Brazil vs Ghana: Coffee bean yields
Brazil
1.74 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Ghana
1.6 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Brazil rank
7th
Ghana rank
8th
Coffee bean yields over time
- Brazil
- Ghana
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 1.74 tonnes per hectare against 1.6 tonnes per hectare in Ghana, a difference of 0.14 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Brazil's figure about 1.1 times Ghana's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Ghana ahead.
Brazil ranks 7th and Ghana ranks 8th of 82 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 5 and Ghana in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Ghana | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4617 tonnes per hectare | 0.4463 tonnes per hectare | 0.0154 tonnes per hectare | Brazil |
| 1970s | 0.5339 tonnes per hectare | 0.2221 tonnes per hectare | 0.3118 tonnes per hectare | Brazil |
| 1980s | 0.588 tonnes per hectare | 0.1461 tonnes per hectare | 0.4419 tonnes per hectare | Brazil |
| 1990s | 0.6139 tonnes per hectare | 0.3354 tonnes per hectare | 0.2785 tonnes per hectare | Brazil |
| 2000s | 1 tonnes per hectare | 1.01 tonnes per hectare | 0.0062 tonnes per hectare | Ghana |
| 2010s | 1.48 tonnes per hectare | 1.57 tonnes per hectare | 0.0919 tonnes per hectare | Ghana |
| 2020s | 1.76 tonnes per hectare | 1.6 tonnes per hectare | 0.1568 tonnes per hectare | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher coffee bean yields, Brazil or Ghana?
- Brazil, at 1.74 tonnes per hectare against 1.6 tonnes per hectare in Ghana as of 2024.
- What is the difference in coffee bean yields between Brazil and Ghana?
- 0.14 tonnes per hectare, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Ghana?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and Ghana rank globally for coffee bean yields?
- Brazil ranks 7th and Ghana ranks 8th of 82 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 Coffee bean yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare. Green coffee beans are coffee seeds (beans) that have not yet been roasted.