Costa Rica vs Ghana: Avocados — Area harvested
Avocados — Area harvested over time
- Costa Rica
- Ghana
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 2,621 ha against 2,086 ha in Ghana, a difference of 535 ha.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.3 times Ghana's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 31st and Ghana ranks 33rd of 91 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Ghana | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,989 ha | 1,000 ha | 988.89 ha | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 3,010 ha | 1,000 ha | 2,010 ha | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 3,745 ha | 1,155 ha | 2,590 ha | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 4,606 ha | 1,312 ha | 3,294 ha | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 5,087 ha | 1,535 ha | 3,552 ha | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 2,622 ha | 1,931 ha | 691.2 ha | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 2,874 ha | 2,090 ha | 783.6 ha | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher avocados — area harvested, Costa Rica or Ghana?
- Costa Rica, at 2,621 ha against 2,086 ha in Ghana as of 2024.
- What is the difference in avocados — area harvested between Costa Rica and Ghana?
- 535 ha, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Ghana?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Ghana rank globally for avocados — area harvested?
- Costa Rica ranks 31st and Ghana ranks 33rd of 91 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Avocados — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.