Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Ghana
Ghana: Sugar Crops Primary — Yield was 24,297 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Ghana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 24,297 kg/ha for sugar crops primary — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — yield in Ghana peaked at 53,192 kg/ha in 1973 and was at its lowest, 5,311 kg/ha, in 1966.
That places Ghana 131st out of 152 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Ghana, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 20,007 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 20,083 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1965 | 20,093 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 5,311 kg/ha | -73.6% |
| 1967 | 8,986 kg/ha | +69.2% |
| 1968 | 18,782 kg/ha | +109.0% |
| 1969 | 9,313 kg/ha | -50.4% |
| 1970 | 30,000 kg/ha | +222.1% |
| 1971 | 38,000 kg/ha | +26.7% |
| 1972 | 47,170 kg/ha | +24.1% |
| 1973 | 53,192 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1974 | 35,849 kg/ha | -32.6% |
| 1975 | 39,655 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1976 | 46,429 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 1977 | 48,214 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1978 | 31,907 kg/ha | -33.8% |
| 1979 | 33,091 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1980 | 32,302 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1981 | 21,692 kg/ha | -32.8% |
| 1982 | 17,727 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 1983 | 21,475 kg/ha | +21.1% |
| 1984 | 22,500 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1985 | 27,500 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 1986 | 27,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 27,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 27,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 27,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 27,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 27,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 27,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 27,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 27,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 27,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 25,436 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1997 | 25,833 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 24,864 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1999 | 25,454 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2000 | 25,454 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 25,454 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 25,454 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 25,454 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 25,454 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 25,454 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 25,454 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 25,439 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 25,439 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 25,439 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 25,439 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 25,439 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 24,667 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2013 | 25,000 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 24,833 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 24,879 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 24,796 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 24,684 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 24,591 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 24,494 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 24,412 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 24,415 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 24,384 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 24,342 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 24,297 kg/ha | -0.2% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 24,297 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 53,832 kg/ha, 45% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 24,297 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 62,436 kg/ha, 39% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar Crops Primary — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +222.1% | 9,313 kg/ha | 30,000 kg/ha |
| 1968 | +109.0% | 8,986 kg/ha | 18,782 kg/ha |
| 1966 | -73.6% | 20,093 kg/ha | 5,311 kg/ha |
| 1967 | +69.2% | 5,311 kg/ha | 8,986 kg/ha |
| 1969 | -50.4% | 18,782 kg/ha | 9,313 kg/ha |
| 1978 | -33.8% | 48,214 kg/ha | 31,907 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,842 kg/ha | 5,311 kg/ha | 20,093 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 40,351 kg/ha | 30,000 kg/ha | 53,192 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 25,320 kg/ha | 17,727 kg/ha | 32,302 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 26,659 kg/ha | 24,864 kg/ha | 27,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 25,450 kg/ha | 25,439 kg/ha | 25,454 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 24,882 kg/ha | 24,494 kg/ha | 25,439 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,370 kg/ha | 24,297 kg/ha | 24,415 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 sugar crops primary — yield in Ghana?
- Sugar crops primary — yield in Ghana was 24,297 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 53,192 kg/ha in 1973.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,311 kg/ha in 1966.
- How does Ghana rank for sugar crops primary — yield?
- Ghana ranks 131st out of 152 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — yield rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sugar Crops Primary — 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.