Kenya vs Nepal: Yields of key staple crops
Kenya
3.04 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Nepal
2.99 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Kenya rank
65th
Nepal rank
68th
Yields of key staple crops over time
- Kenya
- Nepal
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 3.04 tonnes per hectare against 2.99 tonnes per hectare in Nepal, a difference of 0.05 tonnes per hectare.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nepal ahead.
Kenya ranks 65th and Nepal ranks 68th of 125 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 5 and Nepal in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Nepal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.3 tonnes per hectare | 1.21 tonnes per hectare | 0.0948 tonnes per hectare | Kenya |
| 1970s | 1.57 tonnes per hectare | 1.09 tonnes per hectare | 0.4754 tonnes per hectare | Kenya |
| 1980s | 1.83 tonnes per hectare | 1.28 tonnes per hectare | 0.5533 tonnes per hectare | Kenya |
| 1990s | 1.83 tonnes per hectare | 1.47 tonnes per hectare | 0.3599 tonnes per hectare | Kenya |
| 2000s | 2.25 tonnes per hectare | 2.01 tonnes per hectare | 0.2388 tonnes per hectare | Kenya |
| 2010s | 2.23 tonnes per hectare | 2.47 tonnes per hectare | 0.2354 tonnes per hectare | Nepal |
| 2020s | 2.99 tonnes per hectare | 3.01 tonnes per hectare | 0.0234 tonnes per hectare | Nepal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yields of key staple crops, Kenya or Nepal?
- Kenya, at 3.04 tonnes per hectare against 2.99 tonnes per hectare in Nepal as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yields of key staple crops between Kenya and Nepal?
- 0.05 tonnes per hectare, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Nepal?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Kenya and Nepal rank globally for yields of key staple crops?
- Kenya ranks 65th and Nepal ranks 68th of 125 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Yields of key staple crops. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.