Ghana vs Western Africa: Lemons and limes — Area harvested
Lemons and limes — Area harvested over time
- Ghana
- Western Africa
How they compare
Western Africa currently reports 13,335 ha against 7,191 ha in Ghana, a difference of 6,144 ha.
That makes Western Africa's figure about 1.9 times Ghana's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Western Africa has been ahead every year.
Ghana ranks 23rd and Western Africa ranks 22nd of 126 countries.
Western Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,667 ha | 3,667 ha | 0 ha | — |
| 1970s | 4,750 ha | 4,770 ha | 20 ha | Western Africa |
| 1980s | 5,000 ha | 5,364 ha | 363.5 ha | Western Africa |
| 1990s | 4,079 ha | 5,086 ha | 1,007 ha | Western Africa |
| 2000s | 5,911 ha | 7,241 ha | 1,330 ha | Western Africa |
| 2010s | 7,093 ha | 10,060 ha | 2,967 ha | Western Africa |
| 2020s | 7,170 ha | 12,528 ha | 5,359 ha | Western Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher lemons and limes — area harvested, Ghana or Western Africa?
- Western Africa, at 13,335 ha against 7,191 ha in Ghana as of 2024.
- What is the difference in lemons and limes — area harvested between Ghana and Western Africa?
- 6,144 ha, with Western Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Western Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Ghana and Western Africa rank globally for lemons and limes — area harvested?
- Ghana ranks 23rd and Western Africa ranks 22nd of 126 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Lemons and limes — 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.