Jamaica vs Kenya: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita

Jamaica
0.0011 ha per person
in 2024
Kenya
0.0012 ha per person
in 2024
Jamaica rank
33rd
Kenya rank
31st

Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita over time

  • Jamaica
  • Kenya
00.0010.0020.003196119922024

How they compare

Kenya currently reports 0.0012 ha per person against 0.0011 ha per person in Jamaica, a difference of 0.0001 ha per person.

That makes Kenya's figure about 1.1 times Jamaica's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Kenya ahead.

Jamaica ranks 33rd and Kenya ranks 31st of 99 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Jamaica averaged higher in 1 and Kenya in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Jamaica Kenya Difference Ahead
1960s 0.0009 ha per person 0.0029 ha per person 0.002 ha per person Kenya
1970s 0.0013 ha per person 0.0025 ha per person 0.0012 ha per person Kenya
1980s 0.0011 ha per person 0.0023 ha per person 0.0012 ha per person Kenya
1990s 0.0007 ha per person 0.0014 ha per person 0.0006 ha per person Kenya
2000s 0.0006 ha per person 0.0018 ha per person 0.0013 ha per person Kenya
2010s 0.0009 ha per person 0.0014 ha per person 0.0005 ha per person Kenya
2020s 0.0011 ha per person 0.0011 ha per person 0.0001 ha per person Jamaica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita, Jamaica or Kenya?
Kenya, at 0.0012 ha per person against 0.0011 ha per person in Jamaica as of 2024.
What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita between Jamaica and Kenya?
0.0001 ha per person, with Kenya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Kenya?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Jamaica and Kenya rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita?
Jamaica ranks 33rd and Kenya ranks 31st of 99 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita
Unit
ha per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
100 places, 5,679 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.