Kenya vs Northern Africa: Maize (corn) — Area harvested
Maize (corn) — Area harvested over time
- Kenya
- Northern Africa
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 2.41 million ha against 1.08 million ha in Northern Africa, a difference of 1.34 million ha.
That makes Kenya's figure about 2.2 times Northern Africa's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Northern Africa ahead.
Kenya ranks 16th and Northern Africa ranks 23rd of 167 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 6 and Northern Africa in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Northern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.09 million ha | 1.17 million ha | 70,674 ha | Northern Africa |
| 1970s | 1.40 million ha | 1.24 million ha | 162,853 ha | Kenya |
| 1980s | 1.31 million ha | 1.26 million ha | 51,898 ha | Kenya |
| 1990s | 1.44 million ha | 1.26 million ha | 178,519 ha | Kenya |
| 2000s | 1.66 million ha | 1.15 million ha | 508,984 ha | Kenya |
| 2010s | 2.16 million ha | 1.22 million ha | 947,429 ha | Kenya |
| 2020s | 2.25 million ha | 1.09 million ha | 1.16 million ha | Kenya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher maize (corn) — area harvested, Kenya or Northern Africa?
- Kenya, at 2.41 million ha against 1.08 million ha in Northern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in maize (corn) — area harvested between Kenya and Northern Africa?
- 1.34 million ha, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Northern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Kenya and Northern Africa rank globally for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 16th and Northern Africa ranks 23rd of 167 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Maize (corn) — 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.