Other beans, green — Yield in Ghana
Ghana: Other beans, green — Yield was 9,730 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Other beans, green — Yield in Ghana, 1995–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 9,730 kg/ha for other beans, green — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other beans, green — yield in Ghana peaked at 10,385 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 6,667 kg/ha, in 1995.
Ghana ranks 32nd of 111 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Other beans, green — Yield in Ghana, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 6,667 kg/ha | — |
| 1996 | 7,500 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1997 | 7,692 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1998 | 8,500 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1999 | 8,661 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 9,091 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2001 | 9,141 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 9,147 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 9,205 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 9,252 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 9,291 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 9,167 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 9,184 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 9,464 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 9,566 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 9,655 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 10,000 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 10,385 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 9,615 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2014 | 9,586 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 10,167 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2016 | 9,899 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 9,880 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 9,903 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 10,011 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 10,116 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 9,774 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2022 | 9,800 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 9,795 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 9,730 kg/ha | -0.7% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 9,730 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 7,882 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 9,730 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 6,091 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7,804 kg/ha | 6,667 kg/ha | 8,661 kg/ha | 5 |
| 2000s | 9,251 kg/ha | 9,091 kg/ha | 9,566 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,910 kg/ha | 9,586 kg/ha | 10,385 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,843 kg/ha | 9,730 kg/ha | 10,116 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
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 other beans, green — yield in Ghana?
- Other beans, green — yield in Ghana was 9,730 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest other beans, green — yield recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 10,385 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest other beans, green — yield recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,667 kg/ha in 1995.
- How does Ghana rank for other beans, green — yield?
- Ghana ranks 32nd out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is other beans, green — yield rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. 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 Other beans, green — 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.