Cocoa beans — Yield in Ghana
Ghana: Cocoa beans — Yield was 576.2 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cocoa beans — Yield in Ghana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 576.2 kg/ha for cocoa beans — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and up 13.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — yield in Ghana peaked at 576.2 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 205.4 kg/ha, in 1981.
That places Ghana 10th out of 53 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cocoa beans — Yield in Ghana, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 236.4 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 237.8 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1963 | 235.1 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1964 | 314.1 kg/ha | +33.6% |
| 1965 | 227.2 kg/ha | -27.7% |
| 1966 | 282.3 kg/ha | +24.3% |
| 1967 | 292.1 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1968 | 251.5 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1969 | 285.7 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1970 | 279.8 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1971 | 313.3 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1972 | 286.7 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1973 | 245 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 1974 | 275.1 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1975 | 283.8 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1976 | 251.3 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1977 | 231.2 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1978 | 223.5 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1979 | 234 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1980 | 231 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1981 | 205.4 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1982 | 225 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1983 | 210.1 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1984 | 208.4 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1985 | 216 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1986 | 248.2 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1987 | 254.5 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1988 | 342.6 kg/ha | +34.6% |
| 1989 | 421.3 kg/ha | +23.0% |
| 1990 | 423.2 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 335.4 kg/ha | -20.7% |
| 1992 | 433 kg/ha | +29.1% |
| 1993 | 362.7 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 1994 | 419.6 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 1995 | 403.9 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1996 | 383.8 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1997 | 300 kg/ha | -21.8% |
| 1998 | 300 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 334 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 2000 | 291.1 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 2001 | 288.6 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 285 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 331.3 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 2004 | 368.5 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 2005 | 400 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2006 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 420 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2008 | 373.5 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 2009 | 444.1 kg/ha | +18.9% |
| 2010 | 395 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 2011 | 437.4 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 2012 | 549.5 kg/ha | +25.6% |
| 2013 | 522.1 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2014 | 510 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 510 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 510 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 520.1 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 524 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 528.2 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 538.3 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 550 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 560.6 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 568.4 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 576.2 kg/ha | +1.4% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 576.2 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 393.35 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 576.2 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 308.35 kg/ha, 1.9× the median. (16 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 262.47 kg/ha | 227.2 kg/ha | 314.1 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 262.37 kg/ha | 223.5 kg/ha | 313.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 256.25 kg/ha | 205.4 kg/ha | 421.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 369.56 kg/ha | 300 kg/ha | 433 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 360.21 kg/ha | 285 kg/ha | 444.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 500.63 kg/ha | 395 kg/ha | 549.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 558.7 kg/ha | 538.3 kg/ha | 576.2 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 7 Ecuador 745.4 kg/ha compare
- 8 Côte d'Ivoire 495.5 kg/ha compare
- 8 Sri Lanka 680.9 kg/ha compare
- 8 Melanesia 399.8 kg/ha compare
- 9 Grenada 591.1 kg/ha compare
- 10 Micronesia (Federated States of) 380.8 kg/ha compare
- 10 Micronesia 380.8 kg/ha compare
- 11 Nicaragua 557 kg/ha compare
- 12 Dominican Republic 553.7 kg/ha compare
- 12 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 379.7 kg/ha compare
- 13 Mexico 544.2 kg/ha compare
- 13 Polynesia 183.4 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 cocoa beans — yield in Ghana?
- Cocoa beans — yield in Ghana was 576.2 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — yield recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 576.2 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — yield recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 205.4 kg/ha in 1981.
- How does Ghana rank for cocoa beans — yield?
- Ghana ranks 10th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — yield rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.0%. 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 — 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.