What is the difference in crop yields between Kenya and Nepal?

0.05 tonnes per hectare, with Kenya ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Nepal?

64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.

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 Crop yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Kenya vs Nepal: Crop yields

Kenya

3.04 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Nepal

2.99 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Kenya rank

65th

Nepal rank

68th

Crop yields over time

Kenya
Nepal

How they compare

Kenya currently reports 3.04 tonnes per hectare against 2.99 tonnes per hectare in Nepal, a difference of 0.05 tonnes per hectare.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nepal ahead.

Kenya ranks 65th and Nepal ranks 68th of 126 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 5 and Nepal in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kenya	Nepal	Difference	Ahead
1960s	1.3 tonnes per hectare	1.21 tonnes per hectare	0.0948 tonnes per hectare	Kenya
1970s	1.57 tonnes per hectare	1.09 tonnes per hectare	0.4754 tonnes per hectare	Kenya
1980s	1.83 tonnes per hectare	1.28 tonnes per hectare	0.5533 tonnes per hectare	Kenya
1990s	1.83 tonnes per hectare	1.47 tonnes per hectare	0.3599 tonnes per hectare	Kenya
2000s	2.25 tonnes per hectare	2.01 tonnes per hectare	0.2388 tonnes per hectare	Kenya
2010s	2.23 tonnes per hectare	2.47 tonnes per hectare	0.2354 tonnes per hectare	Nepal
2020s	2.99 tonnes per hectare	3.01 tonnes per hectare	0.0234 tonnes per hectare	Nepal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher crop yields, Kenya or Nepal?: Kenya, at 3.04 tonnes per hectare against 2.99 tonnes per hectare in Nepal as of 2024.
What is the difference in crop yields between Kenya and Nepal?: 0.05 tonnes per hectare, with Kenya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Nepal?: 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Kenya and Nepal rank globally for crop yields?: Kenya ranks 65th and Nepal ranks 68th of 126 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 Crop yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Crop yields
Unit: tonnes per hectare
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 126 places, 6,889 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.