Ghana vs Kenya: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Ghana
- Kenya
How they compare
Ghana currently reports 78,611 ha against 68,449 ha in Kenya, a difference of 10,162 ha.
That makes Ghana's figure about 1.1 times Kenya's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Ghana ahead.
Ghana ranks 16th and Kenya ranks 18th of 113 countries.
Ghana has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | Kenya | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 61,625 ha | 42,022 ha | 19,602 ha | Ghana |
| 2000s | 69,588 ha | 64,410 ha | 5,179 ha | Ghana |
| 2010s | 75,039 ha | 63,554 ha | 11,485 ha | Ghana |
| 2020s | 78,834 ha | 58,297 ha | 20,537 ha | Ghana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, Ghana or Kenya?
- Ghana, at 78,611 ha against 68,449 ha in Kenya as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested between Ghana and Kenya?
- 10,162 ha, with Ghana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Kenya?
- 29 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2024.
- How do Ghana and Kenya rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Ghana ranks 16th and Kenya ranks 18th of 113 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.