Cereal yields in Ghana
Ghana: Cereal yields was 2.63 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereal yields in Ghana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereal yields in Ghana is 2.63 tonnes per hectare, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.7% on the previous year and up 54.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal yields in Ghana peaked at 2.63 tonnes per hectare in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.5174 tonnes per hectare, in 1983.
Ghana ranks 103rd of 185 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8544 tonnes per hectare | 0.7776 tonnes per hectare | 1.09 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.8571 tonnes per hectare | 0.8167 tonnes per hectare | 0.9571 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.8622 tonnes per hectare | 0.5174 tonnes per hectare | 1.1 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.26 tonnes per hectare | 0.9892 tonnes per hectare | 1.39 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.4 tonnes per hectare | 1.19 tonnes per hectare | 1.66 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.87 tonnes per hectare | 1.59 tonnes per hectare | 2.35 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.48 tonnes per hectare | 2.36 tonnes per hectare | 2.63 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
More agriculture & rural data for Ghana
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 24.30 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 21.3% (2025)
- Rural population 14.40 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.5% (2025)
- Rural population 41.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2023)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 21.3% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 21.3% (2025)
- Land under cereal production 2.15 million hectares (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal yields in Ghana?
- Cereal yields in Ghana was 2.63 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest cereal yields recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 2.63 tonnes per hectare in 2024.
- What is the lowest cereal yields recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5174 tonnes per hectare in 1983.
- How does Ghana rank for cereal yields?
- Ghana ranks 103rd out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereal yields rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 54.5%. 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 (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Cereal yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Measured in tonnes per hectare.