Australia vs Ghana: Cereal yields

Australia
2.69 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Ghana
2.63 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Australia rank
100th
Ghana rank
103rd

Cereal yields over time

  • Australia
  • Ghana
123196119922024

How they compare

Australia currently reports 2.69 tonnes per hectare against 2.63 tonnes per hectare in Ghana, a difference of 0.06 tonnes per hectare.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 100th and Ghana ranks 103rd of 185 countries.

Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia Ghana Difference Ahead
1960s 1.18 tonnes per hectare 0.8544 tonnes per hectare 0.3255 tonnes per hectare Australia
1970s 1.31 tonnes per hectare 0.8571 tonnes per hectare 0.4499 tonnes per hectare Australia
1980s 1.43 tonnes per hectare 0.8622 tonnes per hectare 0.568 tonnes per hectare Australia
1990s 1.84 tonnes per hectare 1.26 tonnes per hectare 0.5796 tonnes per hectare Australia
2000s 1.68 tonnes per hectare 1.4 tonnes per hectare 0.2882 tonnes per hectare Australia
2010s 2.07 tonnes per hectare 1.87 tonnes per hectare 0.1969 tonnes per hectare Australia
2020s 2.8 tonnes per hectare 2.48 tonnes per hectare 0.323 tonnes per hectare Australia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cereal yields, Australia or Ghana?
Australia, at 2.69 tonnes per hectare against 2.63 tonnes per hectare in Ghana as of 2024.
What is the difference in cereal yields between Australia and Ghana?
0.06 tonnes per hectare, with Australia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Ghana?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Australia and Ghana rank globally for cereal yields?
Australia ranks 100th and Ghana ranks 103rd of 185 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Cereal yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Cereal yields
Unit
tonnes per hectare
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
186 places, 10,534 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

Measured in tonnes per hectare.