Ghana vs Middle Africa: Taro — Area harvested
Taro — Area harvested over time
- Ghana
- Middle Africa
How they compare
Middle Africa currently reports 329,827 ha against 245,230 ha in Ghana, a difference of 84,597 ha.
That makes Middle Africa's figure about 1.3 times Ghana's.
The two have swapped places 16 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Middle Africa ahead.
Ghana ranks 3rd and Middle Africa ranks 1st of 52 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 2 and Middle Africa in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | Middle Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 113,667 ha | 167,482 ha | 53,815 ha | Middle Africa |
| 1970s | 215,500 ha | 222,215 ha | 6,715 ha | Middle Africa |
| 1980s | 199,390 ha | 142,610 ha | 56,780 ha | Ghana |
| 1990s | 198,068 ha | 207,927 ha | 9,858 ha | Middle Africa |
| 2000s | 256,827 ha | 242,702 ha | 14,125 ha | Ghana |
| 2010s | 203,056 ha | 267,912 ha | 64,856 ha | Middle Africa |
| 2020s | 230,156 ha | 301,721 ha | 71,565 ha | Middle Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taro — area harvested, Ghana or Middle Africa?
- Middle Africa, at 329,827 ha against 245,230 ha in Ghana as of 2024.
- What is the difference in taro — area harvested between Ghana and Middle Africa?
- 84,597 ha, with Middle Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Middle Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Ghana and Middle Africa rank globally for taro — area harvested?
- Ghana ranks 3rd and Middle Africa ranks 1st of 52 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.