Ghana vs Melanesia: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested over time
- Ghana
- Melanesia
How they compare
Ghana currently reports 1.94 million ha against 279,372 ha in Melanesia, a difference of 1.66 million ha.
That makes Ghana's figure about 6.9 times Melanesia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Ghana has been ahead every year.
Ghana ranks 6th and Melanesia ranks 9th of 191 countries.
Ghana has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 407,262 ha | 148,921 ha | 258,341 ha | Ghana |
| 1970s | 571,200 ha | 165,639 ha | 405,561 ha | Ghana |
| 1980s | 673,328 ha | 187,965 ha | 485,363 ha | Ghana |
| 1990s | 961,701 ha | 197,558 ha | 764,143 ha | Ghana |
| 2000s | 1.43 million ha | 231,137 ha | 1.20 million ha | Ghana |
| 2010s | 1.63 million ha | 263,277 ha | 1.37 million ha | Ghana |
| 2020s | 1.92 million ha | 279,246 ha | 1.64 million ha | Ghana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher roots and tubers, total — area harvested, Ghana or Melanesia?
- Ghana, at 1.94 million ha against 279,372 ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in roots and tubers, total — area harvested between Ghana and Melanesia?
- 1.66 million ha, with Ghana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Melanesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Ghana and Melanesia rank globally for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Ghana ranks 6th and Melanesia ranks 9th 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.