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 35th of 104 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.
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 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 32 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1,993 kg/ha compare
- 33 Botswana 1,934 kg/ha compare
- 34 Tunisia 1,918 kg/ha compare
- 36 Philippines 1,839 kg/ha compare
- 37 El Salvador 1,767 kg/ha compare
- 38 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,715 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Ghana
- 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)
- Rural population 41.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.5% (2025)
- Rural population 14.40 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 21.3% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 24.30 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 135,063 t (2024)
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 35th out of 104 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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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.