Kenya vs Middle Africa: Potatoes — Area harvested
Potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Kenya
- Middle Africa
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 225,948 ha against 131,676 ha in Middle Africa, a difference of 94,272 ha.
That makes Kenya's figure about 1.7 times Middle Africa's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Kenya ahead.
Kenya ranks 15th and Middle Africa ranks 5th of 153 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 6 and Middle Africa in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Middle Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 27,333 ha | 19,256 ha | 8,077 ha | Kenya |
| 1970s | 40,410 ha | 27,264 ha | 13,146 ha | Kenya |
| 1980s | 65,252 ha | 42,102 ha | 23,150 ha | Kenya |
| 1990s | 89,953 ha | 41,248 ha | 48,705 ha | Kenya |
| 2000s | 121,436 ha | 137,418 ha | 15,982 ha | Middle Africa |
| 2010s | 153,112 ha | 146,043 ha | 7,069 ha | Kenya |
| 2020s | 217,756 ha | 129,236 ha | 88,519 ha | Kenya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potatoes — area harvested, Kenya or Middle Africa?
- Kenya, at 225,948 ha against 131,676 ha in Middle Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in potatoes — area harvested between Kenya and Middle Africa?
- 94,272 ha, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Middle Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Kenya and Middle Africa rank globally for potatoes — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 15th and Middle Africa ranks 5th of 153 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Potatoes — 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.