Africa vs Kenya: Tea leaves — Area harvested
Tea leaves — Area harvested over time
- Africa
- Kenya
How they compare
Africa currently reports 412,058 ha against 228,400 ha in Kenya, a difference of 183,658 ha.
That makes Africa's figure about 1.8 times Kenya's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Africa has been ahead every year.
Africa ranks 6th and Kenya ranks 5th of 20 groups.
Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | Kenya | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 83,708 ha | 26,047 ha | 57,662 ha | Africa |
| 1970s | 149,189 ha | 58,892 ha | 90,298 ha | Africa |
| 1980s | 172,597 ha | 82,980 ha | 89,617 ha | Africa |
| 1990s | 206,354 ha | 109,185 ha | 97,169 ha | Africa |
| 2000s | 248,120 ha | 139,784 ha | 108,336 ha | Africa |
| 2010s | 359,862 ha | 211,818 ha | 148,044 ha | Africa |
| 2020s | 410,141 ha | 234,080 ha | 176,061 ha | Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tea leaves — area harvested, Africa or Kenya?
- Africa, at 412,058 ha against 228,400 ha in Kenya as of 2024.
- What is the difference in tea leaves — area harvested between Africa and Kenya?
- 183,658 ha, with Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Kenya?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Africa and Kenya rank globally for tea leaves — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 6th and Kenya ranks 5th of 20 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Tea leaves — 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.