Accra, October 3,2017//-Statistics from the Ghana Statistics Service has revealed that the country’s year-on-year quarterly GDP growth rate of agriculture sector stands at 3.4% for the second quarter of 2017.
The Crops sub-sector recorded the highest year-on-year growth rate of 8.3% while the Fishing sub-sector recorded the lowest growth rate of -17.6%.
| Agriculture Sub-sector | GDP
Q2 2016 (GH₵ million) |
GDP
Q2 2017 (GH₵ million) |
Y/Y Change Rate (%) |
| Crops | 598.9 | 648.6 | 8.3 |
| o/w Cocoa | 64.0 | 74.0 | 15.6 |
| Livestock | 142.5 | 150.5 | 5.6 |
| Forestry & logging | 196.8 | 198.6 | 0.9 |
| Fishing | 131.6 | 108.4 | -17.6 |
| Total | 1,069.8 | 1,106.2 | 3.4 |
Source Ghana Statistics Service 2nd quarter report 2017
African Eye Report
