Coconuts, in shell — Yield in Ghana
Ghana: Coconuts, in shell — Yield was 7,163 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Coconuts, in shell — Yield in Ghana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 7,163 kg/ha for coconuts, in shell — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 3.7% on the previous year and up 32.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coconuts, in shell — yield in Ghana peaked at 10,756 kg/ha in 1967 and was at its lowest, 4,978 kg/ha, in 2009.
Ghana ranks 26th of 84 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Coconuts, in shell — Yield in Ghana, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,138 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,333 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1963 | 8,111 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1964 | 8,296 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1965 | 8,548 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1966 | 8,249 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1967 | 10,756 kg/ha | +30.4% |
| 1968 | 8,272 kg/ha | -23.1% |
| 1969 | 5,174 kg/ha | -37.4% |
| 1970 | 8,297 kg/ha | +60.3% |
| 1971 | 8,389 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1972 | 8,306 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1973 | 8,310 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 8,162 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1975 | 8,271 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1976 | 8,297 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1977 | 6,609 kg/ha | -20.3% |
| 1978 | 7,571 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 1979 | 7,571 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 8,265 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1981 | 8,270 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 7,456 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1983 | 7,446 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 8,030 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1985 | 8,423 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1986 | 8,400 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 8,480 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 8,269 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1989 | 8,385 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 10,126 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 1991 | 8,333 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 1992 | 7,857 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1993 | 7,667 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1994 | 5,722 kg/ha | -25.4% |
| 1995 | 5,698 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 5,688 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 5,717 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 5,746 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 5,746 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 5,746 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 5,727 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 5,727 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 5,727 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 5,727 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 5,727 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 5,727 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 5,746 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 5,751 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 4,978 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 2010 | 5,309 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2011 | 5,358 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 5,366 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 5,405 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 5,397 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 5,353 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 6,373 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 2017 | 5,276 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 2018 | 5,660 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2019 | 6,027 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2020 | 6,421 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2021 | 6,416 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 6,480 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 6,906 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2024 | 7,163 kg/ha | +3.7% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 7,163 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 4,442 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 7,163 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,980 kg/ha, 2.4× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Coconuts, in shell — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +60.3% | 5,174 kg/ha | 8,297 kg/ha |
| 1969 | -37.4% | 8,272 kg/ha | 5,174 kg/ha |
| 1967 | +30.4% | 8,249 kg/ha | 10,756 kg/ha |
| 1994 | -25.4% | 7,667 kg/ha | 5,722 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,209 kg/ha | 5,174 kg/ha | 10,756 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,978 kg/ha | 6,609 kg/ha | 8,389 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,142 kg/ha | 7,446 kg/ha | 8,480 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,830 kg/ha | 5,688 kg/ha | 10,126 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,658 kg/ha | 4,978 kg/ha | 5,751 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,552 kg/ha | 5,276 kg/ha | 6,373 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,677 kg/ha | 6,416 kg/ha | 7,163 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 coconuts, in shell — yield in Ghana?
- Coconuts, in shell — yield in Ghana was 7,163 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coconuts, in shell — yield recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 10,756 kg/ha in 1967.
- What is the lowest coconuts, in shell — yield recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,978 kg/ha in 2009.
- How does Ghana rank for coconuts, in shell — yield?
- Ghana ranks 26th out of 84 countries with data for 2024.
- Is coconuts, in shell — yield rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Coconuts, in shell — 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.