Ghana vs Senegal: Rice — Area harvested
Rice — Area harvested over time
- Ghana
- Senegal
How they compare
Ghana currently reports 472,900 ha against 410,271 ha in Senegal, a difference of 62,629 ha.
That makes Ghana's figure about 1.2 times Senegal's.
The two have swapped places 15 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Senegal ahead.
Ghana ranks 25th and Senegal ranks 27th of 133 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 5 and Senegal in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | Senegal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 37,143 ha | 82,005 ha | 44,862 ha | Senegal |
| 1970s | 83,100 ha | 77,466 ha | 5,634 ha | Ghana |
| 1980s | 72,450 ha | 71,034 ha | 1,416 ha | Ghana |
| 1990s | 94,025 ha | 76,748 ha | 17,277 ha | Ghana |
| 2000s | 125,953 ha | 94,665 ha | 31,288 ha | Ghana |
| 2010s | 221,497 ha | 211,360 ha | 10,137 ha | Ghana |
| 2020s | 389,220 ha | 393,119 ha | 3,899 ha | Senegal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — area harvested, Ghana or Senegal?
- Ghana, at 472,900 ha against 410,271 ha in Senegal as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — area harvested between Ghana and Senegal?
- 62,629 ha, with Ghana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Senegal?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Ghana and Senegal rank globally for rice — area harvested?
- Ghana ranks 25th and Senegal ranks 27th 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.