Kenya vs Northern America: Pulses, Total — Area harvested
Pulses, Total — Area harvested over time
- Kenya
- Northern America
How they compare
Northern America currently reports 4.89 million ha against 1.82 million ha in Kenya, a difference of 3.07 million ha.
That makes Northern America's figure about 2.7 times Kenya's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Northern America ahead.
Kenya ranks 14th and Northern America ranks 11th of 169 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 1 and Northern America in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Northern America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 658,889 ha | 808,459 ha | 149,570 ha | Northern America |
| 1970s | 869,000 ha | 799,135 ha | 69,865 ha | Kenya |
| 1980s | 1.01 million ha | 1.06 million ha | 48,215 ha | Northern America |
| 1990s | 1.40 million ha | 1.92 million ha | 523,869 ha | Northern America |
| 2000s | 1.25 million ha | 3.31 million ha | 2.06 million ha | Northern America |
| 2010s | 1.66 million ha | 4.42 million ha | 2.76 million ha | Northern America |
| 2020s | 1.83 million ha | 4.66 million ha | 2.83 million ha | Northern America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher pulses, total — area harvested, Kenya or Northern America?
- Northern America, at 4.89 million ha against 1.82 million ha in Kenya as of 2024.
- What is the difference in pulses, total — area harvested between Kenya and Northern America?
- 3.07 million ha, with Northern America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Northern America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Kenya and Northern America rank globally for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 14th and Northern America ranks 11th 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.