Cocoa beans — Production in Ghana
Ghana: Cocoa beans — Production was 530,000 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cocoa beans — Production in Ghana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cocoa beans — production in Ghana is 530,000 t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 18.9% on the previous year and down 38.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — production in Ghana peaked at 1.05 million t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 166,700 t, in 1984.
Ghana ranks 2nd of 54 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cocoa beans — Production in Ghana, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 415,200 t | — |
| 1962 | 428,100 t | +3.1% |
| 1963 | 427,800 t | -0.1% |
| 1964 | 580,500 t | +35.7% |
| 1965 | 415,800 t | -28.4% |
| 1966 | 381,100 t | -8.3% |
| 1967 | 423,500 t | +11.1% |
| 1968 | 327,000 t | -22.8% |
| 1969 | 414,300 t | +26.7% |
| 1970 | 406,000 t | -2.0% |
| 1971 | 470,000 t | +15.8% |
| 1972 | 415,700 t | -11.6% |
| 1973 | 343,000 t | -17.5% |
| 1974 | 385,100 t | +12.3% |
| 1975 | 397,300 t | +3.2% |
| 1976 | 326,700 t | -17.8% |
| 1977 | 277,400 t | -15.1% |
| 1978 | 268,200 t | -3.3% |
| 1979 | 280,800 t | +4.7% |
| 1980 | 277,200 t | -1.3% |
| 1981 | 246,500 t | -11.1% |
| 1982 | 202,500 t | -17.8% |
| 1983 | 168,100 t | -17.0% |
| 1984 | 166,700 t | -0.8% |
| 1985 | 194,400 t | +16.6% |
| 1986 | 226,400 t | +16.5% |
| 1987 | 188,170 t | -16.9% |
| 1988 | 246,700 t | +31.1% |
| 1989 | 295,052 t | +19.6% |
| 1990 | 293,355 t | -0.6% |
| 1991 | 241,796 t | -17.6% |
| 1992 | 312,122 t | +29.1% |
| 1993 | 254,652 t | -18.4% |
| 1994 | 288,075 t | +13.1% |
| 1995 | 403,900 t | +40.2% |
| 1996 | 403,000 t | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 322,490 t | -20.0% |
| 1998 | 409,360 t | +26.9% |
| 1999 | 434,200 t | +6.1% |
| 2000 | 436,600 t | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 389,591 t | -10.8% |
| 2002 | 340,562 t | -12.6% |
| 2003 | 497,000 t | +45.9% |
| 2004 | 737,000 t | +48.3% |
| 2005 | 740,000 t | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 734,000 t | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 614,500 t | -16.3% |
| 2008 | 680,781 t | +10.8% |
| 2009 | 710,638 t | +4.4% |
| 2010 | 632,037 t | -11.1% |
| 2011 | 700,020 t | +10.8% |
| 2012 | 879,348 t | +25.6% |
| 2013 | 835,466 t | -5.0% |
| 2014 | 858,720 t | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 858,720 t | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 858,720 t | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 969,300 t | +12.9% |
| 2018 | 904,700 t | -6.7% |
| 2019 | 811,700 t | -10.3% |
| 2020 | 800,000 t | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 1.05 million t | +30.9% |
| 2022 | 683,300 t | -34.8% |
| 2023 | 653,700 t | -4.3% |
| 2024 | 530,000 t | -18.9% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 530,000 t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 9,317 t, 56.9× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 530,000 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 21,000 t, 25.2× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 423,700 t | 327,000 t | 580,500 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 357,020 t | 268,200 t | 470,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 221,172 t | 166,700 t | 295,052 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 336,295 t | 241,796 t | 434,200 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 588,067 t | 340,562 t | 740,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 830,873 t | 632,037 t | 969,300 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 742,876 t | 530,000 t | 1.05 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
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 cocoa beans — production in Ghana?
- Cocoa beans — production in Ghana was 530,000 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — production recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 1.05 million t in 2021.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — production recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 166,700 t in 1984.
- How does Ghana rank for cocoa beans — production?
- Ghana ranks 2nd out of 54 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — production rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.3%. 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 Cocoa beans — Production. 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.