Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Ghana
Ghana: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 5,170 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Ghana, 1987–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Ghana stood at 5,170 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and down 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Ghana peaked at 6,333 kg/ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 4,857 kg/ha, in 1991.
That places Ghana 62nd out of 74 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Ghana, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 5,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1988 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 6,333 kg/ha | +26.7% |
| 1991 | 4,857 kg/ha | -23.3% |
| 1992 | 4,871 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 4,885 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 4,899 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 4,912 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 4,926 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 4,919 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 4,959 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 4,979 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 4,989 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 5,030 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 5,000 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 5,066 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 5,124 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 5,170 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 5,213 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 5,312 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 5,312 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 5,306 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 5,329 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 5,316 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 5,330 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 5,355 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 5,109 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2020 | 5,140 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 5,200 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 5,149 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 5,163 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 5,170 kg/ha | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5,000 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 3 |
| 1990s | 5,056 kg/ha | 4,857 kg/ha | 6,333 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,019 kg/ha | 4,979 kg/ha | 5,124 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,275 kg/ha | 5,109 kg/ha | 5,355 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,164 kg/ha | 5,140 kg/ha | 5,200 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 edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Ghana?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Ghana was 5,170 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 6,333 kg/ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,857 kg/ha in 1991.
- How does Ghana rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Ghana ranks 62nd out of 74 countries with data for 2024.
- Is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c., fresh — 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.