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Ghana: Arable land (% of land area)

20.70percent · 2024+6.6% since 2014

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. Annual figures for Ghana from 1961 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202420.7
202320.7
202220.7
202120.7
202020.7
201920.488
201820.275
201720.063
201619.851
201519.639
201419.427
201319.215
201219.003
201118.79
201018.578
200918.366
200818.154
200717.942
200617.73
200517.518
200417.306
200317.094
200216.882
200116.67
200016.458
199916.246
199816.033
199715.821
199614.063
199513.184
199412.306
199312.306
199212.306
199112.306
199011.866
198911.427
198811.427
198710.987
198610.548
198510.548
198410.108
19839.229
19829.229
19818.35
19808.35
19798.35
19788.35
19777.911
19767.911
19757.911
19747.471
19737.471
19727.471
19717.471
19707.471
19697.471
19687.471
19677.471
19667.471
19657.471
19647.471
19637.471
19627.471
19617.471

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by Food and Agriculture Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Arable land (% of land area). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-arable-land-zs (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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