Europe vs Ghana: Sorghum — Area harvested
Sorghum — Area harvested over time
- Europe
- Ghana
How they compare
Ghana currently reports 380,192 ha against 337,849 ha in Europe, a difference of 42,343 ha.
That makes Ghana's figure about 1.1 times Europe's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Ghana ahead.
Europe ranks 18th and Ghana ranks 20th of 28 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Europe averaged higher in 4 and Ghana in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Europe | Ghana | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 184,223 ha | 156,711 ha | 27,512 ha | Europe |
| 1970s | 267,398 ha | 211,630 ha | 55,768 ha | Europe |
| 1980s | 287,888 ha | 230,860 ha | 57,028 ha | Europe |
| 1990s | 175,591 ha | 301,036 ha | 125,445 ha | Ghana |
| 2000s | 183,500 ha | 297,560 ha | 114,060 ha | Ghana |
| 2010s | 312,067 ha | 242,233 ha | 69,834 ha | Europe |
| 2020s | 287,087 ha | 322,838 ha | 35,752 ha | Ghana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sorghum — area harvested, Europe or Ghana?
- Ghana, at 380,192 ha against 337,849 ha in Europe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sorghum — area harvested between Europe and Ghana?
- 42,343 ha, with Ghana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Europe and Ghana?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Europe and Ghana rank globally for sorghum — area harvested?
- Europe ranks 18th and Ghana ranks 20th of 28 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sorghum — 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.