Kenya vs Madagascar: Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested
Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested over time
- Kenya
- Madagascar
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 24,246 ha against 15,866 ha in Madagascar, a difference of 8,380 ha.
That makes Kenya's figure about 1.5 times Madagascar's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Madagascar ahead.
Kenya ranks 13th and Madagascar ranks 16th of 32 countries.
Kenya has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Madagascar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23,111 ha | 10,044 ha | 13,067 ha | Kenya |
| 1970s | 60,300 ha | 10,900 ha | 49,400 ha | Kenya |
| 1980s | 31,500 ha | 12,400 ha | 19,100 ha | Kenya |
| 1990s | 26,143 ha | 15,410 ha | 10,733 ha | Kenya |
| 2000s | 30,921 ha | 16,318 ha | 14,604 ha | Kenya |
| 2010s | 25,867 ha | 15,538 ha | 10,329 ha | Kenya |
| 2020s | 23,518 ha | 15,858 ha | 7,661 ha | Kenya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested, Kenya or Madagascar?
- Kenya, at 24,246 ha against 15,866 ha in Madagascar as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested between Kenya and Madagascar?
- 8,380 ha, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Madagascar?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Kenya and Madagascar rank globally for cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 13th and Madagascar ranks 16th of 32 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cashew nuts, in shell — 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.