Cotton seed — Production in Ghana
Ghana: Cotton seed — Production was 11,355 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Cotton seed — Production in Ghana, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cotton seed — production in Ghana is 11,355 t, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 8.4% on the previous year and up 22.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cotton seed — production in Ghana peaked at 26,029 t in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0 t, in 1961.
That places Ghana 50th out of 121 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 24.78 t | 0 t | 159 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,749 t | 252 t | 5,223 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,429 t | 1,000 t | 4,868 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 17,930 t | 6,726 t | 26,029 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,900 t | 7,200 t | 16,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,760 t | 3,300 t | 10,500 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,521 t | 9,300 t | 13,028 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
More agriculture & rural data for Ghana
- Agriculture share gdp 21.28 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 21.28 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2023)
- Rural population 41.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.5% (2025)
- Rural population 14.40 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 21.3% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 24.30 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 135,063 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cotton seed — production in Ghana?
- Cotton seed — production in Ghana was 11,355 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cotton seed — production recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 26,029 t in 1998.
- What is the lowest cotton seed — production recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 t in 1961.
- How does Ghana rank for cotton seed — production?
- Ghana ranks 50th out of 121 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cotton seed — production rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cotton seed — 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.