Cameroon vs Ghana: Taro — Area harvested
Taro — Area harvested over time
- Cameroon
- Ghana
How they compare
Cameroon currently reports 250,535 ha against 245,230 ha in Ghana, a difference of 5,305 ha.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Ghana ahead.
Cameroon ranks 2nd and Ghana ranks 3rd of 51 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 3 and Ghana in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Ghana | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 141,871 ha | 113,667 ha | 28,204 ha | Cameroon |
| 1970s | 192,751 ha | 215,500 ha | 22,749 ha | Ghana |
| 1980s | 107,000 ha | 199,390 ha | 92,390 ha | Ghana |
| 1990s | 159,144 ha | 198,068 ha | 38,925 ha | Ghana |
| 2000s | 190,119 ha | 256,827 ha | 66,708 ha | Ghana |
| 2010s | 208,672 ha | 203,056 ha | 5,616 ha | Cameroon |
| 2020s | 235,499 ha | 230,156 ha | 5,343 ha | Cameroon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taro — area harvested, Cameroon or Ghana?
- Cameroon, at 250,535 ha against 245,230 ha in Ghana as of 2024.
- What is the difference in taro — area harvested between Cameroon and Ghana?
- 5,305 ha, with Cameroon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Ghana?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Cameroon and Ghana rank globally for taro — area harvested?
- Cameroon ranks 2nd and Ghana ranks 3rd of 51 countries.
- 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.