Cassava, fresh — Yield in Ghana
Ghana: Cassava, fresh — Yield was 25,865 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Ghana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cassava, fresh — yield in Ghana stood at 25,865 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.2% on the previous year and up 29.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — yield in Ghana peaked at 25,865 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6,667 kg/ha, in 1975.
Ghana ranks 6th of 93 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Ghana, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,500 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 7,532 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1964 | 7,547 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1965 | 9,333 kg/ha | +23.7% |
| 1966 | 8,344 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1967 | 8,618 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1968 | 8,405 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1969 | 7,500 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1970 | 7,381 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1971 | 7,381 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 7,500 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1973 | 7,143 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1974 | 7,111 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1975 | 6,667 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1976 | 7,276 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1977 | 7,806 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1978 | 8,064 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1979 | 8,032 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1980 | 8,076 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 9,833 kg/ha | +21.8% |
| 1982 | 8,635 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1983 | 8,229 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1984 | 8,800 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1985 | 7,932 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1986 | 7,428 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1987 | 6,998 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1988 | 7,432 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1989 | 7,444 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 8,417 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1991 | 10,663 kg/ha | +26.7% |
| 1992 | 10,259 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1993 | 11,231 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1994 | 11,578 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1995 | 11,992 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1996 | 12,039 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 11,878 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1998 | 11,389 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1999 | 12,253 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2000 | 12,281 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 12,344 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 12,249 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 12,685 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2004 | 12,423 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2005 | 12,756 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 12,200 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2007 | 12,764 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2008 | 13,514 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2009 | 13,807 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 15,433 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2011 | 16,012 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2012 | 16,749 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2013 | 18,270 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2014 | 20,024 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2015 | 18,780 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2016 | 18,960 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 20,729 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2018 | 21,337 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 22,282 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2020 | 22,967 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 23,784 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2022 | 24,416 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 25,072 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2024 | 25,865 kg/ha | +3.2% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 25,865 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10,977 kg/ha, 2.4× the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 25,865 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 10,541 kg/ha, 2.5× the median. (35 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,031 kg/ha | 7,500 kg/ha | 9,333 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,436 kg/ha | 6,667 kg/ha | 8,064 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,081 kg/ha | 6,998 kg/ha | 9,833 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,170 kg/ha | 8,417 kg/ha | 12,253 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,702 kg/ha | 12,200 kg/ha | 13,807 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,858 kg/ha | 15,433 kg/ha | 22,282 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,421 kg/ha | 22,967 kg/ha | 25,865 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 3 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 29,333 kg/ha compare
- 3 Viet Nam 20,387 kg/ha compare
- 4 Indonesia 28,230 kg/ha compare
- 4 Polynesia 15,986 kg/ha compare
- 5 Niger 26,681 kg/ha compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 14,026 kg/ha compare
- 6 Melanesia 12,178 kg/ha compare
- 7 Malawi 25,500 kg/ha compare
- 7 Micronesia (Federated States of) 10,696 kg/ha compare
- 7 Micronesia 10,696 kg/ha compare
- 8 Bahamas 25,020 kg/ha compare
- 9 Cambodia 23,840 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 cassava, fresh — yield in Ghana?
- Cassava, fresh — yield in Ghana was 25,865 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 25,865 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,667 kg/ha in 1975.
- How does Ghana rank for cassava, fresh — yield?
- Ghana ranks 6th out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — yield rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.2%. 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 Cassava, fresh — 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.