Kenya vs Nigeria: Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita
Kenya
0.0153 t per person
in 2024
Nigeria
0.0176 t per person
in 2024
Kenya rank
23rd
Nigeria rank
21st
Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita over time
- Kenya
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 0.0176 t per person against 0.0153 t per person in Kenya, a difference of 0.0023 t per person.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.2 times Kenya's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Kenya ahead.
Kenya ranks 23rd and Nigeria ranks 21st of 99 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 4 and Nigeria in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0192 t per person | 0.0034 t per person | 0.0158 t per person | Kenya |
| 1970s | 0.0202 t per person | 0.0016 t per person | 0.0185 t per person | Kenya |
| 1980s | 0.0218 t per person | 0.0012 t per person | 0.0206 t per person | Kenya |
| 1990s | 0.0129 t per person | 0.0081 t per person | 0.0048 t per person | Kenya |
| 2000s | 0.0194 t per person | 0.0203 t per person | 0.0009 t per person | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 0.0183 t per person | 0.0202 t per person | 0.0019 t per person | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 0.0132 t per person | 0.0183 t per person | 0.0051 t per person | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — production, per capita, Kenya or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 0.0176 t per person against 0.0153 t per person in Kenya as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — production, per capita between Kenya and Nigeria?
- 0.0023 t per person, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Nigeria?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Kenya and Nigeria rank globally for sweet potatoes — production, per capita?
- Kenya ranks 23rd and Nigeria ranks 21st of 99 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Sweet potatoes — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.