Caribbean vs Ghana: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Caribbean
- Ghana
How they compare
Caribbean currently reports 98,853 ha against 78,611 ha in Ghana, a difference of 20,242 ha.
That makes Caribbean's figure about 1.3 times Ghana's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Caribbean ahead.
Caribbean ranks 14th and Ghana ranks 16th of 26 countries.
Caribbean has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Ghana | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 131,802 ha | 61,625 ha | 70,177 ha | Caribbean |
| 2000s | 137,598 ha | 69,588 ha | 68,009 ha | Caribbean |
| 2010s | 132,695 ha | 75,039 ha | 57,656 ha | Caribbean |
| 2020s | 85,273 ha | 78,834 ha | 6,439 ha | Caribbean |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, Caribbean or Ghana?
- Caribbean, at 98,853 ha against 78,611 ha in Ghana as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested between Caribbean and Ghana?
- 20,242 ha, with Caribbean ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Ghana?
- 29 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2024.
- How do Caribbean and Ghana rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 14th and Ghana ranks 16th of 26 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sweet potatoes — 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.