Kenya vs Niger: Yields of key staple crops
Kenya
3.04 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Niger
3.07 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Kenya rank
65th
Niger rank
63rd
Yields of key staple crops over time
- Kenya
- Niger
How they compare
Niger currently reports 3.07 tonnes per hectare against 3.04 tonnes per hectare in Kenya, a difference of 0.03 tonnes per hectare.
The two have swapped places 16 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Niger ahead.
Kenya ranks 65th and Niger ranks 63rd of 125 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 4 and Niger in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Niger | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.3 tonnes per hectare | 1.09 tonnes per hectare | 0.2085 tonnes per hectare | Kenya |
| 1970s | 1.57 tonnes per hectare | 1.24 tonnes per hectare | 0.3252 tonnes per hectare | Kenya |
| 1980s | 1.83 tonnes per hectare | 1.38 tonnes per hectare | 0.4576 tonnes per hectare | Kenya |
| 1990s | 1.83 tonnes per hectare | 2.53 tonnes per hectare | 0.694 tonnes per hectare | Niger |
| 2000s | 2.25 tonnes per hectare | 1.68 tonnes per hectare | 0.5671 tonnes per hectare | Kenya |
| 2010s | 2.23 tonnes per hectare | 2.38 tonnes per hectare | 0.1442 tonnes per hectare | Niger |
| 2020s | 2.99 tonnes per hectare | 2.99 tonnes per hectare | 0.0021 tonnes per hectare | Niger |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yields of key staple crops, Kenya or Niger?
- Niger, at 3.07 tonnes per hectare against 3.04 tonnes per hectare in Kenya as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yields of key staple crops between Kenya and Niger?
- 0.03 tonnes per hectare, with Niger ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Niger?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Kenya and Niger rank globally for yields of key staple crops?
- Kenya ranks 65th and Niger ranks 63rd 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.