Millet — Yield in Ghana
Ghana: Millet — Yield was 1,552 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Millet — Yield in Ghana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, millet — yield in Ghana stood at 1,552 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 3.8% on the previous year and up 62.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — yield in Ghana peaked at 1,698 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 476.7 kg/ha, in 1965.
That places Ghana 25th out of 86 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.
Millet — Yield in Ghana, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 666.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 650 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1963 | 672.9 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1964 | 672.6 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1965 | 476.7 kg/ha | -29.1% |
| 1966 | 588.7 kg/ha | +23.5% |
| 1967 | 594.6 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1968 | 521.1 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1969 | 501.7 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1970 | 567.3 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1971 | 565.9 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 561.5 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1973 | 565.6 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1974 | 694.9 kg/ha | +22.9% |
| 1975 | 613.5 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1976 | 591.6 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1977 | 601 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1978 | 592.4 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1979 | 596 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1980 | 589.9 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1981 | 758 kg/ha | +28.5% |
| 1982 | 697.7 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1983 | 651.4 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1984 | 601.7 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1985 | 605.4 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 705.1 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 1987 | 736.6 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1988 | 609.6 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 1989 | 737.7 kg/ha | +21.0% |
| 1990 | 600.8 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 1991 | 539.1 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1992 | 635.7 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 1993 | 972.5 kg/ha | +53.0% |
| 1994 | 877.8 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1995 | 984.3 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1996 | 1,020 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1997 | 844.1 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 1998 | 951.7 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1999 | 858.9 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2000 | 814.4 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2001 | 696.3 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 2002 | 803.6 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 2003 | 850.6 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2004 | 789.1 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2005 | 1,000 kg/ha | +26.7% |
| 2006 | 825 kg/ha | -17.5% |
| 2007 | 694.7 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 2008 | 1,064 kg/ha | +53.1% |
| 2009 | 1,315 kg/ha | +23.6% |
| 2010 | 1,240 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2011 | 1,029 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 2012 | 1,042 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 965.1 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2014 | 956.8 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 970 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 980 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 1,064 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2018 | 1,279 kg/ha | +20.2% |
| 2019 | 1,554 kg/ha | +21.5% |
| 2020 | 1,698 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2021 | 1,504 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 2022 | 1,413 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2023 | 1,496 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2024 | 1,552 kg/ha | +3.8% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 1,552 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,099 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 1,552 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 815.8 kg/ha, 1.9× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 593.89 kg/ha | 476.7 kg/ha | 672.9 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 594.97 kg/ha | 561.5 kg/ha | 694.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 669.31 kg/ha | 589.9 kg/ha | 758 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 828.44 kg/ha | 539.1 kg/ha | 1,020 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 885.26 kg/ha | 694.7 kg/ha | 1,315 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,108 kg/ha | 956.8 kg/ha | 1,554 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,533 kg/ha | 1,413 kg/ha | 1,698 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 millet — yield in Ghana?
- Millet — yield in Ghana was 1,552 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — yield recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 1,698 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest millet — yield recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 476.7 kg/ha in 1965.
- How does Ghana rank for millet — yield?
- Ghana ranks 25th out of 86 countries with data for 2024.
- Is millet — yield rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 62.2%. 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 Millet — 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.