Kenya vs Rwanda: Yams — Yield
Yams — Yield over time
- Kenya
- Rwanda
How they compare
Rwanda currently reports 8,917 kg/ha against 8,835 kg/ha in Kenya, a difference of 82 kg/ha.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Kenya ahead.
Kenya ranks 35th and Rwanda ranks 34th of 67 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 4 and Rwanda in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Rwanda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 8,137 kg/ha | 6,923 kg/ha | 1,214 kg/ha | Kenya |
| 1990s | 7,126 kg/ha | 3,792 kg/ha | 3,333 kg/ha | Kenya |
| 2000s | 7,345 kg/ha | 4,416 kg/ha | 2,930 kg/ha | Kenya |
| 2010s | 10,712 kg/ha | 9,046 kg/ha | 1,666 kg/ha | Kenya |
| 2020s | 8,463 kg/ha | 9,005 kg/ha | 541.26 kg/ha | Rwanda |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yams — yield, Kenya or Rwanda?
- Rwanda, at 8,917 kg/ha against 8,835 kg/ha in Kenya as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yams — yield between Kenya and Rwanda?
- 82 kg/ha, with Rwanda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Rwanda?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
- How do Kenya and Rwanda rank globally for yams — yield?
- Kenya ranks 35th and Rwanda ranks 34th of 67 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Yams — Yield. 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.