Kenya vs Rwanda: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested over time
- Kenya
- Rwanda
How they compare
Rwanda currently reports 413,002 ha against 380,110 ha in Kenya, a difference of 32,892 ha.
That makes Rwanda's figure about 1.1 times Kenya's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Kenya ahead.
Kenya ranks 28th and Rwanda ranks 27th of 191 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 2 and Rwanda in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Rwanda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 114,644 ha | 104,986 ha | 9,658 ha | Kenya |
| 1970s | 146,372 ha | 146,166 ha | 205.8 ha | Kenya |
| 1980s | 172,130 ha | 227,466 ha | 55,335 ha | Rwanda |
| 1990s | 184,191 ha | 343,630 ha | 159,439 ha | Rwanda |
| 2000s | 251,212 ha | 442,467 ha | 191,255 ha | Rwanda |
| 2010s | 281,308 ha | 363,761 ha | 82,452 ha | Rwanda |
| 2020s | 350,178 ha | 422,500 ha | 72,322 ha | Rwanda |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher roots and tubers, total — area harvested, Kenya or Rwanda?
- Rwanda, at 413,002 ha against 380,110 ha in Kenya as of 2024.
- What is the difference in roots and tubers, total — area harvested between Kenya and Rwanda?
- 32,892 ha, with Rwanda 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 roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 28th and Rwanda ranks 27th 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
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.