Benin vs Ghana: Sorghum — Yield
Sorghum — Yield over time
- Benin
- Ghana
How they compare
Benin currently reports 1,315 kg/ha against 1,260 kg/ha in Ghana, a difference of 55 kg/ha.
The two have swapped places 17 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Ghana ahead.
Benin ranks 68th and Ghana ranks 71st of 122 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 1 and Ghana in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Ghana | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 533.1 kg/ha | 643.56 kg/ha | 110.46 kg/ha | Ghana |
| 1970s | 692.14 kg/ha | 750.16 kg/ha | 58.02 kg/ha | Ghana |
| 1980s | 698.15 kg/ha | 658.22 kg/ha | 39.93 kg/ha | Benin |
| 1990s | 785.38 kg/ha | 989.87 kg/ha | 204.49 kg/ha | Ghana |
| 2000s | 929.9 kg/ha | 993.39 kg/ha | 63.49 kg/ha | Ghana |
| 2010s | 1,148 kg/ha | 1,150 kg/ha | 2.64 kg/ha | Ghana |
| 2020s | 1,054 kg/ha | 1,221 kg/ha | 166.56 kg/ha | Ghana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sorghum — yield, Benin or Ghana?
- Benin, at 1,315 kg/ha against 1,260 kg/ha in Ghana as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sorghum — yield between Benin and Ghana?
- 55 kg/ha, with Benin ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Ghana?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Benin and Ghana rank globally for sorghum — yield?
- Benin ranks 68th and Ghana ranks 71st of 122 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sorghum — Yield. 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.