Japan vs Kenya: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre
Japan
0.0878 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Kenya
0.0937 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Japan rank
36th
Kenya rank
33rd
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre over time
- Japan
- Kenya
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 0.0937 ha per square kilometre against 0.0878 ha per square kilometre in Japan, a difference of 0.0059 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Kenya's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 36th and Kenya ranks 33rd of 99 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 4 and Kenya in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Kenya | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.7157 ha per square kilometre | 0.0476 ha per square kilometre | 0.668 ha per square kilometre | Japan |
| 1970s | 0.2209 ha per square kilometre | 0.0582 ha per square kilometre | 0.1627 ha per square kilometre | Japan |
| 1980s | 0.1765 ha per square kilometre | 0.0746 ha per square kilometre | 0.1019 ha per square kilometre | Japan |
| 1990s | 0.1404 ha per square kilometre | 0.0629 ha per square kilometre | 0.0775 ha per square kilometre | Japan |
| 2000s | 0.1124 ha per square kilometre | 0.1132 ha per square kilometre | 0.0008 ha per square kilometre | Kenya |
| 2010s | 0.1021 ha per square kilometre | 0.1111 ha per square kilometre | 0.009 ha per square kilometre | Kenya |
| 2020s | 0.089 ha per square kilometre | 0.096 ha per square kilometre | 0.007 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, Japan or Kenya?
- Kenya, at 0.0937 ha per square kilometre against 0.0878 ha per square kilometre in Japan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre between Japan and Kenya?
- 0.0059 ha per square kilometre, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Kenya?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Japan and Kenya rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- Japan ranks 36th 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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About this data
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.