Ghana vs Middle Africa: Yams — Area harvested
Yams — Area harvested over time
- Ghana
- Middle Africa
How they compare
Ghana currently reports 536,529 ha against 183,799 ha in Middle Africa, a difference of 352,730 ha.
That makes Ghana's figure about 2.9 times Middle Africa's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Ghana ahead.
Ghana ranks 2nd and Middle Africa ranks 2nd of 61 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 6 and Middle Africa in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | Middle Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 127,778 ha | 109,898 ha | 17,880 ha | Ghana |
| 1970s | 124,700 ha | 143,984 ha | 19,284 ha | Middle Africa |
| 1980s | 165,270 ha | 135,621 ha | 29,649 ha | Ghana |
| 1990s | 192,683 ha | 106,416 ha | 86,267 ha | Ghana |
| 2000s | 321,853 ha | 112,422 ha | 209,431 ha | Ghana |
| 2010s | 436,150 ha | 152,806 ha | 283,344 ha | Ghana |
| 2020s | 548,284 ha | 176,302 ha | 371,982 ha | Ghana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yams — area harvested, Ghana or Middle Africa?
- Ghana, at 536,529 ha against 183,799 ha in Middle Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yams — area harvested between Ghana and Middle Africa?
- 352,730 ha, with Ghana 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 yams — area harvested?
- Ghana ranks 2nd and Middle Africa ranks 2nd 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.