Kenya vs Mali: Sorghum yields
Kenya
0.9703 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Mali
0.9688 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Kenya rank
84th
Mali rank
85th
Sorghum yields over time
- Kenya
- Mali
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 0.9703 tonnes per hectare against 0.9688 tonnes per hectare in Mali, a difference of 0.0015 tonnes per hectare.
The two have swapped places 16 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Kenya ahead.
Kenya ranks 84th and Mali ranks 85th of 114 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 2 and Mali in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Mali | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.09 tonnes per hectare | 0.7532 tonnes per hectare | 0.3371 tonnes per hectare | Kenya |
| 1970s | 1.06 tonnes per hectare | 0.7816 tonnes per hectare | 0.28 tonnes per hectare | Kenya |
| 1980s | 0.8072 tonnes per hectare | 0.9509 tonnes per hectare | 0.1438 tonnes per hectare | Mali |
| 1990s | 0.8004 tonnes per hectare | 0.8632 tonnes per hectare | 0.0628 tonnes per hectare | Mali |
| 2000s | 0.7807 tonnes per hectare | 0.9446 tonnes per hectare | 0.1639 tonnes per hectare | Mali |
| 2010s | 0.798 tonnes per hectare | 0.9794 tonnes per hectare | 0.1814 tonnes per hectare | Mali |
| 2020s | 0.9225 tonnes per hectare | 0.9359 tonnes per hectare | 0.0134 tonnes per hectare | Mali |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sorghum yields, Kenya or Mali?
- Kenya, at 0.9703 tonnes per hectare against 0.9688 tonnes per hectare in Mali as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sorghum yields between Kenya and Mali?
- 0.0015 tonnes per hectare, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Mali?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Kenya and Mali rank globally for sorghum yields?
- Kenya ranks 84th and Mali ranks 85th of 114 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Sorghum yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.