Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Ghana
Ghana: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield was 946 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Ghana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 946 kg/ha for oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 12.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Ghana peaked at 1,047 kg/ha in 1967 and was at its lowest, 672.3 kg/ha, in 2003.
That places Ghana 47th out of 186 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Ghana, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,004 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1963 | 992.9 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1964 | 845 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 1965 | 1,030 kg/ha | +21.8% |
| 1966 | 1,035 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1967 | 1,047 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1968 | 924.6 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1969 | 806.9 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1970 | 879 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1971 | 877.2 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 881.3 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1973 | 986.3 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1974 | 938.9 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1975 | 893.1 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1976 | 927.5 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1977 | 747.1 kg/ha | -19.5% |
| 1978 | 944.1 kg/ha | +26.4% |
| 1979 | 909.5 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1980 | 989.9 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1981 | 877.2 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1982 | 855 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1983 | 891.2 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1984 | 795.3 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1985 | 843.2 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1986 | 749.7 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1987 | 780.7 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1988 | 884.3 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1989 | 836.7 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1990 | 833.4 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 836.3 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 769.6 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1993 | 721 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1994 | 702.6 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1995 | 712.2 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 715.8 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 691.4 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1998 | 706.7 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 730.3 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2000 | 703.9 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2001 | 687.8 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2002 | 687.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 672.3 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2004 | 706.6 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2005 | 708.1 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 728.5 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 687.4 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2008 | 744.6 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2009 | 789.7 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2010 | 747.7 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2011 | 739.7 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 748.5 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 840.2 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 2014 | 839 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 833.3 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 844.9 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 824.3 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2018 | 883.4 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2019 | 890.3 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 904.7 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 952 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2022 | 907.2 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2023 | 936.5 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2024 | 946 kg/ha | +1.0% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 946 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 371.5 kg/ha, 2.5× the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 946 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 286.8 kg/ha, 3.3× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 965.11 kg/ha | 806.9 kg/ha | 1,047 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 898.4 kg/ha | 747.1 kg/ha | 986.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 850.32 kg/ha | 749.7 kg/ha | 989.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 741.93 kg/ha | 691.4 kg/ha | 836.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 711.67 kg/ha | 672.3 kg/ha | 789.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 819.13 kg/ha | 739.7 kg/ha | 890.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 929.28 kg/ha | 904.7 kg/ha | 952 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 oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Ghana?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Ghana was 946 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 1,047 kg/ha in 1967.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 672.3 kg/ha in 2003.
- How does Ghana rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield?
- Ghana ranks 47th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — 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.