Kenya vs Western Africa: Potatoes — Area harvested
Potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Kenya
- Western Africa
How they compare
Western Africa currently reports 415,485 ha against 225,948 ha in Kenya, a difference of 189,537 ha.
That makes Western Africa's figure about 1.8 times Kenya's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Kenya ahead.
Kenya ranks 15th and Western Africa ranks 18th of 153 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 4 and Western Africa in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 27,333 ha | 2,976 ha | 24,358 ha | Kenya |
| 1970s | 40,410 ha | 4,580 ha | 35,830 ha | Kenya |
| 1980s | 65,252 ha | 8,652 ha | 56,600 ha | Kenya |
| 1990s | 89,953 ha | 38,805 ha | 51,148 ha | Kenya |
| 2000s | 121,436 ha | 254,067 ha | 132,631 ha | Western Africa |
| 2010s | 153,112 ha | 346,608 ha | 193,496 ha | Western Africa |
| 2020s | 217,756 ha | 407,726 ha | 189,970 ha | Western Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potatoes — area harvested, Kenya or Western Africa?
- Western Africa, at 415,485 ha against 225,948 ha in Kenya as of 2024.
- What is the difference in potatoes — area harvested between Kenya and Western Africa?
- 189,537 ha, with Western Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Western Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Kenya and Western Africa rank globally for potatoes — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 15th and Western Africa ranks 18th 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.