Kenya vs Mauritania: Sorghum — Area harvested
Sorghum — Area harvested over time
- Kenya
- Mauritania
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 250,432 ha against 240,000 ha in Mauritania, a difference of 10,432 ha.
The two have swapped places 17 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Mauritania ahead.
Kenya ranks 26th and Mauritania ranks 28th of 120 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 4 and Mauritania in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Mauritania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 181,222 ha | 222,322 ha | 41,100 ha | Mauritania |
| 1970s | 206,240 ha | 126,840 ha | 79,400 ha | Kenya |
| 1980s | 134,465 ha | 124,452 ha | 10,013 ha | Kenya |
| 1990s | 125,399 ha | 166,055 ha | 40,656 ha | Mauritania |
| 2000s | 139,400 ha | 164,152 ha | 24,752 ha | Mauritania |
| 2010s | 220,524 ha | 169,751 ha | 50,772 ha | Kenya |
| 2020s | 218,504 ha | 204,400 ha | 14,104 ha | Kenya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sorghum — area harvested, Kenya or Mauritania?
- Kenya, at 250,432 ha against 240,000 ha in Mauritania as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sorghum — area harvested between Kenya and Mauritania?
- 10,432 ha, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Mauritania?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Kenya and Mauritania rank globally for sorghum — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 26th and Mauritania ranks 28th of 120 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sorghum — 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.