Rice — Crop residues (N content), per capita in Ghana
Ghana: Rice — Crop residues (N content), per capita was 0.5445 kg per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Rice — Crop residues (N content), per capita in Ghana, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rice — crop residues (n content), per capita in Ghana is 0.5445 kg per person, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is up 7.4% on the previous year and up 74.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — crop residues (n content), per capita in Ghana peaked at 0.5445 kg per person in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.0824 kg per person, in 1983.
That places Ghana 35th out of 102 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Rice — Crop residues (N content), per capita in Ghana, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.1063 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.1056 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 1963 | 0.1158 kg per person | +9.6% |
| 1964 | 0.149 kg per person | +28.7% |
| 1965 | 0.1103 kg per person | -26.0% |
| 1966 | 0.1145 kg per person | +3.8% |
| 1967 | 0.1499 kg per person | +30.9% |
| 1968 | 0.1628 kg per person | +8.6% |
| 1969 | 0.162 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 1970 | 0.16 kg per person | -1.2% |
| 1971 | 0.1727 kg per person | +7.9% |
| 1972 | 0.1992 kg per person | +15.3% |
| 1973 | 0.1792 kg per person | -10.0% |
| 1974 | 0.1843 kg per person | +2.8% |
| 1975 | 0.1991 kg per person | +8.1% |
| 1976 | 0.1898 kg per person | -4.7% |
| 1977 | 0.3032 kg per person | +59.7% |
| 1978 | 0.2832 kg per person | -6.6% |
| 1979 | 0.235 kg per person | -17.0% |
| 1980 | 0.2089 kg per person | -11.1% |
| 1981 | 0.2416 kg per person | +15.6% |
| 1982 | 0.1142 kg per person | -52.7% |
| 1983 | 0.0824 kg per person | -27.8% |
| 1984 | 0.1362 kg per person | +65.3% |
| 1985 | 0.1404 kg per person | +3.1% |
| 1986 | 0.1427 kg per person | +1.6% |
| 1987 | 0.14 kg per person | -1.9% |
| 1988 | 0.1179 kg per person | -15.8% |
| 1989 | 0.1292 kg per person | +9.6% |
| 1990 | 0.1015 kg per person | -21.4% |
| 1991 | 0.1888 kg per person | +86.1% |
| 1992 | 0.157 kg per person | -16.9% |
| 1993 | 0.1624 kg per person | +3.4% |
| 1994 | 0.1649 kg per person | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 0.1995 kg per person | +21.0% |
| 1996 | 0.2067 kg per person | +3.6% |
| 1997 | 0.207 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 0.2135 kg per person | +3.2% |
| 1999 | 0.1899 kg per person | -11.1% |
| 2000 | 0.2101 kg per person | +10.7% |
| 2001 | 0.2343 kg per person | +11.5% |
| 2002 | 0.2178 kg per person | -7.1% |
| 2003 | 0.1918 kg per person | -11.9% |
| 2004 | 0.1899 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 0.2011 kg per person | +5.9% |
| 2006 | 0.1877 kg per person | -6.7% |
| 2007 | 0.1487 kg per person | -20.7% |
| 2008 | 0.201 kg per person | +35.2% |
| 2009 | 0.2467 kg per person | +22.7% |
| 2010 | 0.2853 kg per person | +15.7% |
| 2011 | 0.2822 kg per person | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 0.2748 kg per person | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 0.3116 kg per person | +13.4% |
| 2014 | 0.3194 kg per person | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 0.3284 kg per person | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 0.3401 kg per person | +3.6% |
| 2017 | 0.3499 kg per person | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 0.3229 kg per person | -7.7% |
| 2019 | 0.4015 kg per person | +24.3% |
| 2020 | 0.4106 kg per person | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 0.4819 kg per person | +17.4% |
| 2022 | 0.5072 kg per person | +5.2% |
| 2023 | 0.5445 kg per person | +7.4% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 0.5445 kg per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.32 kg per person, 1.7× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 0.5445 kg per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.2032 kg per person, 2.7× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rice — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +86.1% | 0.1015 kg per person | 0.1888 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1307 kg per person | 0.1056 kg per person | 0.1628 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.2106 kg per person | 0.16 kg per person | 0.3032 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1453 kg per person | 0.0824 kg per person | 0.2416 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1791 kg per person | 0.1015 kg per person | 0.2135 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2029 kg per person | 0.1487 kg per person | 0.2467 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3216 kg per person | 0.2748 kg per person | 0.4015 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.486 kg per person | 0.4106 kg per person | 0.5445 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 rice — crop residues (n content), per capita in Ghana?
- Rice — crop residues (n content), per capita in Ghana was 0.5445 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest rice — crop residues (n content), per capita recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5445 kg per person in 2023.
- What is the lowest rice — crop residues (n content), per capita recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0824 kg per person in 1983.
- How does Ghana rank for rice — crop residues (n content), per capita?
- Ghana ranks 35th out of 102 countries with data for 2023.
- Is rice — crop residues (n content), per capita rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 74.7%. 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 Rice — Crop residues (N content), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Rice — 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.
Rice — Crop residues (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Rice — 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
Rice — 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.