Benin vs Ghana: Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested
Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested over time
- Benin
- Ghana
How they compare
Benin currently reports 487,479 ha against 408,433 ha in Ghana, a difference of 79,046 ha.
That makes Benin's figure about 1.2 times Ghana's.
Across all 38 years both countries report, Benin has been ahead every year.
Benin ranks 2nd and Ghana ranks 5th of 32 countries.
Benin has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Ghana | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 10,000 ha | 1,000 ha | 9,000 ha | Benin |
| 1990s | 94,798 ha | 5,844 ha | 88,954 ha | Benin |
| 2000s | 263,562 ha | 40,833 ha | 222,729 ha | Benin |
| 2010s | 471,587 ha | 113,498 ha | 358,089 ha | Benin |
| 2020s | 436,880 ha | 338,712 ha | 98,168 ha | Benin |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested, Benin or Ghana?
- Benin, at 487,479 ha against 408,433 ha in Ghana as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested between Benin and Ghana?
- 79,046 ha, with Benin ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Ghana?
- 38 years are reported by both, from 1987 to 2024.
- How do Benin and Ghana rank globally for cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested?
- Benin ranks 2nd and Ghana ranks 5th of 32 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cashew nuts, in shell — 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.