Sorghum — Yield in Ghana
Ghana: Sorghum — Yield was 1,260 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Yield in Ghana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum — yield in Ghana is 1,260 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.4% on the previous year and up 10.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Ghana peaked at 1,332 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 481.8 kg/ha, in 1983.
Ghana ranks 63rd of 111 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.
Sorghum — Yield in Ghana, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 666.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 677.4 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1963 | 672.6 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1964 | 692 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1965 | 580.7 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 1966 | 726.1 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1967 | 673.4 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1968 | 551.8 kg/ha | -18.1% |
| 1969 | 551.3 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1970 | 765.7 kg/ha | +38.9% |
| 1971 | 740.9 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1972 | 760.9 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1973 | 753.8 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1974 | 818.1 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1975 | 649.5 kg/ha | -20.6% |
| 1976 | 759 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 1977 | 748.6 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1978 | 756.3 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 748.8 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1980 | 505.7 kg/ha | -32.5% |
| 1981 | 661.6 kg/ha | +30.8% |
| 1982 | 583.3 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1983 | 481.8 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 1984 | 682.5 kg/ha | +41.7% |
| 1985 | 717.8 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1986 | 727.3 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1987 | 758.1 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1988 | 712.4 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1989 | 751.7 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1990 | 631 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 1991 | 919.3 kg/ha | +45.7% |
| 1992 | 842.2 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1993 | 1,060 kg/ha | +25.9% |
| 1994 | 1,082 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1995 | 1,076 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 1,124 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1997 | 1,028 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1998 | 1,166 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1999 | 968.9 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 2000 | 969.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 849.9 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 2002 | 937.5 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2003 | 975.9 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2004 | 962.7 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 1,000 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2006 | 984.4 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 742.7 kg/ha | -24.6% |
| 2008 | 1,200 kg/ha | +61.5% |
| 2009 | 1,312 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2010 | 1,285 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 1,179 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2012 | 1,213 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 1,137 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2014 | 1,141 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 1,150 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 1,000 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 2017 | 1,102 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 2018 | 1,146 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2019 | 1,150 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 1,171 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 1,045 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 2022 | 1,295 kg/ha | +23.9% |
| 2023 | 1,332 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2024 | 1,260 kg/ha | -5.4% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 1,260 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,088 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 1,260 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 955.6 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +61.5% | 742.7 kg/ha | 1,200 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 643.56 kg/ha | 551.3 kg/ha | 726.1 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 750.16 kg/ha | 649.5 kg/ha | 818.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 658.22 kg/ha | 481.8 kg/ha | 758.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 989.87 kg/ha | 631 kg/ha | 1,166 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 993.39 kg/ha | 742.7 kg/ha | 1,312 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,150 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,285 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,221 kg/ha | 1,045 kg/ha | 1,332 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 60 Benin 1,315 kg/ha compare
- 61 Bangladesh 1,271 kg/ha compare
- 62 Russian Federation 1,268 kg/ha compare
- 64 Guatemala 1,242 kg/ha compare
- 65 Maldives 1,232 kg/ha compare
- 66 Ethiopia PDR 1,225 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 sorghum — yield in Ghana?
- Sorghum — yield in Ghana was 1,260 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 1,332 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 481.8 kg/ha in 1983.
- How does Ghana rank for sorghum — yield?
- Ghana ranks 63rd out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.4%. 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 Sorghum — 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.