What is the difference in millet yields between Kenya and USSR?

0.0537 tonnes per hectare, with Kenya ahead.

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

31 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1991.

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

Kenya vs USSR: Millet yields

Kenya

0.5867 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

USSR

0.533 tonnes per hectare

in 1991

Kenya rank

76th

USSR rank

79th

Millet yields over time

Kenya
USSR

How they compare

Kenya currently reports 0.5867 tonnes per hectare against 0.533 tonnes per hectare in USSR, a difference of 0.0537 tonnes per hectare.

That makes Kenya's figure about 1.1 times USSR's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Kenya ahead.

Kenya ranks 76th and USSR ranks 79th of 89 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 2 and USSR in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kenya	USSR	Difference	Ahead
1960s	1.75 tonnes per hectare	0.7333 tonnes per hectare	1.02 tonnes per hectare	Kenya
1970s	1.64 tonnes per hectare	0.7714 tonnes per hectare	0.8683 tonnes per hectare	Kenya
1980s	0.6969 tonnes per hectare	0.9162 tonnes per hectare	0.2193 tonnes per hectare	USSR
1990s	0.5831 tonnes per hectare	0.8202 tonnes per hectare	0.2371 tonnes per hectare	USSR

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher millet yields, Kenya or USSR?: Kenya, at 0.5867 tonnes per hectare against 0.533 tonnes per hectare in USSR as of 2024.
What is the difference in millet yields between Kenya and USSR?: 0.0537 tonnes per hectare, with Kenya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and USSR?: 31 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1991.
How do Kenya and USSR rank globally for millet yields?: Kenya ranks 76th and USSR ranks 79th of 89 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 Millet yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Millet 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: 89 places, 4,540 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

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