Eastern Africa vs Ghana: Cassava, fresh — Area harvested
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested over time
- Eastern Africa
- Ghana
How they compare
Eastern Africa currently reports 4.92 million ha against 1.08 million ha in Ghana, a difference of 3.84 million ha.
That makes Eastern Africa's figure about 4.6 times Ghana's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Eastern Africa has been ahead every year.
Eastern Africa ranks 6th and Ghana ranks 5th of 18 groups.
Eastern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Africa | Ghana | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.03 million ha | 165,817 ha | 1.86 million ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1970s | 2.39 million ha | 231,000 ha | 2.16 million ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1980s | 2.54 million ha | 308,665 ha | 2.23 million ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1990s | 2.81 million ha | 546,285 ha | 2.27 million ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2000s | 3.26 million ha | 783,829 ha | 2.48 million ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2010s | 4.00 million ha | 916,723 ha | 3.09 million ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2020s | 4.80 million ha | 1.06 million ha | 3.74 million ha | Eastern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cassava, fresh — area harvested, Eastern Africa or Ghana?
- Eastern Africa, at 4.92 million ha against 1.08 million ha in Ghana as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cassava, fresh — area harvested between Eastern Africa and Ghana?
- 3.84 million ha, with Eastern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Africa and Ghana?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Africa and Ghana rank globally for cassava, fresh — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 6th and Ghana ranks 5th of 18 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cassava, fresh — 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.