Kenya vs Polynesia: Yams — Area harvested
Yams — Area harvested over time
- Kenya
- Polynesia
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 1,392 ha against 530 ha in Polynesia, a difference of 862 ha.
That makes Kenya's figure about 2.6 times Polynesia's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Polynesia ahead.
Kenya ranks 40th and Polynesia ranks 43rd of 67 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 2 and Polynesia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Polynesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1,170 ha | 1,565 ha | 395 ha | Polynesia |
| 1990s | 1,351 ha | 1,047 ha | 303.7 ha | Kenya |
| 2000s | 876.1 ha | 1,081 ha | 205.2 ha | Polynesia |
| 2010s | 1,143 ha | 1,964 ha | 820.7 ha | Polynesia |
| 2020s | 1,096 ha | 569.6 ha | 526.8 ha | Kenya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yams — area harvested, Kenya or Polynesia?
- Kenya, at 1,392 ha against 530 ha in Polynesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yams — area harvested between Kenya and Polynesia?
- 862 ha, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Polynesia?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
- How do Kenya and Polynesia rank globally for yams — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 40th and Polynesia ranks 43rd of 67 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.