Okra — Yield in Ghana
Ghana: Okra — Yield was 21,875 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Okra — Yield in Ghana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for okra — yield in Ghana is 21,875 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, okra — yield in Ghana peaked at 21,875 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3,280 kg/ha, in 1969.
Ghana ranks 7th of 60 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,438 kg/ha | 3,280 kg/ha | 3,500 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,483 kg/ha | 3,571 kg/ha | 5,029 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,786 kg/ha | 4,189 kg/ha | 5,321 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,645 kg/ha | 5,554 kg/ha | 5,888 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,283 kg/ha | 5,556 kg/ha | 19,583 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,477 kg/ha | 19,231 kg/ha | 21,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 21,473 kg/ha | 20,655 kg/ha | 21,875 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Ghana
- 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)
- Rural population 41.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.5% (2025)
- Rural population 14.40 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 21.3% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 24.30 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 135,063 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is okra — yield in Ghana?
- Okra — yield in Ghana was 21,875 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest okra — yield recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 21,875 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest okra — yield recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,280 kg/ha in 1969.
- How does Ghana rank for okra — yield?
- Ghana ranks 7th out of 60 countries with data for 2024.
- Is okra — yield rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.2%. 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 Okra — Yield. 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.