Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Ghana
Ghana: Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield was 14,381 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Ghana, 1987–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 14,381 kg/ha for cucumbers and gherkins — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 38 years on record.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Ghana peaked at 14,381 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5,230 kg/ha, in 1991.
Ghana ranks 99th of 134 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 38 years of available data.
Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Ghana, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 10,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1988 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 11,250 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1991 | 5,230 kg/ha | -53.5% |
| 1992 | 5,554 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1993 | 5,878 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1994 | 6,202 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1995 | 6,527 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1996 | 6,851 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1997 | 7,175 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1998 | 7,499 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1999 | 7,824 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2000 | 8,148 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2001 | 8,472 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2002 | 8,796 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2003 | 9,121 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 9,423 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 9,742 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2006 | 10,000 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 10,826 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2009 | 11,254 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 12,500 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2011 | 11,962 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2012 | 12,000 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 12,636 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2014 | 13,000 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 13,351 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 12,878 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2017 | 13,255 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 12,814 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2019 | 13,236 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 13,579 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 13,907 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 13,789 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 14,210 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2024 | 14,381 kg/ha | +1.2% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 14,381 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 22,144 kg/ha, 65% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 14,381 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 15,316 kg/ha, 94% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cucumbers and gherkins — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -53.5% | 11,250 kg/ha | 5,230 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 10,000 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 3 |
| 1990s | 6,999 kg/ha | 5,230 kg/ha | 11,250 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,578 kg/ha | 8,148 kg/ha | 11,254 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,763 kg/ha | 11,962 kg/ha | 13,351 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,973 kg/ha | 13,579 kg/ha | 14,381 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 cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Ghana?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Ghana was 14,381 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — yield recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 14,381 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — yield recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,230 kg/ha in 1991.
- How does Ghana rank for cucumbers and gherkins — yield?
- Ghana ranks 99th out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — yield rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.6%. 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 Cucumbers and gherkins — 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.