Americas vs Ghana: Oil palm fruit — Area harvested
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested over time
- Americas
- Ghana
How they compare
Americas currently reports 1.73 million ha against 435,934 ha in Ghana, a difference of 1.30 million ha.
That makes Americas's figure about 4.0 times Ghana's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Americas ahead.
Americas ranks 5th and Ghana ranks 6th of 15 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Americas averaged higher in 5 and Ghana in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Americas | Ghana | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 80,317 ha | 81,533 ha | 1,217 ha | Ghana |
| 1970s | 90,233 ha | 135,270 ha | 45,037 ha | Ghana |
| 1980s | 167,434 ha | 123,660 ha | 43,774 ha | Americas |
| 1990s | 384,827 ha | 142,500 ha | 242,327 ha | Americas |
| 2000s | 628,909 ha | 272,630 ha | 356,279 ha | Americas |
| 2010s | 1.24 million ha | 356,804 ha | 879,254 ha | Americas |
| 2020s | 1.69 million ha | 408,863 ha | 1.28 million ha | Americas |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oil palm fruit — area harvested, Americas or Ghana?
- Americas, at 1.73 million ha against 435,934 ha in Ghana as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oil palm fruit — area harvested between Americas and Ghana?
- 1.30 million ha, with Americas ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and Ghana?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Americas and Ghana rank globally for oil palm fruit — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 5th and Ghana ranks 6th of 15 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Oil palm fruit — 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.