Ghana vs India: Millet yields
Ghana
1.55 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
India
1.43 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Ghana rank
26th
India rank
29th
Millet yields over time
- Ghana
- India
How they compare
Ghana currently reports 1.55 tonnes per hectare against 1.43 tonnes per hectare in India, a difference of 0.12 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Ghana's figure about 1.1 times India's.
The two have swapped places 18 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Ghana ahead.
Ghana ranks 26th and India ranks 29th of 88 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 5 and India in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.5939 tonnes per hectare | 0.418 tonnes per hectare | 0.1759 tonnes per hectare | Ghana |
| 1970s | 0.595 tonnes per hectare | 0.5106 tonnes per hectare | 0.0844 tonnes per hectare | Ghana |
| 1980s | 0.6693 tonnes per hectare | 0.5654 tonnes per hectare | 0.1039 tonnes per hectare | Ghana |
| 1990s | 0.8284 tonnes per hectare | 0.729 tonnes per hectare | 0.0994 tonnes per hectare | Ghana |
| 2000s | 0.8853 tonnes per hectare | 0.8931 tonnes per hectare | 0.0078 tonnes per hectare | India |
| 2010s | 1.11 tonnes per hectare | 1.22 tonnes per hectare | 0.1166 tonnes per hectare | India |
| 2020s | 1.53 tonnes per hectare | 1.42 tonnes per hectare | 0.1142 tonnes per hectare | Ghana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher millet yields, Ghana or India?
- Ghana, at 1.55 tonnes per hectare against 1.43 tonnes per hectare in India as of 2024.
- What is the difference in millet yields between Ghana and India?
- 0.12 tonnes per hectare, with Ghana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and India?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Ghana and India rank globally for millet yields?
- Ghana ranks 26th and India ranks 29th of 88 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 Millet 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.