Kenya vs Sri Lanka: Cloves (whole stems), raw — Area harvested
Cloves (whole stems), raw — Area harvested over time
- Kenya
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 6,018 ha against 2,296 ha in Kenya, a difference of 3,722 ha.
That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 2.6 times Kenya's.
Across all 58 years both countries report, Sri Lanka has been ahead every year.
Kenya ranks 5th and Sri Lanka ranks 4th of 9 countries.
Sri Lanka has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 65 ha | 433.33 ha | 368.33 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1970s | 65 ha | 1,620 ha | 1,555 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1980s | 65 ha | 4,235 ha | 4,170 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 1,169 ha | 6,839 ha | 5,670 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 2,024 ha | 7,656 ha | 5,632 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 2,192 ha | 6,959 ha | 4,767 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 2,280 ha | 6,011 ha | 3,732 ha | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cloves (whole stems), raw — area harvested, Kenya or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 6,018 ha against 2,296 ha in Kenya as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cloves (whole stems), raw — area harvested between Kenya and Sri Lanka?
- 3,722 ha, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Sri Lanka?
- 58 years are reported by both, from 1967 to 2024.
- How do Kenya and Sri Lanka rank globally for cloves (whole stems), raw — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 5th and Sri Lanka ranks 4th of 9 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cloves (whole stems), raw — 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.