Sugar cane — Production in Ghana
Ghana: Sugar cane — Production was 156,723 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar cane — Production in Ghana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 156,723 t for sugar cane — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — production in Ghana peaked at 270,000 t in 1977 and was at its lowest, 30,000 t, in 1961.
Ghana ranks 72nd of 103 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.
Sugar cane — Production in Ghana, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 30,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 40,000 t | +33.3% |
| 1963 | 51,819 t | +29.5% |
| 1964 | 61,776 t | +19.2% |
| 1965 | 100,386 t | +62.5% |
| 1966 | 40,000 t | -60.2% |
| 1967 | 80,000 t | +100.0% |
| 1968 | 152,000 t | +90.0% |
| 1969 | 100,000 t | -34.2% |
| 1970 | 120,000 t | +20.0% |
| 1971 | 152,000 t | +26.7% |
| 1972 | 250,000 t | +64.5% |
| 1973 | 250,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 190,000 t | -24.0% |
| 1975 | 230,000 t | +21.1% |
| 1976 | 260,000 t | +13.0% |
| 1977 | 270,000 t | +3.8% |
| 1978 | 172,300 t | -36.2% |
| 1979 | 182,000 t | +5.6% |
| 1980 | 171,200 t | -5.9% |
| 1981 | 84,600 t | -50.6% |
| 1982 | 58,500 t | -30.9% |
| 1983 | 85,900 t | +46.8% |
| 1984 | 90,000 t | +4.8% |
| 1985 | 110,000 t | +22.2% |
| 1986 | 110,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 110,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 110,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 110,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 110,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 110,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 110,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 110,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 110,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 110,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 139,900 t | +27.2% |
| 1997 | 139,500 t | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 146,700 t | +5.2% |
| 1999 | 140,000 t | -4.6% |
| 2000 | 140,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 140,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 140,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 140,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 140,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 140,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 140,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 145,000 t | +3.6% |
| 2008 | 145,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 145,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 145,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 145,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 148,000 t | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 150,000 t | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 149,000 t | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 149,596 t | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 150,621 t | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 151,605 t | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 152,724 t | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 153,813 t | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 154,675 t | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 155,611 t | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 155,609 t | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 156,166 t | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 156,723 t | +0.4% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 156,723 t is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1.51 million t, 10% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 156,723 t is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 774,764 t, 20% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar cane — Production 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | +100.0% | 40,000 t | 80,000 t |
| 1968 | +90.0% | 80,000 t | 152,000 t |
| 1972 | +64.5% | 152,000 t | 250,000 t |
| 1965 | +62.5% | 61,776 t | 100,386 t |
| 1966 | -60.2% | 100,386 t | 40,000 t |
| 1981 | -50.6% | 171,200 t | 84,600 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 72,887 t | 30,000 t | 152,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 207,630 t | 120,000 t | 270,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 104,020 t | 58,500 t | 171,200 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 122,610 t | 110,000 t | 146,700 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 141,500 t | 140,000 t | 145,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 149,536 t | 145,000 t | 153,813 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 155,757 t | 154,675 t | 156,723 t | 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 sugar cane — production in Ghana?
- Sugar cane — production in Ghana was 156,723 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — production recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 270,000 t in 1977.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — production recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 30,000 t in 1961.
- How does Ghana rank for sugar cane — production?
- Ghana ranks 72nd out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — production rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.2%. 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 Sugar cane — Production. 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.