Drained organic soils — Area in Ghana
Ghana: Drained organic soils — Area was 1,696 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Drained organic soils — Area in Ghana, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 1,696 ha for drained organic soils — area in 2024.
The figure is up 10.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, drained organic soils — area in Ghana peaked at 1,951 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 1,528 ha, in 2016.
Ghana ranks 86th of 221 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Drained organic soils — Area in Ghana, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1,849 ha | — |
| 1991 | 1,849 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 1,849 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 1,849 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 1,844 ha | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 1,882 ha | +2.0% |
| 1996 | 1,894 ha | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 1,894 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 1,894 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 1,894 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 1,944 ha | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 1,949 ha | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 1,951 ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 1,919 ha | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 1,884 ha | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 1,882 ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 1,877 ha | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 1,864 ha | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 1,787 ha | -4.1% |
| 2009 | 1,713 ha | -4.1% |
| 2010 | 1,692 ha | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 1,692 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1,650 ha | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 1,571 ha | -4.8% |
| 2014 | 1,538 ha | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 1,538 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1,528 ha | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 1,536 ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 1,589 ha | +3.5% |
| 2019 | 1,581 ha | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 1,605 ha | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 1,653 ha | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 1,696 ha | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 1,696 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1,696 ha | +0.0% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 1,696 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 63.74 ha, 26.6× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,869 ha | 1,844 ha | 1,894 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,877 ha | 1,713 ha | 1,951 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,592 ha | 1,528 ha | 1,692 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,669 ha | 1,605 ha | 1,696 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 83 Slovakia 2,389 ha compare
- 84 Costa Rica 1,755 ha compare
- 85 Fiji 1,749 ha compare
- 87 Ecuador 1,626 ha compare
- 88 Puerto Rico 1,342 ha compare
- 89 Serbia and Montenegro 1,292 ha compare
More climate change data for Ghana
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 63.84 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 6,671 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 2,693 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 3,979 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 10.16 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 142.09 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 1,417 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 670.16 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 746.8 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 2.53 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is drained organic soils — area in Ghana?
- Drained organic soils — area in Ghana was 1,696 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest drained organic soils — area recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 1,951 ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest drained organic soils — area recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,528 ha in 2016.
- How does Ghana rank for drained organic soils — area?
- Ghana ranks 86th out of 221 countries with data for 2024.
- Is drained organic soils — area rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Drained organic soils — Area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from drained organic soils consists of nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions generated from the mineralization and oxidation of organic matter in organic soils that are drained for agricultural activities.