Benin vs Kenya: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre

Benin
0.0888 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Kenya
0.0937 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Benin rank
34th
Kenya rank
33rd

Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre over time

  • Benin
  • Kenya
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How they compare

Kenya currently reports 0.0937 ha per square kilometre against 0.0888 ha per square kilometre in Benin, a difference of 0.0049 ha per square kilometre.

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

The two have swapped places 25 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Benin ahead.

Benin ranks 34th and Kenya ranks 33rd of 99 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 4 and Kenya in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Benin Kenya Difference Ahead
1960s 0.1163 ha per square kilometre 0.0476 ha per square kilometre 0.0687 ha per square kilometre Benin
1970s 0.1311 ha per square kilometre 0.0582 ha per square kilometre 0.0729 ha per square kilometre Benin
1980s 0.0659 ha per square kilometre 0.0746 ha per square kilometre 0.0087 ha per square kilometre Kenya
1990s 0.0772 ha per square kilometre 0.0629 ha per square kilometre 0.0143 ha per square kilometre Benin
2000s 0.129 ha per square kilometre 0.1132 ha per square kilometre 0.0159 ha per square kilometre Benin
2010s 0.0965 ha per square kilometre 0.1111 ha per square kilometre 0.0146 ha per square kilometre Kenya
2020s 0.0902 ha per square kilometre 0.096 ha per square kilometre 0.0058 ha per square kilometre Kenya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre, Benin or Kenya?
Kenya, at 0.0937 ha per square kilometre against 0.0888 ha per square kilometre in Benin as of 2023.
What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre between Benin and Kenya?
0.0049 ha per square kilometre, with Kenya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Kenya?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Benin and Kenya rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre?
Benin ranks 34th and Kenya ranks 33rd of 99 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre. 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 square kilometre
Unit
ha per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
100 places, 5,585 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.