Ghana vs Uganda: Sorghum — Area harvested
Sorghum — Area harvested over time
- Ghana
- Uganda
How they compare
Ghana currently reports 380,192 ha against 320,000 ha in Uganda, a difference of 60,192 ha.
That makes Ghana's figure about 1.2 times Uganda's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Uganda ahead.
Ghana ranks 20th and Uganda ranks 22nd of 120 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 3 and Uganda in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | Uganda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 156,711 ha | 289,333 ha | 132,622 ha | Uganda |
| 1970s | 211,630 ha | 298,140 ha | 86,510 ha | Uganda |
| 1980s | 230,860 ha | 201,491 ha | 29,369 ha | Ghana |
| 1990s | 301,036 ha | 261,795 ha | 39,241 ha | Ghana |
| 2000s | 297,560 ha | 299,900 ha | 2,340 ha | Uganda |
| 2010s | 242,233 ha | 308,253 ha | 66,020 ha | Uganda |
| 2020s | 322,838 ha | 294,088 ha | 28,750 ha | Ghana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sorghum — area harvested, Ghana or Uganda?
- Ghana, at 380,192 ha against 320,000 ha in Uganda as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sorghum — area harvested between Ghana and Uganda?
- 60,192 ha, with Ghana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Uganda?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Ghana and Uganda rank globally for sorghum — area harvested?
- Ghana ranks 20th and Uganda 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.