Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita in Ghana
Ghana: Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita was 0.0041 t per person in 2024. ▬ Flat
Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita in Ghana, 1996–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t per person.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — production, per capita in Ghana stood at 0.0041 t per person.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.0% on the previous year and down 15.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production, per capita in Ghana peaked at 0.005 t per person in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.0036 t per person, in 1997.
That places Ghana 48th out of 99 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita in Ghana, year by year
| Year | t per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 0.005 t per person | — |
| 1997 | 0.0036 t per person | -27.9% |
| 1998 | 0.0049 t per person | +34.3% |
| 1999 | 0.0047 t per person | -3.6% |
| 2000 | 0.0046 t per person | -2.6% |
| 2001 | 0.0045 t per person | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 0.0046 t per person | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 0.0046 t per person | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 0.0046 t per person | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 0.0042 t per person | -8.1% |
| 2006 | 0.0046 t per person | +9.8% |
| 2007 | 0.0047 t per person | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 0.0047 t per person | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 0.0047 t per person | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 0.0047 t per person | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 0.005 t per person | +5.8% |
| 2012 | 0.005 t per person | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 0.0049 t per person | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 0.0049 t per person | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.0049 t per person | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.0047 t per person | -4.5% |
| 2017 | 0.0049 t per person | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 0.0046 t per person | -4.8% |
| 2019 | 0.0045 t per person | -1.9% |
| 2020 | 0.0045 t per person | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 0.0044 t per person | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 0.0043 t per person | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 0.0042 t per person | -1.8% |
| 2024 | 0.0041 t per person | -2.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +34.3% | 0.0036 t per person | 0.0049 t per person |
| 1997 | -27.9% | 0.005 t per person | 0.0036 t per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0046 t per person | 0.0036 t per person | 0.005 t per person | 4 |
| 2000s | 0.0046 t per person | 0.0042 t per person | 0.0047 t per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0048 t per person | 0.0045 t per person | 0.005 t per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0043 t per person | 0.0041 t per person | 0.0045 t per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
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 sweet potatoes — production, per capita in Ghana?
- Sweet potatoes — production, per capita in Ghana was 0.0041 t per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production, per capita recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 0.005 t per person in 2012.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production, per capita recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0036 t per person in 1997.
- How does Ghana rank for sweet potatoes — production, per capita?
- Ghana ranks 48th out of 99 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — production, per capita rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Sweet potatoes — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sweet potatoes — Production ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Sweet potatoes — Production Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Sweet potatoes — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.