What is the difference in soybean yields between Kenya and Nigeria?

0.01 tonnes per hectare, with Nigeria ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Nigeria?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.

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 Soybean yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Kenya vs Nigeria: Soybean yields

Kenya

1.01 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Nigeria

1.02 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Kenya rank

87th

Nigeria rank

84th

Soybean yields over time

Kenya
Nigeria

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 1.02 tonnes per hectare against 1.01 tonnes per hectare in Kenya, a difference of 0.01 tonnes per hectare.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Kenya ahead.

Kenya ranks 87th and Nigeria ranks 84th of 106 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 2 and Nigeria in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kenya	Nigeria	Difference	Ahead
1990s	0.8115 tonnes per hectare	0.4817 tonnes per hectare	0.3298 tonnes per hectare	Kenya
2000s	0.8357 tonnes per hectare	0.8819 tonnes per hectare	0.0462 tonnes per hectare	Nigeria
2010s	1.09 tonnes per hectare	0.9376 tonnes per hectare	0.1517 tonnes per hectare	Kenya
2020s	1.08 tonnes per hectare	1.09 tonnes per hectare	0.0125 tonnes per hectare	Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher soybean yields, Kenya or Nigeria?: Nigeria, at 1.02 tonnes per hectare against 1.01 tonnes per hectare in Kenya as of 2024.
What is the difference in soybean yields between Kenya and Nigeria?: 0.01 tonnes per hectare, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Nigeria?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Kenya and Nigeria rank globally for soybean yields?: Kenya ranks 87th and Nigeria ranks 84th of 106 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 Soybean yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Soybean yields
Unit: tonnes per hectare
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 106 places, 4,851 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.