Ghana vs South America: Tomatoes — Area harvested
Tomatoes — Area harvested over time
- Ghana
- South America
How they compare
South America currently reports 132,585 ha against 48,262 ha in Ghana, a difference of 84,323 ha.
That makes South America's figure about 2.7 times Ghana's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, South America has been ahead every year.
Ghana ranks 19th and South America ranks 17th of 169 countries.
South America has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,194 ha | 93,133 ha | 87,939 ha | South America |
| 1970s | 21,213 ha | 124,598 ha | 103,384 ha | South America |
| 1980s | 13,550 ha | 137,455 ha | 123,905 ha | South America |
| 1990s | 22,750 ha | 156,430 ha | 133,680 ha | South America |
| 2000s | 41,205 ha | 141,491 ha | 100,286 ha | South America |
| 2010s | 46,387 ha | 132,702 ha | 86,315 ha | South America |
| 2020s | 48,319 ha | 126,932 ha | 78,614 ha | South America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tomatoes — area harvested, Ghana or South America?
- South America, at 132,585 ha against 48,262 ha in Ghana as of 2024.
- What is the difference in tomatoes — area harvested between Ghana and South America?
- 84,323 ha, with South America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and South America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Ghana and South America rank globally for tomatoes — area harvested?
- Ghana ranks 19th and South America ranks 17th of 169 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Tomatoes — 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.