Kenya vs Middle Africa: Pulses, Total — Area harvested
Pulses, Total — Area harvested over time
- Kenya
- Middle Africa
How they compare
Middle Africa currently reports 2.80 million ha against 1.82 million ha in Kenya, a difference of 980,050 ha.
That makes Middle Africa's figure about 1.5 times Kenya's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Kenya ahead.
Kenya ranks 14th and Middle Africa ranks 3rd of 169 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 5 and Middle Africa in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Middle Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 658,889 ha | 594,124 ha | 64,765 ha | Kenya |
| 1970s | 869,000 ha | 670,125 ha | 198,875 ha | Kenya |
| 1980s | 1.01 million ha | 676,959 ha | 338,015 ha | Kenya |
| 1990s | 1.40 million ha | 844,088 ha | 555,801 ha | Kenya |
| 2000s | 1.25 million ha | 1.23 million ha | 26,068 ha | Kenya |
| 2010s | 1.66 million ha | 2.32 million ha | 659,424 ha | Middle Africa |
| 2020s | 1.83 million ha | 2.63 million ha | 794,494 ha | Middle Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher pulses, total — area harvested, Kenya or Middle Africa?
- Middle Africa, at 2.80 million ha against 1.82 million ha in Kenya as of 2024.
- What is the difference in pulses, total — area harvested between Kenya and Middle Africa?
- 980,050 ha, with Middle Africa 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 pulses, total — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 14th and Middle Africa ranks 3rd of 169 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Pulses, Total — 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.