Palm kernels — Production in Ghana
Ghana: Palm kernels — Production was 152,000 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Palm kernels — Production in Ghana, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for palm kernels — production in Ghana is 152,000 t, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.4% on the previous year and up 46.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, palm kernels — production in Ghana peaked at 152,000 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 12,500 t, in 1961.
That places Ghana 10th out of 41 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.
Palm kernels — Production in Ghana, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,500 t | — |
| 1962 | 13,000 t | +4.0% |
| 1963 | 13,500 t | +3.8% |
| 1964 | 14,000 t | +3.7% |
| 1965 | 22,100 t | +57.9% |
| 1966 | 27,000 t | +22.2% |
| 1967 | 35,000 t | +29.6% |
| 1968 | 34,000 t | -2.9% |
| 1969 | 34,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 37,000 t | +8.8% |
| 1971 | 37,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 32,000 t | -13.5% |
| 1973 | 32,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 33,000 t | +3.1% |
| 1975 | 34,000 t | +3.0% |
| 1976 | 32,000 t | -5.9% |
| 1977 | 30,000 t | -6.2% |
| 1978 | 30,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 30,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 30,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 30,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 30,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 30,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 30,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 30,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 30,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 30,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 30,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 32,000 t | +6.7% |
| 1990 | 29,000 t | -9.4% |
| 1991 | 31,000 t | +6.9% |
| 1992 | 33,000 t | +6.5% |
| 1993 | 33,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 34,000 t | +3.0% |
| 1995 | 34,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 30,000 t | -11.8% |
| 1997 | 35,000 t | +16.7% |
| 1998 | 35,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 34,000 t | -2.9% |
| 2000 | 35,000 t | +2.9% |
| 2001 | 35,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 36,000 t | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 37,000 t | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 37,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 39,000 t | +5.4% |
| 2006 | 40,000 t | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 36,000 t | -10.0% |
| 2008 | 36,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 36,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 105,000 t | +191.7% |
| 2011 | 105,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 103,000 t | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 104,000 t | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 118,000 t | +13.5% |
| 2015 | 120,000 t | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 123,000 t | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 128,000 t | +4.1% |
| 2018 | 130,000 t | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 140,000 t | +7.7% |
| 2020 | 141,000 t | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 144,000 t | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 147,000 t | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 152,000 t | +3.4% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 152,000 t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 27,655 t, 5.5× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 152,000 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 8,211 t, 18.5× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Palm kernels — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +191.7% | 36,000 t | 105,000 t |
| 1965 | +57.9% | 14,000 t | 22,100 t |
| 1967 | +29.6% | 27,000 t | 35,000 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22,789 t | 12,500 t | 35,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 32,700 t | 30,000 t | 37,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 30,200 t | 30,000 t | 32,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 32,800 t | 29,000 t | 35,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 36,700 t | 35,000 t | 40,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 117,600 t | 103,000 t | 140,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 146,000 t | 141,000 t | 152,000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 7 Brazil 195,000 t compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 21,308 t compare
- 8 Papua New Guinea 179,000 t compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 7,141 t compare
- 9 Honduras 165,000 t compare
- 9 Timor-Leste 0 t compare
- 11 Côte d'Ivoire 136,000 t compare
- 11 Mexico 114,000 t compare
- 12 Cameroon 92,000 t compare
- 12 Costa Rica 92,000 t compare
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 palm kernels — production in Ghana?
- Palm kernels — production in Ghana was 152,000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest palm kernels — production recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 152,000 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest palm kernels — production recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,500 t in 1961.
- How does Ghana rank for palm kernels — production?
- Ghana ranks 10th out of 41 countries with data for 2023.
- Is palm kernels — production rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 46.2%. 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 Palm kernels — Production. 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.