Ghana vs Jamaica: Sugar cane — Area harvested
Sugar cane — Area harvested over time
- Ghana
- Jamaica
How they compare
Jamaica currently reports 7,000 ha against 6,450 ha in Ghana, a difference of 550 ha.
That makes Jamaica's figure about 1.1 times Ghana's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Jamaica has been ahead every year.
Ghana ranks 67th and Jamaica ranks 65th of 103 countries.
Jamaica has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | Jamaica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,492 ha | 64,515 ha | 59,023 ha | Jamaica |
| 1970s | 5,120 ha | 56,481 ha | 51,361 ha | Jamaica |
| 1980s | 4,050 ha | 41,234 ha | 37,184 ha | Jamaica |
| 1990s | 4,630 ha | 39,964 ha | 35,334 ha | Jamaica |
| 2000s | 5,560 ha | 31,559 ha | 25,999 ha | Jamaica |
| 2010s | 6,012 ha | 24,426 ha | 18,414 ha | Jamaica |
| 2020s | 6,391 ha | 8,949 ha | 2,558 ha | Jamaica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar cane — area harvested, Ghana or Jamaica?
- Jamaica, at 7,000 ha against 6,450 ha in Ghana as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar cane — area harvested between Ghana and Jamaica?
- 550 ha, with Jamaica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Jamaica?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Ghana and Jamaica rank globally for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Ghana ranks 67th and Jamaica ranks 65th of 103 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sugar cane — 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.