Ghana vs Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Yams — Area harvested
Yams — Area harvested over time
- Ghana
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
How they compare
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) currently reports 596,552 ha against 536,529 ha in Ghana, a difference of 60,023 ha.
That makes Least Developed Countries (LDCs)'s figure about 1.1 times Ghana's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Least Developed Countries (LDCs) has been ahead every year.
Ghana ranks 2nd and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 1st of 61 countries.
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | Least Developed Countries (LDCs) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 127,778 ha | 284,528 ha | 156,750 ha | Least Developed Countries (LDCs) |
| 1970s | 124,700 ha | 312,392 ha | 187,692 ha | Least Developed Countries (LDCs) |
| 1980s | 165,270 ha | 373,686 ha | 208,416 ha | Least Developed Countries (LDCs) |
| 1990s | 192,683 ha | 376,152 ha | 183,470 ha | Least Developed Countries (LDCs) |
| 2000s | 321,853 ha | 397,742 ha | 75,889 ha | Least Developed Countries (LDCs) |
| 2010s | 436,150 ha | 528,348 ha | 92,198 ha | Least Developed Countries (LDCs) |
| 2020s | 548,284 ha | 626,894 ha | 78,610 ha | Least Developed Countries (LDCs) |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yams — area harvested, Ghana or Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs), at 596,552 ha against 536,529 ha in Ghana as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yams — area harvested between Ghana and Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- 60,023 ha, with Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Ghana and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank globally for yams — area harvested?
- Ghana ranks 2nd and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 1st of 61 countries.
- 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.