Other pulses n.e.c. — Production in Ghana
Ghana: Other pulses n.e.c. — Production was 26,313 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Other pulses n.e.c. — Production in Ghana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for other pulses n.e.c. — production in Ghana is 26,313 t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other pulses n.e.c. — production in Ghana peaked at 26,313 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5,000 t, in 1961.
That places Ghana 38th out of 117 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.
Other pulses n.e.c. — Production in Ghana, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 5,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 6,000 t | +20.0% |
| 1964 | 6,500 t | +8.3% |
| 1965 | 6,800 t | +4.6% |
| 1966 | 10,000 t | +47.1% |
| 1967 | 10,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 11,000 t | +10.0% |
| 1969 | 12,000 t | +9.1% |
| 1970 | 14,000 t | +16.7% |
| 1971 | 14,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 14,500 t | +3.6% |
| 1973 | 13,000 t | -10.3% |
| 1974 | 17,000 t | +30.8% |
| 1975 | 17,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 16,700 t | -1.8% |
| 1977 | 14,000 t | -16.2% |
| 1978 | 11,000 t | -21.4% |
| 1979 | 9,000 t | -18.2% |
| 1980 | 16,100 t | +78.9% |
| 1981 | 17,000 t | +5.6% |
| 1982 | 14,100 t | -17.1% |
| 1983 | 11,700 t | -17.0% |
| 1984 | 14,000 t | +19.7% |
| 1985 | 11,000 t | -21.4% |
| 1986 | 19,500 t | +77.3% |
| 1987 | 17,500 t | -10.3% |
| 1988 | 15,200 t | -13.1% |
| 1989 | 18,800 t | +23.7% |
| 1990 | 14,300 t | -23.9% |
| 1991 | 15,500 t | +8.4% |
| 1992 | 15,000 t | -3.2% |
| 1993 | 14,500 t | -3.3% |
| 1994 | 14,000 t | -3.4% |
| 1995 | 14,500 t | +3.6% |
| 1996 | 15,000 t | +3.4% |
| 1997 | 15,500 t | +3.3% |
| 1998 | 15,203 t | -1.9% |
| 1999 | 15,000 t | -1.3% |
| 2000 | 13,344 t | -11.0% |
| 2001 | 10,000 t | -25.1% |
| 2002 | 15,000 t | +50.0% |
| 2003 | 16,544 t | +10.3% |
| 2004 | 17,297 t | +4.5% |
| 2005 | 18,000 t | +4.1% |
| 2006 | 19,193 t | +6.6% |
| 2007 | 20,279 t | +5.7% |
| 2008 | 21,335 t | +5.2% |
| 2009 | 22,692 t | +6.4% |
| 2010 | 23,020 t | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 24,000 t | +4.3% |
| 2012 | 25,000 t | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 25,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 25,228 t | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 26,264 t | +4.1% |
| 2016 | 25,497 t | -2.9% |
| 2017 | 25,362 t | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 25,443 t | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 25,603 t | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 25,784 t | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 26,165 t | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 26,086 t | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 26,200 t | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 26,313 t | +0.4% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 26,313 t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 17,474 t, 1.5× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 26,313 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 19,718 t, 1.3× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Other pulses n.e.c. — Production in Ghana changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | +78.9% | 9,000 t | 16,100 t |
| 1986 | +77.3% | 11,000 t | 19,500 t |
| 2002 | +50.0% | 10,000 t | 15,000 t |
| 1966 | +47.1% | 6,800 t | 10,000 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,033 t | 5,000 t | 12,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,020 t | 9,000 t | 17,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,490 t | 11,000 t | 19,500 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,850 t | 14,000 t | 15,500 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,368 t | 10,000 t | 22,692 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 25,042 t | 23,020 t | 26,264 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 26,110 t | 25,784 t | 26,313 t | 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 other pulses n.e.c. — production in Ghana?
- Other pulses n.e.c. — production in Ghana was 26,313 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest other pulses n.e.c. — production recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 26,313 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest other pulses n.e.c. — production recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,000 t in 1961.
- How does Ghana rank for other pulses n.e.c. — production?
- Ghana ranks 38th out of 117 countries with data for 2024.
- Is other pulses n.e.c. — production rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. 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 pulses n.e.c. — 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.