Which has higher barley production, Kenya or Zimbabwe?

Zimbabwe, at 58,151 tonnes against 48,237 tonnes in Kenya as of 2024.

What is the difference in barley production between Kenya and Zimbabwe?

9,914 tonnes, with Zimbabwe ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Zimbabwe?

64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.

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 Barley production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Kenya vs Zimbabwe: Barley production

Kenya

48,237 tonnes

in 2024

Zimbabwe

58,151 tonnes

in 2024

Kenya rank

72nd

Zimbabwe rank

69th

Barley production over time

Kenya
Zimbabwe

How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports 58,151 tonnes against 48,237 tonnes in Kenya, a difference of 9,914 tonnes.

That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.2 times Kenya's.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Kenya ahead.

Kenya ranks 72nd and Zimbabwe ranks 69th of 106 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 6 and Zimbabwe in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kenya	Zimbabwe	Difference	Ahead
1960s	13,336 tonnes	1,520 tonnes	11,816 tonnes	Kenya
1970s	33,808 tonnes	12,076 tonnes	21,732 tonnes	Kenya
1980s	35,646 tonnes	24,913 tonnes	10,733 tonnes	Kenya
1990s	39,993 tonnes	29,148 tonnes	10,845 tonnes	Kenya
2000s	57,059 tonnes	41,296 tonnes	15,763 tonnes	Kenya
2010s	65,345 tonnes	53,524 tonnes	11,822 tonnes	Kenya
2020s	33,852 tonnes	58,259 tonnes	24,407 tonnes	Zimbabwe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher barley production, Kenya or Zimbabwe?: Zimbabwe, at 58,151 tonnes against 48,237 tonnes in Kenya as of 2024.
What is the difference in barley production between Kenya and Zimbabwe?: 9,914 tonnes, with Zimbabwe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Zimbabwe?: 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Kenya and Zimbabwe rank globally for barley production?: Kenya ranks 72nd and Zimbabwe ranks 69th of 106 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 Barley production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Barley production
Unit: tonnes
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 106 places, 5,636 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Barley production is measured in tonnes.