Kenya vs Senegal: Sorghum — Area harvested
Sorghum — Area harvested over time
- Kenya
- Senegal
How they compare
Senegal currently reports 260,000 ha against 250,432 ha in Kenya, a difference of 9,568 ha.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Kenya ahead.
Kenya ranks 26th and Senegal ranks 25th of 120 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 4 and Senegal in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Senegal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 181,222 ha | 121,911 ha | 59,311 ha | Kenya |
| 1970s | 206,240 ha | 120,910 ha | 85,330 ha | Kenya |
| 1980s | 134,465 ha | 128,782 ha | 5,684 ha | Kenya |
| 1990s | 125,399 ha | 155,569 ha | 30,170 ha | Senegal |
| 2000s | 139,400 ha | 186,524 ha | 47,124 ha | Senegal |
| 2010s | 220,524 ha | 181,675 ha | 38,848 ha | Kenya |
| 2020s | 218,504 ha | 270,014 ha | 51,510 ha | Senegal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sorghum — area harvested, Kenya or Senegal?
- Senegal, at 260,000 ha against 250,432 ha in Kenya as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sorghum — area harvested between Kenya and Senegal?
- 9,568 ha, with Senegal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Senegal?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Kenya and Senegal rank globally for sorghum — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 26th and Senegal ranks 25th 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.