Fruit Primary — Yield in Ghana
Ghana: Fruit Primary — Yield was 13,198 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fruit Primary — Yield in Ghana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fruit primary — yield in Ghana is 13,198 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — yield in Ghana peaked at 13,212 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 5,033 kg/ha, in 1985.
Ghana ranks 62nd of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fruit Primary — Yield in Ghana, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,277 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,292 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1963 | 5,244 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1964 | 5,220 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1965 | 5,287 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1966 | 5,402 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1967 | 5,383 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1968 | 5,334 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1969 | 5,349 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1970 | 5,290 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1971 | 5,295 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 5,197 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1973 | 5,270 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1974 | 5,254 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1975 | 5,305 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 5,696 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1977 | 5,236 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1978 | 5,360 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1979 | 5,304 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1980 | 5,665 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1981 | 5,958 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1982 | 5,130 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1983 | 5,316 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1984 | 5,194 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1985 | 5,033 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1986 | 5,511 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1987 | 5,500 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1988 | 5,502 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 5,492 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 5,905 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1991 | 6,445 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1992 | 6,530 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 7,540 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1994 | 7,554 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 7,369 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1996 | 7,643 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1997 | 7,772 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 7,511 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1999 | 7,787 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2000 | 7,669 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2001 | 7,606 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 8,079 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2003 | 8,120 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 8,730 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2005 | 9,893 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 2006 | 10,019 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 11,167 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 2008 | 11,480 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2009 | 12,455 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2010 | 12,453 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 12,560 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 12,547 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 12,948 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 12,773 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 12,999 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 13,118 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 13,154 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 13,062 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 13,176 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 13,212 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 13,164 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 13,197 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 13,202 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 13,198 kg/ha | -0.0% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 13,198 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10,605 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 13,198 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 6,972 kg/ha, 1.9× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,310 kg/ha | 5,220 kg/ha | 5,402 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,321 kg/ha | 5,197 kg/ha | 5,696 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,430 kg/ha | 5,033 kg/ha | 5,958 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,206 kg/ha | 5,905 kg/ha | 7,787 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,522 kg/ha | 7,606 kg/ha | 12,455 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,879 kg/ha | 12,453 kg/ha | 13,176 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,195 kg/ha | 13,164 kg/ha | 13,212 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 fruit primary — yield in Ghana?
- Fruit primary — yield in Ghana was 13,198 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — yield recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 13,212 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — yield recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,033 kg/ha in 1985.
- How does Ghana rank for fruit primary — yield?
- Ghana ranks 62nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — yield rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. 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 Fruit Primary — 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.