Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre in Ghana
Ghana: Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre was 0.6278 t per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre in Ghana, 1996–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t per square kilometre.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 0.6278 t per square kilometre for sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre in 2023.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre in Ghana peaked at 0.6419 t per square kilometre in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.2909 t per square kilometre, in 1997.
Ghana ranks 40th of 99 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre in Ghana, year by year
| Year | t per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 0.3938 t per square kilometre | — |
| 1997 | 0.2909 t per square kilometre | -26.1% |
| 1998 | 0.4004 t per square kilometre | +37.6% |
| 1999 | 0.3955 t per square kilometre | -1.2% |
| 2000 | 0.395 t per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 0.4021 t per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 0.4194 t per square kilometre | +4.3% |
| 2003 | 0.4289 t per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 0.4426 t per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 2005 | 0.4175 t per square kilometre | -5.7% |
| 2006 | 0.4704 t per square kilometre | +12.7% |
| 2007 | 0.4892 t per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 2008 | 0.5037 t per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 0.5181 t per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 0.5274 t per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 0.5713 t per square kilometre | +8.3% |
| 2012 | 0.5933 t per square kilometre | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 0.5933 t per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.6076 t per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 0.6224 t per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 0.6078 t per square kilometre | -2.3% |
| 2017 | 0.6419 t per square kilometre | +5.6% |
| 2018 | 0.624 t per square kilometre | -2.8% |
| 2019 | 0.6246 t per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 0.6302 t per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 0.6263 t per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.627 t per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.6278 t per square kilometre | +0.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre 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 | +37.6% | 0.2909 t per square kilometre | 0.4004 t per square kilometre |
| 1997 | -26.1% | 0.3938 t per square kilometre | 0.2909 t per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3702 t per square kilometre | 0.2909 t per square kilometre | 0.4004 t per square kilometre | 4 |
| 2000s | 0.4487 t per square kilometre | 0.395 t per square kilometre | 0.5181 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6014 t per square kilometre | 0.5274 t per square kilometre | 0.6419 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6278 t per square kilometre | 0.6263 t per square kilometre | 0.6302 t per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 37 Benin 0.6871 t per square kilometre compare
- 38 Antigua and Barbuda 0.6784 t per square kilometre compare
- 39 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.6769 t per square kilometre compare
- 41 Mozambique 0.5847 t per square kilometre compare
- 42 Senegal 0.5786 t per square kilometre compare
- 43 Zimbabwe 0.5365 t per square kilometre 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 sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre in Ghana?
- Sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre in Ghana was 0.6278 t per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6419 t per square kilometre in 2017.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2909 t per square kilometre in 1997.
- How does Ghana rank for sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre?
- Ghana ranks 40th out of 99 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Sweet potatoes — Production divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sweet potatoes — Production ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Sweet potatoes — Production Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.