Lemons and limes — Yield in Ghana
Ghana: Lemons and limes — Yield was 6,801 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lemons and limes — Yield in Ghana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 6,801 kg/ha for lemons and limes — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — yield in Ghana peaked at 6,801 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5,333 kg/ha, in 1968.
That places Ghana 71st out of 107 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Lemons and limes — Yield in Ghana, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 6,250 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1967 | 6,000 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1968 | 5,333 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1969 | 6,604 kg/ha | +23.8% |
| 1970 | 6,604 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 6,000 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1972 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 6,222 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1974 | 6,000 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1975 | 6,200 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1976 | 6,000 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1977 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 6,539 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1991 | 5,882 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1992 | 5,897 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 5,912 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 5,927 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 5,943 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 5,958 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 5,973 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 5,988 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 6,004 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 6,019 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 6,034 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 6,050 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 6,065 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 6,088 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 6,094 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 6,129 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 6,212 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 6,267 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 6,318 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 6,365 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 6,408 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 6,571 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 6,460 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 6,458 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 6,505 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 6,557 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 6,602 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 6,633 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 6,658 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 6,678 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 6,710 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 6,742 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 6,772 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 6,801 kg/ha | +0.4% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 6,801 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 11,092 kg/ha, 61% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 6,801 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 6,801 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,021 kg/ha | 5,333 kg/ha | 6,604 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,103 kg/ha | 6,000 kg/ha | 6,604 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,000 kg/ha | 6,000 kg/ha | 6,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,002 kg/ha | 5,882 kg/ha | 6,539 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,127 kg/ha | 6,019 kg/ha | 6,318 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,522 kg/ha | 6,365 kg/ha | 6,658 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,741 kg/ha | 6,678 kg/ha | 6,801 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
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 lemons and limes — yield in Ghana?
- Lemons and limes — yield in Ghana was 6,801 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 6,801 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,333 kg/ha in 1968.
- How does Ghana rank for lemons and limes — yield?
- Ghana ranks 71st out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — yield rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. 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 Lemons and limes — 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.