Ghana vs Southern Africa: Fruit Primary — Area harvested
Fruit Primary — Area harvested over time
- Ghana
- Southern Africa
How they compare
Ghana currently reports 469,605 ha against 381,493 ha in Southern Africa, a difference of 88,112 ha.
That makes Ghana's figure about 1.2 times Southern Africa's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Southern Africa ahead.
Ghana ranks 26th and Southern Africa ranks 27th of 191 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 3 and Southern Africa in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | Southern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 152,344 ha | 182,999 ha | 30,656 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1970s | 215,116 ha | 235,781 ha | 20,665 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1980s | 220,272 ha | 245,653 ha | 25,381 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1990s | 245,202 ha | 279,871 ha | 34,669 ha | Southern Africa |
| 2000s | 350,062 ha | 325,907 ha | 24,154 ha | Ghana |
| 2010s | 430,328 ha | 334,304 ha | 96,025 ha | Ghana |
| 2020s | 468,349 ha | 377,183 ha | 91,166 ha | Ghana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fruit primary — area harvested, Ghana or Southern Africa?
- Ghana, at 469,605 ha against 381,493 ha in Southern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fruit primary — area harvested between Ghana and Southern Africa?
- 88,112 ha, with Ghana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Southern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Ghana and Southern Africa rank globally for fruit primary — area harvested?
- Ghana ranks 26th and Southern Africa ranks 27th of 191 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Fruit 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.