Kenya vs Malawi: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested over time
- Kenya
- Malawi
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 49,572 ha against 42,505 ha in Malawi, a difference of 7,067 ha.
That makes Kenya's figure about 1.2 times Malawi's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Kenya ahead.
Kenya ranks 41st and Malawi ranks 44th of 133 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 6 and Malawi in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 125,017 ha | 42,866 ha | 82,151 ha | Kenya |
| 1970s | 122,587 ha | 45,340 ha | 77,248 ha | Kenya |
| 1980s | 158,110 ha | 42,628 ha | 115,482 ha | Kenya |
| 1990s | 75,825 ha | 58,528 ha | 17,296 ha | Kenya |
| 2000s | 79,368 ha | 61,130 ha | 18,238 ha | Kenya |
| 2010s | 55,929 ha | 102,162 ha | 46,233 ha | Malawi |
| 2020s | 49,768 ha | 43,468 ha | 6,300 ha | Kenya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested, Kenya or Malawi?
- Kenya, at 49,572 ha against 42,505 ha in Malawi as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested between Kenya and Malawi?
- 7,067 ha, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Malawi?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Kenya and Malawi rank globally for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 41st and Malawi ranks 44th of 133 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — 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.