Oil of palm kernel — Production in Ghana
Ghana: Oil of palm kernel — Production was 63,000 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Oil of palm kernel — Production in Ghana, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 63,000 t for oil of palm kernel — production in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil of palm kernel — production in Ghana peaked at 63,000 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 3,212 t, in 1961.
That places Ghana 8th out of 62 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oil of palm kernel — Production in Ghana, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,212 t | — |
| 1962 | 3,660 t | +14.0% |
| 1963 | 3,879 t | +6.0% |
| 1964 | 3,895 t | +0.4% |
| 1965 | 6,530 t | +67.6% |
| 1966 | 8,100 t | +24.0% |
| 1967 | 10,317 t | +27.4% |
| 1968 | 10,168 t | -1.4% |
| 1969 | 10,009 t | -1.6% |
| 1970 | 11,100 t | +10.9% |
| 1971 | 10,947 t | -1.4% |
| 1972 | 9,600 t | -12.3% |
| 1973 | 9,600 t | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 9,900 t | +3.1% |
| 1975 | 10,190 t | +2.9% |
| 1976 | 9,600 t | -5.8% |
| 1977 | 9,000 t | -6.2% |
| 1978 | 9,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 9,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 9,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 9,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 9,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 9,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 9,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 9,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 8,790 t | -2.3% |
| 1987 | 8,550 t | -2.7% |
| 1988 | 8,880 t | +3.9% |
| 1989 | 9,480 t | +6.8% |
| 1990 | 7,950 t | -16.1% |
| 1991 | 8,940 t | +12.5% |
| 1992 | 9,780 t | +9.4% |
| 1993 | 9,750 t | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 9,960 t | +2.2% |
| 1995 | 10,110 t | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 7,714 t | -23.7% |
| 1997 | 10,078 t | +30.6% |
| 1998 | 10,730 t | +6.5% |
| 1999 | 10,201 t | -4.9% |
| 2000 | 14,600 t | +43.1% |
| 2001 | 15,100 t | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 15,000 t | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 17,500 t | +16.7% |
| 2004 | 16,600 t | -5.1% |
| 2005 | 17,000 t | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 21,000 t | +23.5% |
| 2007 | 16,000 t | -23.8% |
| 2008 | 16,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 16,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 43,700 t | +173.1% |
| 2011 | 21,000 t | -51.9% |
| 2012 | 48,100 t | +129.0% |
| 2013 | 50,400 t | +4.8% |
| 2014 | 53,100 t | +5.4% |
| 2015 | 53,100 t | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 54,000 t | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 55,800 t | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 58,500 t | +4.8% |
| 2019 | 60,300 t | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 60,300 t | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 60,800 t | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 61,600 t | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 63,000 t | +2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,641 t | 3,212 t | 10,317 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,794 t | 9,000 t | 11,100 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,970 t | 8,550 t | 9,480 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,521 t | 7,714 t | 10,730 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,480 t | 14,600 t | 21,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 49,800 t | 21,000 t | 60,300 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 61,425 t | 60,300 t | 63,000 t | 4 |
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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)
- Agriculture share gdp 21.28 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 21.28 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oil of palm kernel — production in Ghana?
- Oil of palm kernel — production in Ghana was 63,000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil of palm kernel — production recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 63,000 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest oil of palm kernel — production recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,212 t in 1961.
- How does Ghana rank for oil of palm kernel — production?
- Ghana ranks 8th out of 62 countries with data for 2023.
- Is oil of palm kernel — production rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oil of palm kernel — Production. 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.