Maize (corn) — Yield in Ghana
Ghana: Maize (corn) — Yield was 2,772 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in Ghana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for maize (corn) — yield in Ghana is 2,772 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 60.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Ghana peaked at 2,772 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 430 kg/ha, in 1983.
That places Ghana 101st out of 163 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.
Maize (corn) — Yield in Ghana, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 953.6 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 928.3 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1963 | 903.9 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1964 | 853.7 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1965 | 1,206 kg/ha | +41.3% |
| 1966 | 1,603 kg/ha | +32.9% |
| 1967 | 1,164 kg/ha | -27.4% |
| 1968 | 1,109 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1969 | 1,105 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1970 | 1,064 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1971 | 1,076 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1972 | 1,036 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1973 | 1,052 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1974 | 1,143 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1975 | 1,074 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1976 | 1,044 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1977 | 1,070 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1978 | 1,063 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1979 | 1,062 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1980 | 868.2 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 1981 | 1,016 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 1982 | 927.6 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1983 | 430 kg/ha | -53.6% |
| 1984 | 961.3 kg/ha | +123.6% |
| 1985 | 1,009 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1986 | 1,184 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 1987 | 1,091 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1988 | 1,391 kg/ha | +27.5% |
| 1989 | 1,261 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1990 | 1,189 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1991 | 1,526 kg/ha | +28.4% |
| 1992 | 1,204 kg/ha | -21.1% |
| 1993 | 1,509 kg/ha | +25.3% |
| 1994 | 1,493 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1995 | 1,502 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 1,515 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 1,528 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 1,485 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1999 | 1,456 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2000 | 1,458 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 1,315 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2002 | 1,490 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 2003 | 1,627 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2004 | 1,579 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2005 | 1,561 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 1,499 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2007 | 1,544 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 1,737 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 2009 | 1,697 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2010 | 1,887 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 2011 | 1,646 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 2012 | 1,871 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 2013 | 1,724 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2014 | 1,729 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 1,922 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2016 | 1,950 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 2,011 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 2,259 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 2019 | 2,531 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 2020 | 2,583 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 2,530 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2022 | 2,504 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 2,753 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 2024 | 2,772 kg/ha | +0.7% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 2,772 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,004 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 2,772 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,273 kg/ha, 2.2× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | +123.6% | 430 kg/ha | 961.3 kg/ha |
| 1983 | -53.6% | 927.6 kg/ha | 430 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,092 kg/ha | 853.7 kg/ha | 1,603 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,068 kg/ha | 1,036 kg/ha | 1,143 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,014 kg/ha | 430 kg/ha | 1,391 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,441 kg/ha | 1,189 kg/ha | 1,528 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,551 kg/ha | 1,315 kg/ha | 1,737 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,953 kg/ha | 1,646 kg/ha | 2,531 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,628 kg/ha | 2,504 kg/ha | 2,772 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 maize (corn) — yield in Ghana?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Ghana was 2,772 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 2,772 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 430 kg/ha in 1983.
- How does Ghana rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Ghana ranks 101st out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 60.3%. 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 Maize (corn) — 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.