Bananas — Yield in Ghana
Ghana: Bananas — Yield was 12,092 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Bananas — Yield in Ghana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, bananas — yield in Ghana stood at 12,092 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 9.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — yield in Ghana peaked at 12,092 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,333 kg/ha, in 1977.
That places Ghana 77th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Bananas — Yield in Ghana, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 4,250 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 1965 | 5,020 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 1966 | 5,025 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1967 | 5,003 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1968 | 5,003 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 5,433 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1970 | 2,117 kg/ha | -61.0% |
| 1971 | 2,026 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1972 | 2,026 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 2,167 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1974 | 1,653 kg/ha | -23.7% |
| 1975 | 1,700 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1976 | 1,800 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1977 | 1,333 kg/ha | -25.9% |
| 1978 | 2,000 kg/ha | +50.0% |
| 1979 | 1,750 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1980 | 1,786 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 1,682 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1982 | 1,741 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1983 | 1,765 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1984 | 2,000 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1985 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 2,179 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1991 | 1,701 kg/ha | -22.0% |
| 1992 | 1,820 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1993 | 1,999 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1994 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 2,286 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1996 | 2,844 kg/ha | +24.4% |
| 1997 | 3,500 kg/ha | +23.0% |
| 1998 | 3,167 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1999 | 3,000 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2000 | 2,857 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2001 | 3,200 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 2002 | 3,500 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2003 | 3,810 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2004 | 4,000 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2005 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 8,000 kg/ha | +100.0% |
| 2007 | 7,986 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 8,750 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2009 | 8,966 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 9,589 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2011 | 10,067 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2012 | 10,526 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2013 | 10,800 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 11,000 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 11,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 11,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 11,220 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 11,380 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 11,535 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 11,627 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 11,891 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 11,876 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 11,984 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 12,092 kg/ha | +0.9% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 12,092 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 15,555 kg/ha, 78% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 12,092 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12,536 kg/ha, 96% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +100.0% | 4,000 kg/ha | 8,000 kg/ha |
| 1970 | -61.0% | 5,433 kg/ha | 2,117 kg/ha |
| 1978 | +50.0% | 1,333 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,970 kg/ha | 4,250 kg/ha | 5,433 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,857 kg/ha | 1,333 kg/ha | 2,167 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,897 kg/ha | 1,682 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,450 kg/ha | 1,701 kg/ha | 3,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,507 kg/ha | 2,857 kg/ha | 8,966 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,812 kg/ha | 9,589 kg/ha | 11,535 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,894 kg/ha | 11,627 kg/ha | 12,092 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 bananas — yield in Ghana?
- Bananas — yield in Ghana was 12,092 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — yield recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 12,092 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest bananas — yield recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,333 kg/ha in 1977.
- How does Ghana rank for bananas — yield?
- Ghana ranks 77th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — yield rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Bananas — 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.