Kenya vs South Africa: Sugar cane — Area harvested
Sugar cane — Area harvested over time
- Kenya
- South Africa
How they compare
South Africa currently reports 242,267 ha against 134,900 ha in Kenya, a difference of 107,367 ha.
That makes South Africa's figure about 1.8 times Kenya's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, South Africa has been ahead every year.
Kenya ranks 18th and South Africa ranks 15th of 103 countries.
South Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,319 ha | 148,773 ha | 128,454 ha | South Africa |
| 1970s | 29,242 ha | 193,240 ha | 163,998 ha | South Africa |
| 1980s | 43,061 ha | 259,286 ha | 216,224 ha | South Africa |
| 1990s | 51,642 ha | 286,191 ha | 234,549 ha | South Africa |
| 2000s | 55,430 ha | 310,911 ha | 255,481 ha | South Africa |
| 2010s | 77,054 ha | 263,495 ha | 186,441 ha | South Africa |
| 2020s | 103,330 ha | 250,712 ha | 147,382 ha | South Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar cane — area harvested, Kenya or South Africa?
- South Africa, at 242,267 ha against 134,900 ha in Kenya as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar cane — area harvested between Kenya and South Africa?
- 107,367 ha, with South Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Kenya and South Africa rank globally for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 18th and South Africa ranks 15th of 103 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sugar cane — 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.