Yams — Production in Ghana
Ghana: Yams — Production was 10.11 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Yams — Production in Ghana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, yams — production in Ghana stood at 10.11 million t.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.2% on the previous year and up 42.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — production in Ghana peaked at 10.70 million t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 535,000 t, in 1977.
Ghana ranks 2nd of 61 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Yams — Production in Ghana, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.10 million t | — |
| 1962 | 1.10 million t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1.10 million t | -0.1% |
| 1964 | 1.15 million t | +4.9% |
| 1965 | 1.05 million t | -8.5% |
| 1966 | 874,000 t | -17.2% |
| 1967 | 1.13 million t | +29.7% |
| 1968 | 1.24 million t | +9.0% |
| 1969 | 1.32 million t | +7.2% |
| 1970 | 909,000 t | -31.4% |
| 1971 | 909,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 679,000 t | -25.3% |
| 1973 | 686,000 t | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 850,000 t | +23.9% |
| 1975 | 709,000 t | -16.6% |
| 1976 | 575,000 t | -18.9% |
| 1977 | 535,000 t | -7.0% |
| 1978 | 544,000 t | +1.7% |
| 1979 | 602,000 t | +10.7% |
| 1980 | 650,000 t | +8.0% |
| 1981 | 591,000 t | -9.1% |
| 1982 | 588,000 t | -0.5% |
| 1983 | 866,000 t | +47.3% |
| 1984 | 1.18 million t | +36.0% |
| 1985 | 987,000 t | -16.2% |
| 1986 | 1.05 million t | +6.2% |
| 1987 | 1.19 million t | +13.1% |
| 1988 | 902,000 t | -23.9% |
| 1989 | 1.26 million t | +39.5% |
| 1990 | 877,000 t | -30.3% |
| 1991 | 2.63 million t | +200.1% |
| 1992 | 2.33 million t | -11.4% |
| 1993 | 2.72 million t | +16.7% |
| 1994 | 1.70 million t | -37.5% |
| 1995 | 2.13 million t | +25.0% |
| 1996 | 2.27 million t | +7.0% |
| 1997 | 2.41 million t | +5.9% |
| 1998 | 2.70 million t | +12.3% |
| 1999 | 3.25 million t | +20.2% |
| 2000 | 3.36 million t | +3.5% |
| 2001 | 3.55 million t | +5.5% |
| 2002 | 3.90 million t | +10.0% |
| 2003 | 3.81 million t | -2.2% |
| 2004 | 3.89 million t | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 3.92 million t | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 4.29 million t | +9.3% |
| 2007 | 4.38 million t | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 4.89 million t | +11.9% |
| 2009 | 5.78 million t | +18.0% |
| 2010 | 5.96 million t | +3.2% |
| 2011 | 6.30 million t | +5.6% |
| 2012 | 6.64 million t | +5.5% |
| 2013 | 7.07 million t | +6.6% |
| 2014 | 7.12 million t | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 7.30 million t | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 7.44 million t | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 7.86 million t | +5.6% |
| 2018 | 7.86 million t | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 8.75 million t | +11.4% |
| 2020 | 8.95 million t | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 10.28 million t | +14.9% |
| 2022 | 10.70 million t | +4.1% |
| 2023 | 10.55 million t | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 10.11 million t | -4.2% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 10.11 million t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 95,797 t, 105.6× the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 10.11 million t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 116,158 t, 87.1× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yams — Production 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +200.1% | 877,000 t | 2.63 million t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.12 million t | 874,000 t | 1.32 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 699,800 t | 535,000 t | 909,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 925,350 t | 588,000 t | 1.26 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.30 million t | 877,000 t | 3.25 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.18 million t | 3.36 million t | 5.78 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.23 million t | 5.96 million t | 8.75 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.12 million t | 8.95 million t | 10.70 million t | 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 yams — production in Ghana?
- Yams — production in Ghana was 10.11 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — production recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 10.70 million t in 2022.
- What is the lowest yams — production recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 535,000 t in 1977.
- How does Ghana rank for yams — production?
- Ghana ranks 2nd out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — production rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Yams — 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.