Africa vs Kenya: Pigeon peas, dry — Area harvested

Africa
670,934 ha
in 2024
Kenya
143,645 ha
in 2024
Africa rank
5th
Kenya rank
4th

Pigeon peas, dry — Area harvested over time

  • Africa
  • Kenya
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How they compare

Africa currently reports 670,934 ha against 143,645 ha in Kenya, a difference of 527,289 ha.

That makes Africa's figure about 4.7 times Kenya's.

Across all 36 years both countries report, Africa has been ahead every year.

Africa ranks 5th and Kenya ranks 4th of 13 groups.

Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Africa Kenya Difference Ahead
1980s 416,607 ha 154,000 ha 262,607 ha Africa
1990s 440,674 ha 146,655 ha 294,019 ha Africa
2000s 564,928 ha 172,476 ha 392,452 ha Africa
2010s 695,669 ha 180,320 ha 515,349 ha Africa
2020s 696,448 ha 194,145 ha 502,303 ha Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher pigeon peas, dry — area harvested, Africa or Kenya?
Africa, at 670,934 ha against 143,645 ha in Kenya as of 2024.
What is the difference in pigeon peas, dry — area harvested between Africa and Kenya?
527,289 ha, with Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Kenya?
36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
How do Africa and Kenya rank globally for pigeon peas, dry — area harvested?
Africa ranks 5th and Kenya ranks 4th of 13 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Pigeon peas, dry — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Pigeon peas, dry — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
43 places, 2,467 data points, 1961–2024
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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.