Ghana vs Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Yams — Yield
Yams — Yield over time
- Ghana
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
How they compare
Ghana currently reports 18,849 kg/ha against 9,884 kg/ha in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), a difference of 8,965 kg/ha.
That makes Ghana's figure about 1.9 times Least Developed Countries (LDCs)'s.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Ghana ahead.
Ghana ranks 5th and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 5th of 61 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 5 and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | Least Developed Countries (LDCs) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,168 kg/ha | 6,155 kg/ha | 3,013 kg/ha | Ghana |
| 1970s | 5,659 kg/ha | 6,558 kg/ha | 899.82 kg/ha | Least Developed Countries (LDCs) |
| 1980s | 5,584 kg/ha | 6,813 kg/ha | 1,229 kg/ha | Least Developed Countries (LDCs) |
| 1990s | 11,741 kg/ha | 7,712 kg/ha | 4,030 kg/ha | Ghana |
| 2000s | 12,947 kg/ha | 8,830 kg/ha | 4,118 kg/ha | Ghana |
| 2010s | 16,537 kg/ha | 9,499 kg/ha | 7,037 kg/ha | Ghana |
| 2020s | 18,444 kg/ha | 9,106 kg/ha | 9,338 kg/ha | Ghana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yams — yield, Ghana or Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Ghana, at 18,849 kg/ha against 9,884 kg/ha in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yams — yield between Ghana and Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- 8,965 kg/ha, with Ghana 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 — yield?
- Ghana ranks 5th and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 5th of 61 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Yams — Yield. 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.