Ghana vs Iraq: Cereals, primary — Area harvested
Cereals, primary — Area harvested over time
- Ghana
- Iraq
How they compare
Iraq currently reports 2.43 million ha against 2.36 million ha in Ghana, a difference of 76,610 ha.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Iraq ahead.
Ghana ranks 51st and Iraq ranks 49th of 178 countries.
Iraq has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | Iraq | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 559,838 ha | 2.27 million ha | 1.71 million ha | Iraq |
| 1970s | 858,990 ha | 2.01 million ha | 1.15 million ha | Iraq |
| 1980s | 997,010 ha | 2.22 million ha | 1.23 million ha | Iraq |
| 1990s | 1.22 million ha | 3.35 million ha | 2.13 million ha | Iraq |
| 2000s | 1.41 million ha | 2.68 million ha | 1.26 million ha | Iraq |
| 2010s | 1.63 million ha | 2.14 million ha | 511,302 ha | Iraq |
| 2020s | 2.14 million ha | 2.24 million ha | 104,324 ha | Iraq |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cereals, primary — area harvested, Ghana or Iraq?
- Iraq, at 2.43 million ha against 2.36 million ha in Ghana as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cereals, primary — area harvested between Ghana and Iraq?
- 76,610 ha, with Iraq ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Iraq?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Ghana and Iraq rank globally for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Ghana ranks 51st and Iraq ranks 49th of 178 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cereals, primary — 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.