Maize (corn) — Crop residues (N content), per capita in Ghana
Ghana: Maize (corn) — Crop residues (N content), per capita was 0.9606 kg per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Crop residues (N content), per capita in Ghana, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 0.9606 kg per person for maize (corn) — crop residues (n content), per capita in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of up 7.0% on the previous year and up 50.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — crop residues (n content), per capita in Ghana peaked at 0.9606 kg per person in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.2215 kg per person, in 1978.
Ghana ranks 31st of 146 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Crop residues (N content), per capita in Ghana, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.375 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.36 kg per person | -4.0% |
| 1963 | 0.2952 kg per person | -18.0% |
| 1964 | 0.2784 kg per person | -5.7% |
| 1965 | 0.2905 kg per person | +4.3% |
| 1966 | 0.5024 kg per person | +72.9% |
| 1967 | 0.4595 kg per person | -8.5% |
| 1968 | 0.4001 kg per person | -12.9% |
| 1969 | 0.3945 kg per person | -1.4% |
| 1970 | 0.6164 kg per person | +56.2% |
| 1971 | 0.5773 kg per person | -6.4% |
| 1972 | 0.4918 kg per person | -14.8% |
| 1973 | 0.5039 kg per person | +2.5% |
| 1974 | 0.5416 kg per person | +7.5% |
| 1975 | 0.3799 kg per person | -29.9% |
| 1976 | 0.3105 kg per person | -18.3% |
| 1977 | 0.2863 kg per person | -7.8% |
| 1978 | 0.2215 kg per person | -22.6% |
| 1979 | 0.3747 kg per person | +69.2% |
| 1980 | 0.3942 kg per person | +5.2% |
| 1981 | 0.3574 kg per person | -9.3% |
| 1982 | 0.3287 kg per person | -8.0% |
| 1983 | 0.2282 kg per person | -30.6% |
| 1984 | 0.6169 kg per person | +170.3% |
| 1985 | 0.4978 kg per person | -19.3% |
| 1986 | 0.4412 kg per person | -11.4% |
| 1987 | 0.4739 kg per person | +7.4% |
| 1988 | 0.5383 kg per person | +13.6% |
| 1989 | 0.5148 kg per person | -4.4% |
| 1990 | 0.3951 kg per person | -23.2% |
| 1991 | 0.6031 kg per person | +52.6% |
| 1992 | 0.4949 kg per person | -17.9% |
| 1993 | 0.5938 kg per person | +20.0% |
| 1994 | 0.5687 kg per person | -4.2% |
| 1995 | 0.6103 kg per person | +7.3% |
| 1996 | 0.5794 kg per person | -5.1% |
| 1997 | 0.5579 kg per person | -3.7% |
| 1998 | 0.5701 kg per person | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 0.5486 kg per person | -3.8% |
| 2000 | 0.5338 kg per person | -2.7% |
| 2001 | 0.4961 kg per person | -7.1% |
| 2002 | 0.6949 kg per person | +40.1% |
| 2003 | 0.608 kg per person | -12.5% |
| 2004 | 0.5361 kg per person | -11.8% |
| 2005 | 0.5299 kg per person | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 0.53 kg per person | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.5257 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 0.5992 kg per person | +14.0% |
| 2009 | 0.6476 kg per person | +8.1% |
| 2010 | 0.712 kg per person | +9.9% |
| 2011 | 0.6466 kg per person | -9.2% |
| 2012 | 0.7082 kg per person | +9.5% |
| 2013 | 0.638 kg per person | -9.9% |
| 2014 | 0.6218 kg per person | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 0.5689 kg per person | -8.5% |
| 2016 | 0.5642 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 0.6402 kg per person | +13.5% |
| 2018 | 0.7017 kg per person | +9.6% |
| 2019 | 0.8493 kg per person | +21.0% |
| 2020 | 0.8751 kg per person | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 0.8984 kg per person | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 0.8975 kg per person | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.9606 kg per person | +7.0% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 0.9606 kg per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.4472 kg per person, 2.1× the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 0.9606 kg per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.4616 kg per person, 2.1× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — Crop residues (N content), per capita 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | +170.3% | 0.2282 kg per person | 0.6169 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.3729 kg per person | 0.2784 kg per person | 0.5024 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.4304 kg per person | 0.2215 kg per person | 0.6164 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.4391 kg per person | 0.2282 kg per person | 0.6169 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5522 kg per person | 0.3951 kg per person | 0.6103 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5701 kg per person | 0.4961 kg per person | 0.6949 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6651 kg per person | 0.5642 kg per person | 0.8493 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9079 kg per person | 0.8751 kg per person | 0.9606 kg per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
More climate change data for Ghana
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 63.84 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 6,671 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 2,693 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 3,979 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 10.16 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 142.09 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 1,417 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 670.16 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 746.8 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 2.53 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — crop residues (n content), per capita in Ghana?
- Maize (corn) — crop residues (n content), per capita in Ghana was 0.9606 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest maize (corn) — crop residues (n content), per capita recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9606 kg per person in 2023.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — crop residues (n content), per capita recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2215 kg per person in 1978.
- How does Ghana rank for maize (corn) — crop residues (n content), per capita?
- Ghana ranks 31st out of 146 countries with data for 2023.
- Is maize (corn) — crop residues (n content), per capita rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.6%. 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 Maize (corn) — Crop residues (N content), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Maize (corn) — Crop residues (N content) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Maize (corn) — Crop residues (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Maize (corn) — Crop residues Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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
Maize (corn) — Crop residues (N content) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.