Kenya vs Southern Africa: Rice — Yield
Rice — Yield over time
- Kenya
- Southern Africa
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 6,553 kg/ha against 2,861 kg/ha in Southern Africa, a difference of 3,692 kg/ha.
That makes Kenya's figure about 2.3 times Southern Africa's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Kenya ahead.
Kenya ranks 21st and Southern Africa ranks 23rd of 114 countries.
Kenya has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Southern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,115 kg/ha | 2,223 kg/ha | 1,892 kg/ha | Kenya |
| 1970s | 5,166 kg/ha | 2,610 kg/ha | 2,556 kg/ha | Kenya |
| 1980s | 3,629 kg/ha | 3,121 kg/ha | 507.66 kg/ha | Kenya |
| 1990s | 3,982 kg/ha | 2,672 kg/ha | 1,311 kg/ha | Kenya |
| 2000s | 3,098 kg/ha | 2,533 kg/ha | 564.91 kg/ha | Kenya |
| 2010s | 4,167 kg/ha | 2,828 kg/ha | 1,339 kg/ha | Kenya |
| 2020s | 5,797 kg/ha | 2,856 kg/ha | 2,941 kg/ha | Kenya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — yield, Kenya or Southern Africa?
- Kenya, at 6,553 kg/ha against 2,861 kg/ha in Southern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — yield between Kenya and Southern Africa?
- 3,692 kg/ha, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Southern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Kenya and Southern Africa rank globally for rice — yield?
- Kenya ranks 21st and Southern Africa ranks 23rd of 114 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Rice — Yield. 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.