Kenya vs Northern Africa: Potatoes — Area harvested
Potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Kenya
- Northern Africa
How they compare
Northern Africa currently reports 560,800 ha against 225,948 ha in Kenya, a difference of 334,852 ha.
That makes Northern Africa's figure about 2.5 times Kenya's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Northern Africa has been ahead every year.
Kenya ranks 15th and Northern Africa ranks 15th of 153 countries.
Northern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Northern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 27,333 ha | 87,526 ha | 60,192 ha | Northern Africa |
| 1970s | 40,410 ha | 155,613 ha | 115,203 ha | Northern Africa |
| 1980s | 65,252 ha | 231,679 ha | 166,427 ha | Northern Africa |
| 1990s | 89,953 ha | 277,160 ha | 187,208 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2000s | 121,436 ha | 304,064 ha | 182,628 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2010s | 153,112 ha | 443,484 ha | 290,373 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2020s | 217,756 ha | 534,736 ha | 316,980 ha | Northern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potatoes — area harvested, Kenya or Northern Africa?
- Northern Africa, at 560,800 ha against 225,948 ha in Kenya as of 2024.
- What is the difference in potatoes — area harvested between Kenya and Northern Africa?
- 334,852 ha, with Northern Africa 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 potatoes — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 15th and Northern Africa ranks 15th 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.