Asia vs Ghana: Taro — Area harvested
Taro — Area harvested over time
- Asia
- Ghana
How they compare
Ghana currently reports 245,230 ha against 142,471 ha in Asia, a difference of 102,759 ha.
That makes Ghana's figure about 1.7 times Asia's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Asia ahead.
Asia ranks 3rd and Ghana ranks 3rd of 10 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Asia averaged higher in 1 and Ghana in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Asia | Ghana | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 141,620 ha | 113,667 ha | 27,953 ha | Asia |
| 1970s | 159,470 ha | 215,500 ha | 56,030 ha | Ghana |
| 1980s | 166,648 ha | 199,390 ha | 32,742 ha | Ghana |
| 1990s | 127,721 ha | 198,068 ha | 70,347 ha | Ghana |
| 2000s | 130,250 ha | 256,827 ha | 126,577 ha | Ghana |
| 2010s | 141,431 ha | 203,056 ha | 61,624 ha | Ghana |
| 2020s | 142,568 ha | 230,156 ha | 87,588 ha | Ghana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taro — area harvested, Asia or Ghana?
- Ghana, at 245,230 ha against 142,471 ha in Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in taro — area harvested between Asia and Ghana?
- 102,759 ha, with Ghana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Asia and Ghana?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Asia and Ghana rank globally for taro — area harvested?
- Asia ranks 3rd and Ghana ranks 3rd of 10 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Taro — 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.