Vegetables Primary — Production in Ghana
Ghana: Vegetables Primary — Production was 807,983 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Production in Ghana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, vegetables primary — production in Ghana stood at 807,983 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — production in Ghana peaked at 814,199 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 160,000 t, in 1961.
That places Ghana 91st out of 207 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 188,198 t | 160,000 t | 223,546 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 389,060 t | 308,800 t | 550,600 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 303,075 t | 210,500 t | 440,650 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 520,394 t | 376,972 t | 718,384 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 566,979 t | 421,201 t | 631,335 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 748,864 t | 630,122 t | 801,832 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 809,090 t | 805,060 t | 814,199 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 88 Czechoslovakia 931,023 t compare
- 89 New Zealand 878,934 t compare
- 90 Bosnia and Herzegovina 813,101 t compare
- 92 Côte d'Ivoire 789,750 t compare
- 93 Lebanon 776,247 t compare
- 94 Serbia 756,309 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Ghana
- Agriculture share gdp 21.28 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 21.28 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2023)
- Rural population 41.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.5% (2025)
- Rural population 14.40 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 21.3% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 24.30 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 135,063 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — production in Ghana?
- Vegetables primary — production in Ghana was 807,983 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — production recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 814,199 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — production recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 160,000 t in 1961.
- How does Ghana rank for vegetables primary — production?
- Ghana ranks 91st out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — production rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. 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 Vegetables Primary — Production. 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.