Central America vs Ghana: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested over time
- Central America
- Ghana
How they compare
Ghana currently reports 370,000 ha against 93,025 ha in Central America, a difference of 276,975 ha.
That makes Ghana's figure about 4.0 times Central America's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Central America ahead.
Central America ranks 17th and Ghana ranks 18th of 27 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Central America averaged higher in 1 and Ghana in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Central America | Ghana | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 67,294 ha | 54,479 ha | 12,815 ha | Central America |
| 1970s | 59,029 ha | 91,891 ha | 32,862 ha | Ghana |
| 1980s | 87,532 ha | 128,370 ha | 40,838 ha | Ghana |
| 1990s | 94,930 ha | 162,079 ha | 67,148 ha | Ghana |
| 2000s | 88,855 ha | 371,722 ha | 282,867 ha | Ghana |
| 2010s | 101,007 ha | 338,618 ha | 237,611 ha | Ghana |
| 2020s | 101,824 ha | 344,000 ha | 242,176 ha | Ghana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested, Central America or Ghana?
- Ghana, at 370,000 ha against 93,025 ha in Central America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested between Central America and Ghana?
- 276,975 ha, with Ghana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Central America and Ghana?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Central America and Ghana rank globally for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 17th and Ghana ranks 18th of 27 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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.