Kenya vs Niger: Rice — Area harvested
Rice — Area harvested over time
- Kenya
- Niger
How they compare
Niger currently reports 48,714 ha against 43,057 ha in Kenya, a difference of 5,657 ha.
That makes Niger's figure about 1.1 times Kenya's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Niger ahead.
Kenya ranks 74th and Niger ranks 72nd of 146 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 2 and Niger in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Niger | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,377 ha | 10,798 ha | 6,422 ha | Niger |
| 1970s | 6,923 ha | 19,010 ha | 12,088 ha | Niger |
| 1980s | 12,514 ha | 21,564 ha | 9,049 ha | Niger |
| 1990s | 11,674 ha | 24,102 ha | 12,428 ha | Niger |
| 2000s | 15,815 ha | 19,777 ha | 3,962 ha | Niger |
| 2010s | 27,771 ha | 24,469 ha | 3,302 ha | Kenya |
| 2020s | 37,312 ha | 37,291 ha | 20.6 ha | Kenya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — area harvested, Kenya or Niger?
- Niger, at 48,714 ha against 43,057 ha in Kenya as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — area harvested between Kenya and Niger?
- 5,657 ha, with Niger ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Niger?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Kenya and Niger rank globally for rice — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 74th and Niger ranks 72nd of 146 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Rice — 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.