Asia vs Ghana: Yams — Area harvested
Yams — Area harvested over time
- Asia
- Ghana
How they compare
Ghana currently reports 536,529 ha against 48,834 ha in Asia, a difference of 487,695 ha.
That makes Ghana's figure about 11.0 times Asia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Ghana has been ahead every year.
Asia ranks 4th and Ghana ranks 2nd of 9 groups.
Ghana has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Asia | Ghana | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,872 ha | 127,778 ha | 117,906 ha | Ghana |
| 1970s | 13,182 ha | 124,700 ha | 111,518 ha | Ghana |
| 1980s | 15,089 ha | 165,270 ha | 150,181 ha | Ghana |
| 1990s | 14,261 ha | 192,683 ha | 178,422 ha | Ghana |
| 2000s | 14,058 ha | 321,853 ha | 307,795 ha | Ghana |
| 2010s | 24,964 ha | 436,150 ha | 411,186 ha | Ghana |
| 2020s | 47,750 ha | 548,284 ha | 500,534 ha | Ghana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yams — area harvested, Asia or Ghana?
- Ghana, at 536,529 ha against 48,834 ha in Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yams — area harvested between Asia and Ghana?
- 487,695 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 yams — area harvested?
- Asia ranks 4th and Ghana ranks 2nd of 9 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Yams — 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.