Yams — Yield in Ghana
Ghana: Yams — Yield was 18,849 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Yield in Ghana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for yams — yield in Ghana is 18,849 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and up 13.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — yield in Ghana peaked at 18,849 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5,067 kg/ha, in 1972.
That places Ghana 5th out of 61 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Yams — Yield in Ghana, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,333 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 6,784 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1964 | 6,743 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1965 | 11,105 kg/ha | +64.7% |
| 1966 | 10,046 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1967 | 11,452 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1968 | 10,387 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1969 | 11,325 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1970 | 5,285 kg/ha | -53.3% |
| 1971 | 5,285 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 5,067 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1973 | 5,277 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1974 | 6,391 kg/ha | +21.1% |
| 1975 | 6,060 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1976 | 5,750 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1977 | 6,011 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1978 | 5,726 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1979 | 5,733 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 5,752 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1981 | 5,095 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1982 | 5,297 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1983 | 6,056 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1984 | 5,282 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1985 | 5,545 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1986 | 5,855 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1987 | 5,799 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1988 | 5,360 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1989 | 5,797 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1990 | 7,345 kg/ha | +26.7% |
| 1991 | 11,579 kg/ha | +57.6% |
| 1992 | 10,403 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1993 | 13,161 kg/ha | +26.5% |
| 1994 | 11,026 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 1995 | 12,071 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1996 | 12,779 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1997 | 12,849 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 12,815 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 13,387 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2000 | 12,885 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2001 | 12,341 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2002 | 13,000 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2003 | 11,863 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2004 | 12,522 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2005 | 10,807 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 2006 | 13,194 kg/ha | +22.1% |
| 2007 | 13,523 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 14,083 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2009 | 15,256 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2010 | 15,484 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 15,591 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 15,572 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 16,782 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2014 | 16,633 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 16,960 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 16,980 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 17,137 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 16,720 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 17,508 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2020 | 17,715 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 18,653 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2022 | 18,431 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 18,570 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 18,849 kg/ha | +1.5% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 18,849 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 8,594 kg/ha, 2.2× the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 18,849 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 8,698 kg/ha, 2.2× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yams — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | +64.7% | 6,743 kg/ha | 11,105 kg/ha |
| 1991 | +57.6% | 7,345 kg/ha | 11,579 kg/ha |
| 1970 | -53.3% | 11,325 kg/ha | 5,285 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,168 kg/ha | 6,743 kg/ha | 11,452 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,659 kg/ha | 5,067 kg/ha | 6,391 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,584 kg/ha | 5,095 kg/ha | 6,056 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,741 kg/ha | 7,345 kg/ha | 13,387 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,947 kg/ha | 10,807 kg/ha | 15,256 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 16,537 kg/ha | 15,484 kg/ha | 17,508 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,444 kg/ha | 17,715 kg/ha | 18,849 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 2 Japan 25,231 kg/ha compare
- 2 Melanesia 15,303 kg/ha compare
- 3 India 25,051 kg/ha compare
- 4 Fiji 20,000 kg/ha compare
- 4 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 10,590 kg/ha compare
- 6 Senegal 18,734 kg/ha compare
- 6 Polynesia 9,318 kg/ha compare
- 7 Jamaica 17,793 kg/ha compare
- 8 Papua New Guinea 17,544 kg/ha compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 6,195 kg/ha 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 yams — yield in Ghana?
- Yams — yield in Ghana was 18,849 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — yield recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 18,849 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest yams — yield recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,067 kg/ha in 1972.
- How does Ghana rank for yams — yield?
- Ghana ranks 5th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — yield rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.3%. 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 Yams — 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.