Italy vs Kenya: Rice yields
Italy
6.41 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Kenya
6.55 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Italy rank
23rd
Kenya rank
21st
Rice yields over time
- Italy
- Kenya
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 6.55 tonnes per hectare against 6.41 tonnes per hectare in Italy, a difference of 0.14 tonnes per hectare.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Italy ahead.
Italy ranks 23rd and Kenya ranks 21st of 123 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 6 and Kenya in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Kenya | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.95 tonnes per hectare | 4.11 tonnes per hectare | 0.8357 tonnes per hectare | Italy |
| 1970s | 5 tonnes per hectare | 5.17 tonnes per hectare | 0.1648 tonnes per hectare | Kenya |
| 1980s | 5.68 tonnes per hectare | 3.63 tonnes per hectare | 2.05 tonnes per hectare | Italy |
| 1990s | 5.96 tonnes per hectare | 3.98 tonnes per hectare | 1.98 tonnes per hectare | Italy |
| 2000s | 6.29 tonnes per hectare | 3.1 tonnes per hectare | 3.2 tonnes per hectare | Italy |
| 2010s | 6.58 tonnes per hectare | 4.17 tonnes per hectare | 2.41 tonnes per hectare | Italy |
| 2020s | 6.34 tonnes per hectare | 5.8 tonnes per hectare | 0.5403 tonnes per hectare | Italy |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice yields, Italy or Kenya?
- Kenya, at 6.55 tonnes per hectare against 6.41 tonnes per hectare in Italy as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice yields between Italy and Kenya?
- 0.14 tonnes per hectare, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Kenya?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Italy and Kenya rank globally for rice yields?
- Italy ranks 23rd and Kenya ranks 21st of 123 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Rice yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.