Kenya vs Senegal: Cashew nut yields
Kenya
0.3218 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Senegal
0.404 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Kenya rank
32nd
Senegal rank
29th
Cashew nut yields over time
- Kenya
- Senegal
How they compare
Senegal currently reports 0.404 tonnes per hectare against 0.3218 tonnes per hectare in Kenya, a difference of 0.0822 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Senegal's figure about 1.3 times Kenya's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 37 shared years of data; in 1988 it was Kenya ahead.
Kenya ranks 32nd and Senegal ranks 29th of 34 countries.
Kenya has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Senegal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.3543 tonnes per hectare | 0.2715 tonnes per hectare | 0.0828 tonnes per hectare | Kenya |
| 1990s | 0.3554 tonnes per hectare | 0.2522 tonnes per hectare | 0.1032 tonnes per hectare | Kenya |
| 2000s | 0.4474 tonnes per hectare | 0.2994 tonnes per hectare | 0.1481 tonnes per hectare | Kenya |
| 2010s | 0.8163 tonnes per hectare | 0.385 tonnes per hectare | 0.4314 tonnes per hectare | Kenya |
| 2020s | 0.4007 tonnes per hectare | 0.4003 tonnes per hectare | 0.0004 tonnes per hectare | Kenya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cashew nut yields, Kenya or Senegal?
- Senegal, at 0.404 tonnes per hectare against 0.3218 tonnes per hectare in Kenya as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cashew nut yields between Kenya and Senegal?
- 0.0822 tonnes per hectare, with Senegal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Senegal?
- 37 years are reported by both, from 1988 to 2024.
- How do Kenya and Senegal rank globally for cashew nut yields?
- Kenya ranks 32nd and Senegal ranks 29th of 34 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Cashew nut yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.