Kenya vs Senegal: Cassava yields
Kenya
14.74 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Senegal
14.8 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Kenya rank
35th
Senegal rank
34th
Cassava yields over time
- Kenya
- Senegal
How they compare
Senegal currently reports 14.8 tonnes per hectare against 14.74 tonnes per hectare in Kenya, a difference of 0.06 tonnes per hectare.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Kenya ahead.
Kenya ranks 35th and Senegal ranks 34th of 101 countries.
Kenya has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Senegal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.79 tonnes per hectare | 4.12 tonnes per hectare | 3.67 tonnes per hectare | Kenya |
| 1970s | 7.97 tonnes per hectare | 3.79 tonnes per hectare | 4.18 tonnes per hectare | Kenya |
| 1980s | 8.89 tonnes per hectare | 3.56 tonnes per hectare | 5.33 tonnes per hectare | Kenya |
| 1990s | 9.9 tonnes per hectare | 3.16 tonnes per hectare | 6.74 tonnes per hectare | Kenya |
| 2000s | 9.25 tonnes per hectare | 6.5 tonnes per hectare | 2.76 tonnes per hectare | Kenya |
| 2010s | 12.44 tonnes per hectare | 9.23 tonnes per hectare | 3.21 tonnes per hectare | Kenya |
| 2020s | 14.28 tonnes per hectare | 14.12 tonnes per hectare | 0.1621 tonnes per hectare | Kenya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cassava yields, Kenya or Senegal?
- Senegal, at 14.8 tonnes per hectare against 14.74 tonnes per hectare in Kenya as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cassava yields between Kenya and Senegal?
- 0.06 tonnes per hectare, with Senegal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Senegal?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Kenya and Senegal rank globally for cassava yields?
- Kenya ranks 35th and Senegal ranks 34th of 101 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 Cassava 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.