Ghana vs Papua New Guinea: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre

Ghana
0.3467 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
0.3162 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Ghana rank
14th
Papua New Guinea rank
15th

Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre over time

  • Ghana
  • Papua New Guinea
00.10.20.30.4196119922023

How they compare

Ghana currently reports 0.3467 ha per square kilometre against 0.3162 ha per square kilometre in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.0305 ha per square kilometre.

That makes Ghana's figure about 1.1 times Papua New Guinea's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Ghana ahead.

Ghana ranks 14th and Papua New Guinea ranks 15th of 99 countries.

Ghana has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ghana Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1990s 0.2708 ha per square kilometre 0.2219 ha per square kilometre 0.0489 ha per square kilometre Ghana
2000s 0.3058 ha per square kilometre 0.2403 ha per square kilometre 0.0656 ha per square kilometre Ghana
2010s 0.3298 ha per square kilometre 0.2927 ha per square kilometre 0.0371 ha per square kilometre Ghana
2020s 0.3467 ha per square kilometre 0.3162 ha per square kilometre 0.0305 ha per square kilometre Ghana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre, Ghana or Papua New Guinea?
Ghana, at 0.3467 ha per square kilometre against 0.3162 ha per square kilometre in Papua New Guinea as of 2023.
What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre between Ghana and Papua New Guinea?
0.0305 ha per square kilometre, with Ghana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Papua New Guinea?
28 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2023.
How do Ghana and Papua New Guinea rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre?
Ghana ranks 14th and Papua New Guinea ranks 15th of 99 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre
Unit
ha per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
100 places, 5,585 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.