Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Ghana
Ghana: Seed cotton, unginned — Yield was 1,859 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Ghana, 1968–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for seed cotton, unginned — yield in Ghana is 1,859 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and up 91.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — yield in Ghana peaked at 1,867 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 305.2 kg/ha, in 1977.
Ghana ranks 32nd of 94 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Ghana, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 588.2 kg/ha | — |
| 1969 | 377.3 kg/ha | -35.9% |
| 1970 | 466.4 kg/ha | +23.6% |
| 1971 | 632.9 kg/ha | +35.7% |
| 1972 | 512.4 kg/ha | -19.0% |
| 1973 | 382.4 kg/ha | -25.4% |
| 1974 | 490.2 kg/ha | +28.2% |
| 1975 | 672.4 kg/ha | +37.2% |
| 1976 | 577.4 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 1977 | 305.2 kg/ha | -47.1% |
| 1978 | 451 kg/ha | +47.8% |
| 1979 | 584.8 kg/ha | +29.7% |
| 1980 | 662.3 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1981 | 633.3 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1982 | 533.3 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 1983 | 475 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1984 | 812.5 kg/ha | +71.1% |
| 1985 | 750 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1986 | 901.7 kg/ha | +20.2% |
| 1987 | 858.3 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1988 | 698.2 kg/ha | -18.7% |
| 1989 | 786.9 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1990 | 912.7 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 1991 | 995.8 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1992 | 1,014 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1993 | 987.5 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1994 | 840.5 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 1995 | 930.6 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1996 | 853.1 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1997 | 820.9 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1998 | 799.3 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1999 | 847.3 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2000 | 710.1 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 2001 | 500.2 kg/ha | -29.6% |
| 2002 | 953.8 kg/ha | +90.7% |
| 2003 | 812.5 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 2004 | 748 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2005 | 808 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2006 | 791.2 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2007 | 1,100 kg/ha | +39.0% |
| 2008 | 800 kg/ha | -27.3% |
| 2009 | 800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 785.7 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2011 | 875 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 2012 | 972.2 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2013 | 968.8 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 968.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 968.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 968.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 968.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 833.3 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 2019 | 1,867 kg/ha | +124.0% |
| 2020 | 1,867 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1,867 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1,867 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1,834 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2024 | 1,859 kg/ha | +1.4% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 1,859 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,339 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 1,859 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 972 kg/ha, 1.9× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Seed cotton, unginned — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +124.0% | 833.3 kg/ha | 1,867 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 482.75 kg/ha | 377.3 kg/ha | 588.2 kg/ha | 2 |
| 1970s | 507.51 kg/ha | 305.2 kg/ha | 672.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 711.15 kg/ha | 475 kg/ha | 901.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 900.15 kg/ha | 799.3 kg/ha | 1,014 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 802.38 kg/ha | 500.2 kg/ha | 1,100 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,018 kg/ha | 785.7 kg/ha | 1,867 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,859 kg/ha | 1,834 kg/ha | 1,867 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 seed cotton, unginned — yield in Ghana?
- Seed cotton, unginned — yield in Ghana was 1,859 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 1,867 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 305.2 kg/ha in 1977.
- How does Ghana rank for seed cotton, unginned — yield?
- Ghana ranks 32nd out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — yield rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 91.9%. 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 Seed cotton, unginned — 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.