Kenya vs Zimbabwe: Wheat — Area harvested
Wheat — Area harvested over time
- Kenya
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Zimbabwe currently reports 111,044 ha against 102,560 ha in Kenya, a difference of 8,484 ha.
That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.1 times Kenya's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Kenya ahead.
Kenya ranks 73rd and Zimbabwe ranks 72nd of 133 countries.
Kenya has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 113,214 ha | 3,815 ha | 109,399 ha | Kenya |
| 1970s | 115,717 ha | 29,700 ha | 86,017 ha | Kenya |
| 1980s | 127,581 ha | 36,311 ha | 91,270 ha | Kenya |
| 1990s | 146,769 ha | 41,060 ha | 105,709 ha | Kenya |
| 2000s | 138,581 ha | 42,688 ha | 95,893 ha | Kenya |
| 2010s | 142,750 ha | 18,333 ha | 124,417 ha | Kenya |
| 2020s | 116,733 ha | 74,224 ha | 42,509 ha | Kenya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wheat — area harvested, Kenya or Zimbabwe?
- Zimbabwe, at 111,044 ha against 102,560 ha in Kenya as of 2024.
- What is the difference in wheat — area harvested between Kenya and Zimbabwe?
- 8,484 ha, with Zimbabwe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Zimbabwe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Kenya and Zimbabwe rank globally for wheat — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 73rd and Zimbabwe ranks 72nd of 133 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Wheat — 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.