Ghana vs Nigeria: Rice — Production, per capita
Ghana
0.05 t per person
in 2024
Nigeria
0.0392 t per person
in 2024
Ghana rank
35th
Nigeria rank
37th
Rice — Production, per capita over time
- Ghana
- Nigeria
How they compare
Ghana currently reports 0.05 t per person against 0.0392 t per person in Nigeria, a difference of 0.0108 t per person.
That makes Ghana's figure about 1.3 times Nigeria's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Ghana ahead.
Ghana ranks 35th and Nigeria ranks 37th of 120 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 3 and Nigeria in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0054 t per person | 0.005 t per person | 0.0003 t per person | Ghana |
| 1970s | 0.0074 t per person | 0.0072 t per person | 0.0001 t per person | Ghana |
| 1980s | 0.0053 t per person | 0.0189 t per person | 0.0136 t per person | Nigeria |
| 1990s | 0.0098 t per person | 0.0277 t per person | 0.018 t per person | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 0.0122 t per person | 0.0236 t per person | 0.0115 t per person | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 0.0222 t per person | 0.0353 t per person | 0.0131 t per person | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 0.0394 t per person | 0.0386 t per person | 0.0009 t per person | Ghana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — production, per capita, Ghana or Nigeria?
- Ghana, at 0.05 t per person against 0.0392 t per person in Nigeria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — production, per capita between Ghana and Nigeria?
- 0.0108 t per person, with Ghana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Nigeria?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Ghana and Nigeria rank globally for rice — production, per capita?
- Ghana ranks 35th and Nigeria ranks 37th of 120 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Rice — Production, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Rice — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.