Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in Ghana
Ghana: Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield was 687.6 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in Ghana, 1996–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 687.6 kg/ha for pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Ghana peaked at 700 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 600 kg/ha, in 1996.
Ghana ranks 27th of 43 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in Ghana, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 600 kg/ha | — |
| 1997 | 608.8 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1998 | 606.1 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 618.7 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 625 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 633 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 666.7 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2003 | 690.5 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2004 | 613.6 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 2005 | 644.4 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2006 | 625 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2007 | 632.7 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 649.6 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 657.2 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 662.7 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 668.1 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 700 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2013 | 676.5 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2014 | 676.4 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 685.6 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 679.6 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 683.9 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 687.5 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 687.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 687.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 687.5 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 687.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 687.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 687.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 687.6 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 849.7 kg/ha, 81% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 687.6 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 769.65 kg/ha, 89% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 608.4 kg/ha | 600 kg/ha | 618.7 kg/ha | 4 |
| 2000s | 643.77 kg/ha | 613.6 kg/ha | 690.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 680.79 kg/ha | 662.7 kg/ha | 700 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 687.58 kg/ha | 687.5 kg/ha | 687.6 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 24 Zambia 849.7 kg/ha compare
- 25 Burkina Faso 791.9 kg/ha compare
- 26 Malawi 747.4 kg/ha compare
- 28 Ethiopia PDR 666.7 kg/ha
- 29 Uzbekistan 649.2 kg/ha compare
- 30 Ethiopia 627.2 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 pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Ghana?
- Pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Ghana was 687.6 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 700 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 600 kg/ha in 1996.
- How does Ghana rank for pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield?
- Ghana ranks 27th out of 43 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. 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 Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield. 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.