Eastern Africa vs Kenya: Tea leaves — Area harvested
Tea leaves — Area harvested over time
- Eastern Africa
- Kenya
How they compare
Eastern Africa currently reports 374,896 ha against 228,400 ha in Kenya, a difference of 146,496 ha.
That makes Eastern Africa's figure about 1.6 times Kenya's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Eastern Africa has been ahead every year.
Eastern Africa ranks 7th and Kenya ranks 5th of 20 groups.
Eastern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Africa | Kenya | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 73,034 ha | 26,047 ha | 46,987 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1970s | 134,532 ha | 58,892 ha | 75,640 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1980s | 155,530 ha | 82,980 ha | 72,550 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1990s | 191,805 ha | 109,185 ha | 82,620 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2000s | 238,167 ha | 139,784 ha | 98,382 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2010s | 340,613 ha | 211,818 ha | 128,796 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2020s | 376,077 ha | 234,080 ha | 141,997 ha | Eastern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tea leaves — area harvested, Eastern Africa or Kenya?
- Eastern Africa, at 374,896 ha against 228,400 ha in Kenya as of 2024.
- What is the difference in tea leaves — area harvested between Eastern Africa and Kenya?
- 146,496 ha, with Eastern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Africa and Kenya?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Africa and Kenya rank globally for tea leaves — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 7th 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.