Colombia vs Ghana: Rice — Area harvested
Rice — Area harvested over time
- Colombia
- Ghana
How they compare
Colombia currently reports 627,249 ha against 472,900 ha in Ghana, a difference of 154,349 ha.
That makes Colombia's figure about 1.3 times Ghana's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Colombia has been ahead every year.
Colombia ranks 22nd and Ghana ranks 25th of 133 countries.
Colombia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Colombia | Ghana | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 292,687 ha | 37,143 ha | 255,544 ha | Colombia |
| 1970s | 335,921 ha | 83,100 ha | 252,821 ha | Colombia |
| 1980s | 407,254 ha | 72,450 ha | 334,804 ha | Colombia |
| 1990s | 424,002 ha | 94,025 ha | 329,977 ha | Colombia |
| 2000s | 473,402 ha | 125,953 ha | 347,449 ha | Colombia |
| 2010s | 542,531 ha | 221,497 ha | 321,034 ha | Colombia |
| 2020s | 635,850 ha | 389,220 ha | 246,630 ha | Colombia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — area harvested, Colombia or Ghana?
- Colombia, at 627,249 ha against 472,900 ha in Ghana as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — area harvested between Colombia and Ghana?
- 154,349 ha, with Colombia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Ghana?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Colombia and Ghana rank globally for rice — area harvested?
- Colombia ranks 22nd and Ghana ranks 25th of 133 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Rice — 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.