Kenya vs Rwanda: Rice — Area harvested
Rice — Area harvested over time
- Kenya
- Rwanda
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 43,057 ha against 34,551 ha in Rwanda, a difference of 8,506 ha.
That makes Kenya's figure about 1.2 times Rwanda's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Kenya ahead.
Kenya ranks 74th and Rwanda ranks 77th of 146 countries.
Kenya has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Rwanda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,377 ha | 96.11 ha | 4,280 ha | Kenya |
| 1970s | 6,923 ha | 967 ha | 5,956 ha | Kenya |
| 1980s | 12,514 ha | 2,515 ha | 9,999 ha | Kenya |
| 1990s | 11,674 ha | 4,194 ha | 7,480 ha | Kenya |
| 2000s | 15,815 ha | 11,140 ha | 4,675 ha | Kenya |
| 2010s | 27,771 ha | 24,450 ha | 3,321 ha | Kenya |
| 2020s | 37,312 ha | 32,147 ha | 5,164 ha | Kenya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — area harvested, Kenya or Rwanda?
- Kenya, at 43,057 ha against 34,551 ha in Rwanda as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — area harvested between Kenya and Rwanda?
- 8,506 ha, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Rwanda?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Kenya and Rwanda rank globally for rice — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 74th and Rwanda ranks 77th 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.