Kenya vs Western Africa: Sugar cane — Area harvested
Sugar cane — Area harvested over time
- Kenya
- Western Africa
How they compare
Western Africa currently reports 197,942 ha against 134,900 ha in Kenya, a difference of 63,042 ha.
That makes Western Africa's figure about 1.5 times Kenya's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Kenya ahead.
Kenya ranks 18th and Western Africa ranks 18th of 103 countries.
Western Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,319 ha | 23,527 ha | 3,209 ha | Western Africa |
| 1970s | 29,242 ha | 44,435 ha | 15,193 ha | Western Africa |
| 1980s | 43,061 ha | 93,284 ha | 50,223 ha | Western Africa |
| 1990s | 51,642 ha | 96,968 ha | 45,326 ha | Western Africa |
| 2000s | 55,430 ha | 131,173 ha | 75,742 ha | Western Africa |
| 2010s | 77,054 ha | 168,966 ha | 91,912 ha | Western Africa |
| 2020s | 103,330 ha | 198,147 ha | 94,818 ha | Western Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar cane — area harvested, Kenya or Western Africa?
- Western Africa, at 197,942 ha against 134,900 ha in Kenya as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar cane — area harvested between Kenya and Western Africa?
- 63,042 ha, with Western Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Western Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Kenya and Western Africa rank globally for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 18th and Western Africa ranks 18th 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.