Kenya vs Philippines: Yams — Area harvested
Yams — Area harvested over time
- Kenya
- Philippines
How they compare
Philippines currently reports 2,855 ha against 1,392 ha in Kenya, a difference of 1,463 ha.
That makes Philippines's figure about 2.1 times Kenya's.
Across all 36 years both countries report, Philippines has been ahead every year.
Kenya ranks 35th and Philippines ranks 32nd of 61 countries.
Philippines has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Philippines | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1,170 ha | 5,300 ha | 4,130 ha | Philippines |
| 1990s | 1,351 ha | 5,332 ha | 3,981 ha | Philippines |
| 2000s | 876.1 ha | 5,512 ha | 4,636 ha | Philippines |
| 2010s | 1,143 ha | 2,790 ha | 1,647 ha | Philippines |
| 2020s | 1,096 ha | 2,514 ha | 1,418 ha | Philippines |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yams — area harvested, Kenya or Philippines?
- Philippines, at 2,855 ha against 1,392 ha in Kenya as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yams — area harvested between Kenya and Philippines?
- 1,463 ha, with Philippines ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Philippines?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
- How do Kenya and Philippines rank globally for yams — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 35th and Philippines ranks 32nd of 61 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Yams — 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.