What is the difference in yields of important staple crops between Kenya and United Arab Emirates?

0.04 tonnes per hectare, with Kenya ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and United Arab Emirates?

32 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2008.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Yields of important staple crops. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Kenya vs United Arab Emirates: Yields of important staple crops

Kenya

3.04 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

United Arab Emirates

3 tonnes per hectare

in 2008

Kenya rank

65th

United Arab Emirates rank

67th

Yields of important staple crops over time

Kenya
United Arab Emirates

How they compare

Kenya currently reports 3.04 tonnes per hectare against 3 tonnes per hectare in United Arab Emirates, a difference of 0.04 tonnes per hectare.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Kenya ahead.

Kenya ranks 65th and United Arab Emirates ranks 67th of 126 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 1 and United Arab Emirates in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kenya	United Arab Emirates	Difference	Ahead
1970s	1.58 tonnes per hectare	1.63 tonnes per hectare	0.0495 tonnes per hectare	United Arab Emirates
1980s	1.83 tonnes per hectare	1.58 tonnes per hectare	0.2503 tonnes per hectare	Kenya
1990s	1.83 tonnes per hectare	2.83 tonnes per hectare	0.9957 tonnes per hectare	United Arab Emirates
2000s	2.31 tonnes per hectare	3.17 tonnes per hectare	0.8575 tonnes per hectare	United Arab Emirates

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher yields of important staple crops, Kenya or United Arab Emirates?: Kenya, at 3.04 tonnes per hectare against 3 tonnes per hectare in United Arab Emirates as of 2024.
What is the difference in yields of important staple crops between Kenya and United Arab Emirates?: 0.04 tonnes per hectare, with Kenya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and United Arab Emirates?: 32 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2008.
How do Kenya and United Arab Emirates rank globally for yields of important staple crops?: Kenya ranks 65th and United Arab Emirates ranks 67th of 126 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Yields of important staple crops. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Yields of important staple crops
Unit: tonnes per hectare
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 126 places, 6,961 data points, 1275–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

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