Eastern Africa vs Ghana: Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested
Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested over time
- Eastern Africa
- Ghana
How they compare
Eastern Africa currently reports 335,611 ha against 76,051 ha in Ghana, a difference of 259,560 ha.
That makes Eastern Africa's figure about 4.4 times Ghana's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Eastern Africa has been ahead every year.
Eastern Africa ranks 9th and Ghana ranks 11th of 21 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 | 342,533 ha | 28,230 ha | 314,303 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1970s | 387,005 ha | 31,260 ha | 355,745 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1980s | 438,623 ha | 32,510 ha | 406,113 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1990s | 501,914 ha | 40,743 ha | 461,171 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2000s | 646,422 ha | 54,900 ha | 591,522 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2010s | 488,319 ha | 71,585 ha | 416,735 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2020s | 339,493 ha | 77,010 ha | 262,483 ha | Eastern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher coconuts, in shell — area harvested, Eastern Africa or Ghana?
- Eastern Africa, at 335,611 ha against 76,051 ha in Ghana as of 2024.
- What is the difference in coconuts, in shell — area harvested between Eastern Africa and Ghana?
- 259,560 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 coconuts, in shell — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 9th and Ghana ranks 11th of 21 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Coconuts, 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.