.4 %North Macedonia: 49.2 %Mali: 34.2 %Myanmar: 19.9 %Mongolia: 68.8 %Mauritania: 38.5 %Mauritius: 40.9 %Malawi: 65 %Mexico: 50.6 %Malaysia: 24.8 %Mozambique: 56.1 %Namibia: 47.1 %New Caledonia: 9.8 %Niger: 36.8 %Nigeria: 77.1 %Netherlands: 53.4 %Norway: 2.7 %Nepal: 26.1 %New Zealand: 36.8 %Oman: 4.8 %Panama: 23.1 %Peru: 19 %French Polynesia: 8.1 %Papua New Guinea: 3.1 %Philippines: 42.8 %Pakistan: 47.2 %Poland: 46.2 %Puerto Rico: 18.5 %Palestine: 64.9 %Portugal: 41.3 %Palau: 9.4 %Paraguay: 54.1 %Qatar: 6.4 %Romania: 55.2 %Serbia: 38.1 %Russia: 13.2 %Rwanda: 75.7 %Saudi Arabia: 81.7 %Solomon Islands: 4.1 %Sudan: 60.3 %Sweden: 7.3 %Singapore: 0.9 %Slovenia: 30.4 %Slovakia: 37.8 %Sierra Leone: 55.2 %Senegal: 49.4 %Somalia: 70.3 %Suriname: 0.5 %South Sudan: 44.7 %El Salvador: 57.3 %Syria: 74.1 %Eswatini: 69.6 %Chad: 40 %Togo: 69.1 %Thailand: 43.3 %Tajikistan: 28 %Timor-Leste: 23 %Turkmenistan: 84.3 %Tunisia: 62.1 %Türkiye: 50.2 %Trinidad and Tobago: 11.6 %Taiwan: 21.9 %Tanzania: 45.1 %Ukraine: 71.3 %Uganda: 80.3 %United States: 46.1 %Uruguay: 87.4 %Uzbekistan: 59 %Venezuela: 24.4 %Vietnam: 39.2 %Vanuatu: 13.3 %Samoa: 17.8 %Yemen: 44.4 %South Africa: 79.4 %Zambia: 32.1 %Zimbabwe: 48.1 %
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Agricultural land, 2024, %. Ghana is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Definition

Agricultural land as a share of land area: cropland (arable land and permanent crops) plus permanent meadows and pastures. Land area excludes inland waters. FAOSTAT land use domain, element "Share in Land area".

Many countries report land use rarely, so FAO often carries the last figure forward and recent years can repeat earlier ones. This is the FAO series the World Bank republishes as AG.LND.AGRI.ZS. FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.

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FAO. 2026. FAOSTAT: Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2026). Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209) (Agricultural land, Ghana, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

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Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Agricultural land, Ghana, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2 Oct. 2026, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/ghana. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2026. Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Agricultural land, Ghana, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/ghana.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Agricultural land, Ghana, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/ghana (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, \% (item 6610, element 7209): Agricultural land, Ghana, 1961 to 2024}},
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  url = {https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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}
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What is the agricultural land in Ghana?

Agricultural land in Ghana was 55.4% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 50th highest of 224 countries in 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest agricultural land in Ghana?

59.7% in 1997, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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