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

0.03 tonnes per hectare, with Niger ahead.

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

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 Niger: Crop yields

Kenya

3.04 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Niger

3.07 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Kenya rank

65th

Niger rank

63rd

Crop yields over time

Kenya
Niger

How they compare

Niger currently reports 3.07 tonnes per hectare against 3.04 tonnes per hectare in Kenya, a difference of 0.03 tonnes per hectare.

The two have swapped places 16 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Niger ahead.

Kenya ranks 65th and Niger ranks 63rd of 126 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 4 and Niger in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kenya	Niger	Difference	Ahead
1960s	1.3 tonnes per hectare	1.09 tonnes per hectare	0.2085 tonnes per hectare	Kenya
1970s	1.57 tonnes per hectare	1.24 tonnes per hectare	0.3252 tonnes per hectare	Kenya
1980s	1.83 tonnes per hectare	1.38 tonnes per hectare	0.4576 tonnes per hectare	Kenya
1990s	1.83 tonnes per hectare	2.53 tonnes per hectare	0.694 tonnes per hectare	Niger
2000s	2.25 tonnes per hectare	1.68 tonnes per hectare	0.5671 tonnes per hectare	Kenya
2010s	2.23 tonnes per hectare	2.38 tonnes per hectare	0.1442 tonnes per hectare	Niger
2020s	2.99 tonnes per hectare	2.99 tonnes per hectare	0.0021 tonnes per hectare	Niger

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher crop yields, Kenya or Niger?: Niger, at 3.07 tonnes per hectare against 3.04 tonnes per hectare in Kenya as of 2024.
What is the difference in crop yields between Kenya and Niger?: 0.03 tonnes per hectare, with Niger ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Niger?: 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Kenya and Niger rank globally for crop yields?: Kenya ranks 65th and Niger ranks 63rd 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.