India vs Western Africa: Ginger, raw — Area harvested
Ginger, raw — Area harvested over time
- India
- Western Africa
How they compare
India currently reports 194,243 ha against 93,128 ha in Western Africa, a difference of 101,115 ha.
That makes India's figure about 2.1 times Western Africa's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was India ahead.
India ranks 1st and Western Africa ranks 4th of 40 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, India averaged higher in 5 and Western Africa in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21,778 ha | 160 ha | 21,618 ha | India |
| 1970s | 28,202 ha | 164 ha | 28,038 ha | India |
| 1980s | 49,587 ha | 23,340 ha | 26,247 ha | India |
| 1990s | 71,388 ha | 134,693 ha | 63,305 ha | Western Africa |
| 2000s | 92,259 ha | 137,102 ha | 44,842 ha | Western Africa |
| 2010s | 148,464 ha | 82,584 ha | 65,880 ha | India |
| 2020s | 195,649 ha | 99,749 ha | 95,899 ha | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher ginger, raw — area harvested, India or Western Africa?
- India, at 194,243 ha against 93,128 ha in Western Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in ginger, raw — area harvested between India and Western Africa?
- 101,115 ha, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Western Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do India and Western Africa rank globally for ginger, raw — area harvested?
- India ranks 1st and Western Africa ranks 4th of 40 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Ginger, raw — 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.