Kenya vs Sierra Leone: Sugar cane yields
Kenya
69.42 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Sierra Leone
69.71 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Kenya rank
34th
Sierra Leone rank
33rd
Sugar cane yields over time
- Kenya
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 69.71 tonnes per hectare against 69.42 tonnes per hectare in Kenya, a difference of 0.29 tonnes per hectare.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Kenya ahead.
Kenya ranks 34th and Sierra Leone ranks 33rd of 110 countries.
Kenya has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 97.14 tonnes per hectare | 70 tonnes per hectare | 27.14 tonnes per hectare | Kenya |
| 1990s | 87.18 tonnes per hectare | 69.97 tonnes per hectare | 17.21 tonnes per hectare | Kenya |
| 2000s | 83.81 tonnes per hectare | 69.74 tonnes per hectare | 14.07 tonnes per hectare | Kenya |
| 2010s | 76.34 tonnes per hectare | 69.77 tonnes per hectare | 6.57 tonnes per hectare | Kenya |
| 2020s | 74.16 tonnes per hectare | 69.72 tonnes per hectare | 4.44 tonnes per hectare | Kenya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar cane yields, Kenya or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 69.71 tonnes per hectare against 69.42 tonnes per hectare in Kenya as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar cane yields between Kenya and Sierra Leone?
- 0.29 tonnes per hectare, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Sierra Leone?
- 44 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2024.
- How do Kenya and Sierra Leone rank globally for sugar cane yields?
- Kenya ranks 34th and Sierra Leone ranks 33rd of 110 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 Sugar cane 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.