Benin vs Ghana: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested, per square kilometre
Benin
2.15 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Ghana
1.63 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Benin rank
10th
Ghana rank
13th
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested, per square kilometre over time
- Benin
- Ghana
How they compare
Benin currently reports 2.15 ha per square kilometre against 1.63 ha per square kilometre in Ghana, a difference of 0.52 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Benin's figure about 1.3 times Ghana's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Benin ahead.
Benin ranks 10th and Ghana ranks 13th of 103 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 5 and Ghana in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Ghana | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.7161 ha per square kilometre | 0.2394 ha per square kilometre | 0.4767 ha per square kilometre | Benin |
| 1970s | 0.691 ha per square kilometre | 0.4038 ha per square kilometre | 0.2872 ha per square kilometre | Benin |
| 1980s | 0.7438 ha per square kilometre | 0.5642 ha per square kilometre | 0.1796 ha per square kilometre | Benin |
| 1990s | 0.9726 ha per square kilometre | 0.7123 ha per square kilometre | 0.2603 ha per square kilometre | Benin |
| 2000s | 1.27 ha per square kilometre | 1.63 ha per square kilometre | 0.3647 ha per square kilometre | Ghana |
| 2010s | 1.48 ha per square kilometre | 1.49 ha per square kilometre | 0.0129 ha per square kilometre | Ghana |
| 2020s | 1.65 ha per square kilometre | 1.48 ha per square kilometre | 0.165 ha per square kilometre | Benin |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested, per square kilometre, Benin or Ghana?
- Benin, at 2.15 ha per square kilometre against 1.63 ha per square kilometre in Ghana as of 2023.
- What is the difference in groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested, per square kilometre between Benin and Ghana?
- 0.52 ha per square kilometre, with Benin ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Ghana?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Benin and Ghana rank globally for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- Benin ranks 10th and Ghana ranks 13th of 103 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested, per square kilometre. 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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.