Papayas — Yield in Ghana
Ghana: Papayas — Yield was 3,492 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Papayas — Yield in Ghana, 1996–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, papayas — yield in Ghana stood at 3,492 kg/ha.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, papayas — yield in Ghana peaked at 4,800 kg/ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 3,333 kg/ha, in 2012.
Ghana ranks 63rd of 64 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 29 years of available data.
Papayas — Yield in Ghana, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 4,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1997 | 4,143 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1998 | 4,088 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1999 | 4,058 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 4,000 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 4,237 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2002 | 4,468 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2003 | 4,800 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2004 | 4,546 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2005 | 4,469 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 4,471 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 4,556 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 4,572 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 4,667 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 4,500 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2011 | 4,000 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 2012 | 3,333 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 2013 | 3,450 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 3,520 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 3,520 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 3,520 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 3,464 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 3,500 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 3,500 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 3,482 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 3,494 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 3,492 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 3,489 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 3,492 kg/ha | +0.1% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 3,492 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 14,114 kg/ha, 25% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 3,492 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 10,009 kg/ha, 35% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4,072 kg/ha | 4,000 kg/ha | 4,143 kg/ha | 4 |
| 2000s | 4,478 kg/ha | 4,000 kg/ha | 4,800 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,631 kg/ha | 3,333 kg/ha | 4,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,490 kg/ha | 3,482 kg/ha | 3,494 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 60 French Guiana 5,117 kg/ha compare
- 61 Bhutan 4,959 kg/ha compare
- 62 French Polynesia 4,060 kg/ha compare
- 64 Zimbabwe 3,460 kg/ha 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 papayas — yield in Ghana?
- Papayas — yield in Ghana was 3,492 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest papayas — yield recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 4,800 kg/ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest papayas — yield recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,333 kg/ha in 2012.
- How does Ghana rank for papayas — yield?
- Ghana ranks 63rd out of 64 countries with data for 2024.
- Is papayas — yield rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. 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 Papayas — 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.