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 105 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
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 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Ghana
- Agriculture share gdp 21.28 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 21.28 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2023)
- Rural population 41.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.5% (2025)
- Rural population 14.40 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 21.3% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 24.30 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 135,063 t (2024)
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 105 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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About this data
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.