Corn: Yield gap in Ghana
Ghana: Corn: Yield gap was 0.9979 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▼ Falling
Corn: Yield gap in Ghana, 2000–2024
Source: Mueller et al. (2012); USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) (2026); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 0.9979 tonnes per hectare for corn: yield gap in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is down 1.9% on the previous year and down 51.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, corn: yield gap in Ghana peaked at 2.46 tonnes per hectare in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.9979 tonnes per hectare, in 2024.
That places Ghana 76th out of 115 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.22 tonnes per hectare | 2.03 tonnes per hectare | 2.46 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.82 tonnes per hectare | 1.24 tonnes per hectare | 2.12 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.14 tonnes per hectare | 0.9979 tonnes per hectare | 1.27 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 73 Netherlands 1.19 tonnes per hectare compare
- 74 Azerbaijan 1.19 tonnes per hectare compare
- 75 Cote d'Ivoire 1.11 tonnes per hectare compare
- 77 Paraguay 0.88 tonnes per hectare compare
- 78 Mali 0.8467 tonnes per hectare compare
- 79 Ecuador 0.8353 tonnes per hectare compare
More agriculture & rural data for Ghana
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 24.30 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 21.3% (2025)
- Rural population 14.40 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.5% (2025)
- Rural population 41.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2023)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 21.3% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 21.3% (2025)
- Land under cereal production 2.15 million hectares (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is corn: yield gap in Ghana?
- Corn: yield gap in Ghana was 0.9979 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Mueller et al. (2012); USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) (2026); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest corn: yield gap recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 2.46 tonnes per hectare in 2001.
- What is the lowest corn: yield gap recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9979 tonnes per hectare in 2024.
- How does Ghana rank for corn: yield gap?
- Ghana ranks 76th out of 115 countries with data for 2024.
- Is corn: yield gap rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 51.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from Mueller et al. (2012); USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) (2026); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Corn: Yield gap. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Yield gaps are the difference between attainable yields and actual yields, measured in tonnes per hectare. Negative values have been replaced by zero, meaning that the attainable yield has been reached.