Ghana vs Nigeria: Yams — Area harvested
Yams — Area harvested over time
- Ghana
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 8.02 million ha against 536,529 ha in Ghana, a difference of 7.48 million ha.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 14.9 times Ghana's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Nigeria has been ahead every year.
Ghana ranks 2nd and Nigeria ranks 1st of 61 countries.
Nigeria has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 127,778 ha | 708,222 ha | 580,444 ha | Nigeria |
| 1970s | 124,700 ha | 800,800 ha | 676,100 ha | Nigeria |
| 1980s | 165,270 ha | 845,500 ha | 680,230 ha | Nigeria |
| 1990s | 192,683 ha | 2.03 million ha | 1.84 million ha | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 321,853 ha | 2.87 million ha | 2.55 million ha | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 436,150 ha | 5.05 million ha | 4.61 million ha | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 548,284 ha | 7.54 million ha | 7.00 million ha | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yams — area harvested, Ghana or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 8.02 million ha against 536,529 ha in Ghana as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yams — area harvested between Ghana and Nigeria?
- 7.48 million ha, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Nigeria?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Ghana and Nigeria rank globally for yams — area harvested?
- Ghana ranks 2nd and Nigeria 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.