Ghana vs Japan: Soya beans — Area harvested
Soya beans — Area harvested over time
- Ghana
- Japan
How they compare
Japan currently reports 153,900 ha against 145,000 ha in Ghana, a difference of 8,900 ha.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.1 times Ghana's.
Across all 17 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.
Ghana ranks 24th and Japan ranks 21st of 107 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 59,030 ha | 146,250 ha | 87,220 ha | Japan |
| 2010s | 94,822 ha | 139,820 ha | 44,998 ha | Japan |
| 2020s | 132,400 ha | 149,620 ha | 17,220 ha | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher soya beans — area harvested, Ghana or Japan?
- Japan, at 153,900 ha against 145,000 ha in Ghana as of 2024.
- What is the difference in soya beans — area harvested between Ghana and Japan?
- 8,900 ha, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Japan?
- 17 years are reported by both, from 2008 to 2024.
- How do Ghana and Japan rank globally for soya beans — area harvested?
- Ghana ranks 24th and Japan ranks 21st of 107 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Soya beans — 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.