Pineapples — Yield in Ghana
Ghana: Pineapples — Yield was 64,685 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pineapples — Yield in Ghana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pineapples — yield in Ghana is 64,685 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pineapples — yield in Ghana peaked at 64,952 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 2,650 kg/ha, in 1984.
That places Ghana 5th out of 85 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pineapples — Yield in Ghana, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,333 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1963 | 3,314 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1964 | 3,314 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 3,263 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1966 | 4,461 kg/ha | +36.7% |
| 1967 | 3,302 kg/ha | -26.0% |
| 1968 | 3,264 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1969 | 3,264 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1970 | 3,267 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1971 | 3,562 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1972 | 2,840 kg/ha | -20.3% |
| 1973 | 3,202 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1974 | 3,286 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1975 | 3,326 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1976 | 8,433 kg/ha | +153.5% |
| 1977 | 3,421 kg/ha | -59.4% |
| 1978 | 2,850 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1979 | 3,250 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1980 | 3,143 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1981 | 3,000 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1982 | 2,760 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1983 | 2,895 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1984 | 2,650 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1985 | 2,750 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1986 | 3,000 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1987 | 3,636 kg/ha | +21.2% |
| 1988 | 3,750 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1989 | 4,167 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1990 | 4,400 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1991 | 28,275 kg/ha | +542.6% |
| 1992 | 29,479 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1993 | 30,683 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1994 | 31,887 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1995 | 33,092 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1996 | 34,296 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1997 | 35,500 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1998 | 36,704 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1999 | 37,908 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2000 | 39,113 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2001 | 40,317 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2002 | 41,521 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 42,725 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 44,177 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2005 | 45,877 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2006 | 47,576 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 49,058 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 47,440 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2009 | 50,000 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2010 | 52,632 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2011 | 56,122 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2012 | 60,000 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2013 | 61,800 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 63,000 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 63,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 63,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 63,145 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 63,555 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 64,074 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 64,638 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 63,475 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 64,952 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 64,897 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 64,685 kg/ha | -0.3% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 64,685 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 15,000 kg/ha, 4.3× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 64,685 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 8,016 kg/ha, 8.1× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pineapples — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +542.6% | 4,400 kg/ha | 28,275 kg/ha |
| 1976 | +153.5% | 3,326 kg/ha | 8,433 kg/ha |
| 1977 | -59.4% | 8,433 kg/ha | 3,421 kg/ha |
| 1966 | +36.7% | 3,263 kg/ha | 4,461 kg/ha |
| 1967 | -26.0% | 4,461 kg/ha | 3,302 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,391 kg/ha | 3,000 kg/ha | 4,461 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,744 kg/ha | 2,840 kg/ha | 8,433 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,175 kg/ha | 2,650 kg/ha | 4,167 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 30,222 kg/ha | 4,400 kg/ha | 37,908 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 44,780 kg/ha | 39,113 kg/ha | 50,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 61,033 kg/ha | 52,632 kg/ha | 64,074 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 64,530 kg/ha | 63,475 kg/ha | 64,952 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 2 Ecuador 69,046 kg/ha compare
- 3 Benin 65,120 kg/ha compare
- 3 United Republic of Tanzania 24,800 kg/ha compare
- 4 Democratic Republic of the Congo 24,229 kg/ha compare
- 4 Dominican Republic 64,685 kg/ha compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 21,386 kg/ha compare
- 6 Panama 61,727 kg/ha compare
- 7 Costa Rica 58,832 kg/ha compare
- 7 Caribbean 33,859 kg/ha compare
- 7 Polynesia 20,652 kg/ha compare
- 8 China, Taiwan Province of 53,327 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 pineapples — yield in Ghana?
- Pineapples — yield in Ghana was 64,685 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pineapples — yield recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 64,952 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest pineapples — yield recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,650 kg/ha in 1984.
- How does Ghana rank for pineapples — yield?
- Ghana ranks 5th out of 85 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pineapples — yield rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. 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 Pineapples — 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.