Kenya vs Southern Africa: Tomatoes — Area harvested
Tomatoes — Area harvested over time
- Kenya
- Southern Africa
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 27,823 ha against 9,790 ha in Southern Africa, a difference of 18,033 ha.
That makes Kenya's figure about 2.8 times Southern Africa's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Southern Africa ahead.
Kenya ranks 27th and Southern Africa ranks 24th of 169 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 3 and Southern Africa in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Southern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,286 ha | 7,370 ha | 5,085 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1970s | 3,036 ha | 10,550 ha | 7,514 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1980s | 6,878 ha | 14,200 ha | 7,322 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1990s | 13,254 ha | 14,394 ha | 1,140 ha | Southern Africa |
| 2000s | 18,224 ha | 8,787 ha | 9,437 ha | Kenya |
| 2010s | 23,230 ha | 10,017 ha | 13,213 ha | Kenya |
| 2020s | 30,375 ha | 10,069 ha | 20,306 ha | Kenya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tomatoes — area harvested, Kenya or Southern Africa?
- Kenya, at 27,823 ha against 9,790 ha in Southern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in tomatoes — area harvested between Kenya and Southern Africa?
- 18,033 ha, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Southern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Kenya and Southern Africa rank globally for tomatoes — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 27th and Southern Africa ranks 24th of 169 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Tomatoes — 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.