Ghana vs Southern Africa: Sorghum — Area harvested
Sorghum — Area harvested over time
- Ghana
- Southern Africa
How they compare
Ghana currently reports 380,192 ha against 109,981 ha in Southern Africa, a difference of 270,211 ha.
That makes Ghana's figure about 3.5 times Southern Africa's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Southern Africa ahead.
Ghana ranks 20th and Southern Africa ranks 22nd of 120 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 3 and Southern Africa in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | Southern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 156,711 ha | 568,429 ha | 411,717 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1970s | 211,630 ha | 468,260 ha | 256,630 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1980s | 230,860 ha | 499,731 ha | 268,871 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1990s | 301,036 ha | 332,222 ha | 31,186 ha | Southern Africa |
| 2000s | 297,560 ha | 190,815 ha | 106,745 ha | Ghana |
| 2010s | 242,233 ha | 167,958 ha | 74,275 ha | Ghana |
| 2020s | 322,838 ha | 121,513 ha | 201,326 ha | Ghana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sorghum — area harvested, Ghana or Southern Africa?
- Ghana, at 380,192 ha against 109,981 ha in Southern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sorghum — area harvested between Ghana and Southern Africa?
- 270,211 ha, with Ghana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Southern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Ghana and Southern Africa rank globally for sorghum — area harvested?
- Ghana ranks 20th and Southern Africa ranks 22nd 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.