Sorghum — Crop residues (N content), per capita in Ghana
Ghana: Sorghum — Crop residues (N content), per capita was 0.1853 kg per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sorghum — Crop residues (N content), per capita in Ghana, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 0.1853 kg per person for sorghum — crop residues (n content), per capita in 2023.
That represents a change of up 2.4% on the previous year and up 23.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — crop residues (n content), per capita in Ghana peaked at 0.4243 kg per person in 1970 and was at its lowest, 0.1251 kg per person, in 2017.
That places Ghana 25th out of 100 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Sorghum — Crop residues (N content), per capita in Ghana, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.312 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.3163 kg per person | +1.4% |
| 1963 | 0.3218 kg per person | +1.7% |
| 1964 | 0.3256 kg per person | +1.2% |
| 1965 | 0.2823 kg per person | -13.3% |
| 1966 | 0.3331 kg per person | +18.0% |
| 1967 | 0.262 kg per person | -21.4% |
| 1968 | 0.2509 kg per person | -4.2% |
| 1969 | 0.243 kg per person | -3.1% |
| 1970 | 0.4243 kg per person | +74.6% |
| 1971 | 0.3918 kg per person | -7.7% |
| 1972 | 0.3303 kg per person | -15.7% |
| 1973 | 0.3529 kg per person | +6.8% |
| 1974 | 0.3451 kg per person | -2.2% |
| 1975 | 0.2986 kg per person | -13.5% |
| 1976 | 0.3655 kg per person | +22.4% |
| 1977 | 0.2482 kg per person | -32.1% |
| 1978 | 0.2209 kg per person | -11.0% |
| 1979 | 0.2816 kg per person | +27.5% |
| 1980 | 0.3007 kg per person | +6.8% |
| 1981 | 0.2396 kg per person | -20.3% |
| 1982 | 0.2444 kg per person | +2.0% |
| 1983 | 0.2294 kg per person | -6.1% |
| 1984 | 0.2829 kg per person | +23.3% |
| 1985 | 0.2256 kg per person | -20.2% |
| 1986 | 0.1932 kg per person | -14.4% |
| 1987 | 0.2955 kg per person | +53.0% |
| 1988 | 0.235 kg per person | -20.5% |
| 1989 | 0.2954 kg per person | +25.7% |
| 1990 | 0.2047 kg per person | -30.7% |
| 1991 | 0.2775 kg per person | +35.6% |
| 1992 | 0.3064 kg per person | +10.4% |
| 1993 | 0.33 kg per person | +7.7% |
| 1994 | 0.3141 kg per person | -4.8% |
| 1995 | 0.3422 kg per person | +8.9% |
| 1996 | 0.3201 kg per person | -6.5% |
| 1997 | 0.3097 kg per person | -3.3% |
| 1998 | 0.3277 kg per person | +5.8% |
| 1999 | 0.2773 kg per person | -15.4% |
| 2000 | 0.2505 kg per person | -9.7% |
| 2001 | 0.2643 kg per person | +5.5% |
| 2002 | 0.2735 kg per person | +3.5% |
| 2003 | 0.2776 kg per person | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 0.2316 kg per person | -16.6% |
| 2005 | 0.2344 kg per person | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 0.2381 kg per person | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 0.1361 kg per person | -42.8% |
| 2008 | 0.2124 kg per person | +56.0% |
| 2009 | 0.2092 kg per person | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 0.191 kg per person | -8.7% |
| 2011 | 0.1728 kg per person | -9.5% |
| 2012 | 0.162 kg per person | -6.3% |
| 2013 | 0.1503 kg per person | -7.2% |
| 2014 | 0.1478 kg per person | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 0.1458 kg per person | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 0.135 kg per person | -7.4% |
| 2017 | 0.1251 kg per person | -7.3% |
| 2018 | 0.1647 kg per person | +31.7% |
| 2019 | 0.1758 kg per person | +6.7% |
| 2020 | 0.1761 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.1676 kg per person | -4.8% |
| 2022 | 0.1809 kg per person | +8.0% |
| 2023 | 0.1853 kg per person | +2.4% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 0.1853 kg per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0441 kg per person, 4.2× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 0.1853 kg per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.1813 kg per person, 1.0× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +74.6% | 0.243 kg per person | 0.4243 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2941 kg per person | 0.243 kg per person | 0.3331 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.3259 kg per person | 0.2209 kg per person | 0.4243 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2542 kg per person | 0.1932 kg per person | 0.3007 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.301 kg per person | 0.2047 kg per person | 0.3422 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2328 kg per person | 0.1361 kg per person | 0.2776 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.157 kg per person | 0.1251 kg per person | 0.191 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1775 kg per person | 0.1676 kg per person | 0.1853 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 sorghum — crop residues (n content), per capita in Ghana?
- Sorghum — crop residues (n content), per capita in Ghana was 0.1853 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sorghum — crop residues (n content), per capita recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4243 kg per person in 1970.
- What is the lowest sorghum — crop residues (n content), per capita recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1251 kg per person in 2017.
- How does Ghana rank for sorghum — crop residues (n content), per capita?
- Ghana ranks 25th out of 100 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sorghum — crop residues (n content), per capita rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sorghum — Crop residues (N content), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Sorghum — 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.
Sorghum — Crop residues (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Sorghum — 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
Sorghum — 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.