Avocados — Yield in Ghana
Ghana: Avocados — Yield was 4,532 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Avocados — Yield in Ghana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for avocados — yield in Ghana is 4,532 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and down 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, avocados — yield in Ghana peaked at 6,413 kg/ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 3,759 kg/ha, in 1967.
That places Ghana 59th out of 69 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Avocados — Yield in Ghana, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 3,861 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1966 | 4,064 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1967 | 3,759 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1968 | 4,000 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1969 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 4,091 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1983 | 4,000 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1984 | 3,909 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1985 | 3,913 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 3,846 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1987 | 4,231 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1988 | 4,385 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1989 | 4,462 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1990 | 6,413 kg/ha | +43.7% |
| 1991 | 4,621 kg/ha | -27.9% |
| 1992 | 4,637 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 4,653 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 4,670 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 4,686 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 4,702 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 4,718 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 4,734 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 4,751 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 4,767 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 4,783 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 4,799 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 4,815 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 4,853 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 4,873 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 4,900 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 4,788 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2008 | 4,754 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 4,722 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 4,694 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 4,668 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 4,605 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 4,618 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 4,579 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 4,555 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 4,534 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 4,520 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 4,501 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 4,480 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 4,463 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 4,576 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 4,506 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 4,515 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 4,532 kg/ha | +0.4% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 4,532 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 9,225 kg/ha, 49% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 4,532 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7,142 kg/ha, 63% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Avocados — Yield in Ghana changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +43.7% | 4,462 kg/ha | 6,413 kg/ha |
| 1991 | -27.9% | 6,413 kg/ha | 4,621 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,965 kg/ha | 3,759 kg/ha | 4,064 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,000 kg/ha | 4,000 kg/ha | 4,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,084 kg/ha | 3,846 kg/ha | 4,462 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,859 kg/ha | 4,621 kg/ha | 6,413 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,805 kg/ha | 4,722 kg/ha | 4,900 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,576 kg/ha | 4,480 kg/ha | 4,694 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,518 kg/ha | 4,463 kg/ha | 4,576 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 56 Ecuador 5,088 kg/ha compare
- 57 South Africa 5,082 kg/ha compare
- 58 Barbados 4,854 kg/ha compare
- 60 Cameroon 4,472 kg/ha compare
- 61 Cook Islands 4,240 kg/ha compare
- 62 Martinique 4,200 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Ghana
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 41.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2128 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 692.99 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4821 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4108 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 21.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 21.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is avocados — yield in Ghana?
- Avocados — yield in Ghana was 4,532 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest avocados — yield recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 6,413 kg/ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest avocados — yield recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,759 kg/ha in 1967.
- How does Ghana rank for avocados — yield?
- Ghana ranks 59th out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
- Is avocados — yield rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Avocados — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.