Ghana vs Nigeria: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Production, per square kilometre
Ghana
2.8 t per square kilometre
in 2023
Nigeria
4.72 t per square kilometre
in 2023
Ghana rank
8th
Nigeria rank
5th
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Production, per square kilometre over time
- Ghana
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 4.72 t per square kilometre against 2.8 t per square kilometre in Ghana, a difference of 1.92 t per square kilometre.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.7 times Ghana's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nigeria ahead.
Ghana ranks 8th and Nigeria ranks 5th of 103 countries.
Nigeria has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2043 t per square kilometre | 1.98 t per square kilometre | 1.77 t per square kilometre | Nigeria |
| 1970s | 0.4705 t per square kilometre | 1.08 t per square kilometre | 0.6113 t per square kilometre | Nigeria |
| 1980s | 0.6974 t per square kilometre | 0.7502 t per square kilometre | 0.0528 t per square kilometre | Nigeria |
| 1990s | 0.6528 t per square kilometre | 2.02 t per square kilometre | 1.37 t per square kilometre | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 1.78 t per square kilometre | 3.37 t per square kilometre | 1.59 t per square kilometre | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 2.05 t per square kilometre | 4.09 t per square kilometre | 2.04 t per square kilometre | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 2.54 t per square kilometre | 4.68 t per square kilometre | 2.14 t per square kilometre | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher groundnuts, excluding shelled — production, per square kilometre, Ghana or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 4.72 t per square kilometre against 2.8 t per square kilometre in Ghana as of 2023.
- What is the difference in groundnuts, excluding shelled — production, per square kilometre between Ghana and Nigeria?
- 1.92 t per square kilometre, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Nigeria?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Ghana and Nigeria rank globally for groundnuts, excluding shelled — production, per square kilometre?
- Ghana ranks 8th and Nigeria ranks 5th of 103 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Production, 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 — Production 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.