Cereals, primary — Yield in Ghana
Ghana: Cereals, primary — Yield was 2,632 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Ghana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 2,632 kg/ha for cereals, primary — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 2.7% on the previous year and up 54.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Ghana peaked at 2,632 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 517.4 kg/ha, in 1983.
That places Ghana 102nd out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Yield in Ghana, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 816.4 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 809.6 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1963 | 788.2 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1964 | 777.6 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1965 | 809.2 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1966 | 1,089 kg/ha | +34.5% |
| 1967 | 916.1 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 1968 | 859.3 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1969 | 824.8 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1970 | 858.2 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1971 | 860.7 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1972 | 867.1 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1973 | 863.7 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1974 | 957.1 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1975 | 834.3 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1976 | 816.7 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1977 | 832 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 837.2 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 844.2 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1980 | 717.8 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 1981 | 860 kg/ha | +19.8% |
| 1982 | 764 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1983 | 517.4 kg/ha | -32.3% |
| 1984 | 840.1 kg/ha | +62.4% |
| 1985 | 890.7 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1986 | 984.8 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1987 | 938.6 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1988 | 1,096 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1989 | 1,013 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1990 | 989.2 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1991 | 1,221 kg/ha | +23.4% |
| 1992 | 1,042 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 1993 | 1,340 kg/ha | +28.6% |
| 1994 | 1,328 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 1,354 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1996 | 1,389 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1997 | 1,322 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1998 | 1,334 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 1,297 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2000 | 1,309 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 1,186 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2002 | 1,349 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 2003 | 1,396 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2004 | 1,373 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 1,432 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2006 | 1,334 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2007 | 1,317 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2008 | 1,598 kg/ha | +21.3% |
| 2009 | 1,660 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2010 | 1,814 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2011 | 1,594 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 2012 | 1,768 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 2013 | 1,689 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2014 | 1,703 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 1,830 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2016 | 1,842 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 1,949 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2018 | 2,173 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 2019 | 2,346 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2020 | 2,411 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 2,360 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 2,410 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 2,562 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2024 | 2,632 kg/ha | +2.7% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 2,632 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,947 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 2,632 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,342 kg/ha, 2.0× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereals, primary — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | +62.4% | 517.4 kg/ha | 840.1 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 854.43 kg/ha | 777.6 kg/ha | 1,089 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 857.12 kg/ha | 816.7 kg/ha | 957.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 862.21 kg/ha | 517.4 kg/ha | 1,096 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,262 kg/ha | 989.2 kg/ha | 1,389 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,396 kg/ha | 1,186 kg/ha | 1,660 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,871 kg/ha | 1,594 kg/ha | 2,346 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,475 kg/ha | 2,360 kg/ha | 2,632 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 cereals, primary — yield in Ghana?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Ghana was 2,632 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 2,632 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 517.4 kg/ha in 1983.
- How does Ghana rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Ghana ranks 102nd out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield 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, published as part of Cereals, primary — 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.