Kenya vs Somalia: Sorghum — Area harvested
Sorghum — Area harvested over time
- Kenya
- Somalia
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 250,432 ha against 250,000 ha in Somalia, a difference of 432 ha.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Somalia ahead.
Kenya ranks 26th and Somalia ranks 27th of 120 countries.
Somalia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Somalia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 181,222 ha | 383,667 ha | 202,444 ha | Somalia |
| 1970s | 206,240 ha | 402,920 ha | 196,680 ha | Somalia |
| 1980s | 134,465 ha | 486,250 ha | 351,785 ha | Somalia |
| 1990s | 125,399 ha | 368,472 ha | 243,073 ha | Somalia |
| 2000s | 139,400 ha | 367,988 ha | 228,588 ha | Somalia |
| 2010s | 220,524 ha | 267,631 ha | 47,108 ha | Somalia |
| 2020s | 218,504 ha | 250,000 ha | 31,496 ha | Somalia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sorghum — area harvested, Kenya or Somalia?
- Kenya, at 250,432 ha against 250,000 ha in Somalia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sorghum — area harvested between Kenya and Somalia?
- 432 ha, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Somalia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Kenya and Somalia rank globally for sorghum — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 26th and Somalia ranks 27th 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.