Kenya vs Malawi: Pigeon peas, dry — Area harvested
Pigeon peas, dry — Area harvested over time
- Kenya
- Malawi
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 263,902 ha against 143,645 ha in Kenya, a difference of 120,257 ha.
That makes Malawi's figure about 1.8 times Kenya's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Kenya ahead.
Kenya ranks 4th and Malawi ranks 3rd of 23 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 3 and Malawi in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 154,000 ha | 108,000 ha | 46,000 ha | Kenya |
| 1990s | 146,655 ha | 105,500 ha | 41,155 ha | Kenya |
| 2000s | 172,476 ha | 150,975 ha | 21,501 ha | Kenya |
| 2010s | 180,320 ha | 227,872 ha | 47,552 ha | Malawi |
| 2020s | 194,145 ha | 261,622 ha | 67,477 ha | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher pigeon peas, dry — area harvested, Kenya or Malawi?
- Malawi, at 263,902 ha against 143,645 ha in Kenya as of 2024.
- What is the difference in pigeon peas, dry — area harvested between Kenya and Malawi?
- 120,257 ha, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Malawi?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
- How do Kenya and Malawi rank globally for pigeon peas, dry — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 4th and Malawi ranks 3rd of 23 countries.
- 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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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.