Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Ghana
Ghana: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 20,590 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Ghana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for roots and tubers, total — yield in Ghana is 20,590 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 2.9% on the previous year and up 24.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Ghana peaked at 20,590 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4,808 kg/ha, in 1984.
Ghana ranks 66th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Ghana, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,433 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,429 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1963 | 7,244 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1964 | 7,223 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1965 | 9,239 kg/ha | +27.9% |
| 1966 | 8,539 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1967 | 8,930 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1968 | 8,753 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1969 | 8,555 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1970 | 5,600 kg/ha | -34.5% |
| 1971 | 5,600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 5,350 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1973 | 5,872 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1974 | 6,168 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1975 | 6,110 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1976 | 6,126 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1977 | 6,556 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1978 | 6,526 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1979 | 6,452 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1980 | 6,564 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1981 | 7,146 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1982 | 6,580 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1983 | 7,112 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1984 | 4,808 kg/ha | -32.4% |
| 1985 | 5,334 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1986 | 6,379 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 1987 | 6,229 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1988 | 7,055 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1989 | 6,641 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1990 | 7,552 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 1991 | 9,980 kg/ha | +32.2% |
| 1992 | 9,461 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1993 | 10,889 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 1994 | 10,397 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1995 | 10,860 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1996 | 10,519 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1997 | 10,666 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 10,257 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1999 | 10,797 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2000 | 10,693 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 10,656 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 10,791 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 10,822 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 10,762 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 10,631 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 10,841 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 11,424 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2008 | 11,936 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2009 | 12,572 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2010 | 13,629 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2011 | 13,982 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 14,433 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 15,632 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2014 | 16,558 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2015 | 16,003 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 16,145 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 17,046 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2018 | 17,533 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 18,304 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2020 | 18,859 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 19,514 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2022 | 19,656 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 20,018 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 20,590 kg/ha | +2.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,149 kg/ha | 7,223 kg/ha | 9,239 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,036 kg/ha | 5,350 kg/ha | 6,556 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,385 kg/ha | 4,808 kg/ha | 7,146 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,138 kg/ha | 7,552 kg/ha | 10,889 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,113 kg/ha | 10,631 kg/ha | 12,572 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,927 kg/ha | 13,629 kg/ha | 18,304 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,727 kg/ha | 18,859 kg/ha | 20,590 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 63 China 21,041 kg/ha compare
- 64 China, mainland 21,038 kg/ha compare
- 65 Azerbaijan 20,990 kg/ha compare
- 67 Republic of Korea 20,345 kg/ha compare
- 68 Thailand 20,036 kg/ha compare
- 69 Cook Islands 20,004 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)
- Agriculture share gdp 21.28 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 21.28 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Ghana?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Ghana was 20,590 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 20,590 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,808 kg/ha in 1984.
- How does Ghana rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Ghana ranks 66th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.3%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.