Ghana vs India: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested over time
- Ghana
- India
How they compare
India currently reports 2.65 million ha against 1.94 million ha in Ghana, a difference of 709,950 ha.
That makes India's figure about 1.4 times Ghana's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, India has been ahead every year.
Ghana ranks 6th and India ranks 5th of 191 countries.
India has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 407,262 ha | 897,849 ha | 490,587 ha | India |
| 1970s | 571,200 ha | 1.17 million ha | 598,060 ha | India |
| 1980s | 673,328 ha | 1.30 million ha | 623,582 ha | India |
| 1990s | 961,701 ha | 1.51 million ha | 544,329 ha | India |
| 2000s | 1.43 million ha | 1.88 million ha | 446,144 ha | India |
| 2010s | 1.63 million ha | 2.37 million ha | 737,172 ha | India |
| 2020s | 1.92 million ha | 2.56 million ha | 638,956 ha | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher roots and tubers, total — area harvested, Ghana or India?
- India, at 2.65 million ha against 1.94 million ha in Ghana as of 2024.
- What is the difference in roots and tubers, total — area harvested between Ghana and India?
- 709,950 ha, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and India?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Ghana and India rank globally for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Ghana ranks 6th and India ranks 5th of 191 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.