Kenya vs Northern Europe: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested

Kenya
380,110 ha
in 2024
Northern Europe
271,477 ha
in 2024
Kenya rank
28th
Northern Europe rank
25th

Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested over time

  • Kenya
  • Northern Europe
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How they compare

Kenya currently reports 380,110 ha against 271,477 ha in Northern Europe, a difference of 108,633 ha.

That makes Kenya's figure about 1.4 times Northern Europe's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Northern Europe ahead.

Kenya ranks 28th and Northern Europe ranks 25th of 191 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 1 and Northern Europe in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kenya Northern Europe Difference Ahead
1960s 114,644 ha 607,327 ha 492,682 ha Northern Europe
1970s 146,372 ha 435,666 ha 289,294 ha Northern Europe
1980s 172,130 ha 354,638 ha 182,507 ha Northern Europe
1990s 184,191 ha 512,439 ha 328,247 ha Northern Europe
2000s 251,212 ha 413,104 ha 161,892 ha Northern Europe
2010s 281,308 ha 310,950 ha 29,642 ha Northern Europe
2020s 350,178 ha 278,719 ha 71,458 ha Kenya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher roots and tubers, total — area harvested, Kenya or Northern Europe?
Kenya, at 380,110 ha against 271,477 ha in Northern Europe as of 2024.
What is the difference in roots and tubers, total — area harvested between Kenya and Northern Europe?
108,633 ha, with Kenya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Northern Europe?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Kenya and Northern Europe rank globally for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
Kenya ranks 28th and Northern Europe ranks 25th of 191 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Roots and Tubers, 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

Indicator
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
240 places, 13,936 data points, 1961–2024
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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.