Central America vs Kenya: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Central America
- Kenya
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 68,449 ha against 9,515 ha in Central America, a difference of 58,934 ha.
That makes Kenya's figure about 7.2 times Central America's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Kenya has been ahead every year.
Central America ranks 20th and Kenya ranks 18th of 26 groups.
Kenya has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Central America | Kenya | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16,332 ha | 27,111 ha | 10,779 ha | Kenya |
| 1970s | 9,171 ha | 33,102 ha | 23,931 ha | Kenya |
| 1980s | 3,288 ha | 42,430 ha | 39,142 ha | Kenya |
| 1990s | 2,284 ha | 35,790 ha | 33,506 ha | Kenya |
| 2000s | 3,630 ha | 64,410 ha | 60,779 ha | Kenya |
| 2010s | 5,531 ha | 63,554 ha | 58,023 ha | Kenya |
| 2020s | 9,203 ha | 58,297 ha | 49,095 ha | Kenya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, Central America or Kenya?
- Kenya, at 68,449 ha against 9,515 ha in Central America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested between Central America and Kenya?
- 58,934 ha, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Central America and Kenya?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Central America and Kenya rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 20th and Kenya ranks 18th of 26 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sweet potatoes — 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.