Ghana vs Nigeria: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested, per capita (Area)
Ghana
0.0107 ha per person
in 2024
Nigeria
0.0148 ha per person
in 2024
Ghana rank
21st
Nigeria rank
18th
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested, per capita (Area) over time
- Ghana
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 0.0148 ha per person against 0.0107 ha per person in Ghana, a difference of 0.0041 ha per person.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.4 times Ghana's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nigeria ahead.
Ghana ranks 21st and Nigeria ranks 18th of 103 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 2 and Nigeria in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0069 ha per person | 0.0387 ha per person | 0.0318 ha per person | Nigeria |
| 1970s | 0.0091 ha per person | 0.0225 ha per person | 0.0134 ha per person | Nigeria |
| 1980s | 0.0095 ha per person | 0.0077 ha per person | 0.0018 ha per person | Ghana |
| 1990s | 0.0094 ha per person | 0.0147 ha per person | 0.0053 ha per person | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 0.0167 ha per person | 0.0148 ha per person | 0.002 ha per person | Ghana |
| 2010s | 0.012 ha per person | 0.0162 ha per person | 0.0042 ha per person | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 0.0104 ha per person | 0.0158 ha per person | 0.0054 ha per person | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested, per capita, Ghana or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 0.0148 ha per person against 0.0107 ha per person in Ghana as of 2024.
- What is the difference in groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested, per capita between Ghana and Nigeria?
- 0.0041 ha per person, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Nigeria?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Ghana and Nigeria rank globally for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested, per capita?
- Ghana ranks 21st and Nigeria ranks 18th of 103 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.