Tomatoes — Yield in Ghana
Ghana: Tomatoes — Yield was 7,866 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tomatoes — Yield in Ghana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 7,866 kg/ha for tomatoes — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tomatoes — yield in Ghana peaked at 10,246 kg/ha in 1998 and was at its lowest, 3,719 kg/ha, in 2002.
That places Ghana 153rd out of 169 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Tomatoes — Yield in Ghana, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 5,021 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1964 | 4,689 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1965 | 5,028 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1966 | 5,022 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1967 | 5,022 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 5,021 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1969 | 5,021 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1970 | 4,946 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1971 | 4,946 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 4,354 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1973 | 4,777 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1974 | 4,612 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1975 | 4,758 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1976 | 4,520 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1977 | 6,438 kg/ha | +42.4% |
| 1978 | 4,727 kg/ha | -26.6% |
| 1979 | 4,630 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1980 | 4,429 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1981 | 4,726 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1982 | 5,392 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1983 | 4,767 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1984 | 4,750 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1985 | 4,987 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1986 | 4,744 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1987 | 4,601 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1988 | 5,057 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1989 | 4,706 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1990 | 5,301 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 1991 | 5,270 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1992 | 5,246 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1993 | 5,350 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 5,467 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1995 | 7,100 kg/ha | +29.9% |
| 1996 | 10,225 kg/ha | +44.0% |
| 1997 | 9,726 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1998 | 10,246 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1999 | 7,167 kg/ha | -30.1% |
| 2000 | 5,405 kg/ha | -24.6% |
| 2001 | 4,347 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 2002 | 3,719 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 2003 | 5,282 kg/ha | +42.0% |
| 2004 | 4,693 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 2005 | 5,184 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 2006 | 5,341 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 6,000 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 2008 | 6,043 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 7,200 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 2010 | 7,206 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 7,210 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 7,173 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 7,380 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 7,804 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2015 | 7,804 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 7,804 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 7,876 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 7,651 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 7,932 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2020 | 7,911 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 7,830 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 7,891 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 7,877 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 7,866 kg/ha | -0.1% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 7,866 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 17,073 kg/ha, 46% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 7,866 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 13,225 kg/ha, 59% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tomatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +44.0% | 7,100 kg/ha | 10,225 kg/ha |
| 1977 | +42.4% | 4,520 kg/ha | 6,438 kg/ha |
| 2003 | +42.0% | 3,719 kg/ha | 5,282 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,980 kg/ha | 4,689 kg/ha | 5,028 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,871 kg/ha | 4,354 kg/ha | 6,438 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,816 kg/ha | 4,429 kg/ha | 5,392 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,110 kg/ha | 5,246 kg/ha | 10,246 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,321 kg/ha | 3,719 kg/ha | 7,200 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,584 kg/ha | 7,173 kg/ha | 7,932 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,875 kg/ha | 7,830 kg/ha | 7,911 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 tomatoes — yield in Ghana?
- Tomatoes — yield in Ghana was 7,866 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tomatoes — yield recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 10,246 kg/ha in 1998.
- What is the lowest tomatoes — yield recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,719 kg/ha in 2002.
- How does Ghana rank for tomatoes — yield?
- Ghana ranks 153rd out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tomatoes — yield rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. 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 Tomatoes — 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.