Ghana vs South-Eastern Asia: Sorghum — Area harvested
Sorghum — Area harvested over time
- Ghana
- South-Eastern Asia
How they compare
Ghana currently reports 380,192 ha against 200,934 ha in South-Eastern Asia, a difference of 179,258 ha.
That makes Ghana's figure about 1.9 times South-Eastern Asia's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Ghana ahead.
Ghana ranks 20th and South-Eastern Asia ranks 20th of 120 countries.
Ghana has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | South-Eastern Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 156,711 ha | 23,490 ha | 133,221 ha | Ghana |
| 1970s | 211,630 ha | 127,802 ha | 83,828 ha | Ghana |
| 1980s | 230,860 ha | 228,638 ha | 2,222 ha | Ghana |
| 1990s | 301,036 ha | 219,057 ha | 81,979 ha | Ghana |
| 2000s | 297,560 ha | 279,543 ha | 18,017 ha | Ghana |
| 2010s | 242,233 ha | 239,182 ha | 3,051 ha | Ghana |
| 2020s | 322,838 ha | 202,901 ha | 119,937 ha | Ghana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sorghum — area harvested, Ghana or South-Eastern Asia?
- Ghana, at 380,192 ha against 200,934 ha in South-Eastern Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sorghum — area harvested between Ghana and South-Eastern Asia?
- 179,258 ha, with Ghana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and South-Eastern Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Ghana and South-Eastern Asia rank globally for sorghum — area harvested?
- Ghana ranks 20th and South-Eastern Asia ranks 20th of 120 countries.
- 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.