Apples — Area harvested in Kenya
Kenya: Apples — Area harvested was 90 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Apples — Area harvested in Kenya, 1991–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, apples — area harvested in Kenya stood at 90 ha.
That represents a change of up 13.9% on the previous year and up 45.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — area harvested in Kenya peaked at 440 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 56 ha, in 2015.
That places Kenya 90th out of 96 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Apples — Area harvested in Kenya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 230 ha | — |
| 1992 | 232 ha | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 208 ha | -10.3% |
| 1994 | 150 ha | -27.9% |
| 1995 | 97 ha | -35.3% |
| 1996 | 108 ha | +11.3% |
| 1997 | 108 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 224 ha | +107.4% |
| 1999 | 133 ha | -40.6% |
| 2000 | 179 ha | +34.6% |
| 2001 | 156 ha | -12.8% |
| 2002 | 201 ha | +28.8% |
| 2003 | 220 ha | +9.5% |
| 2004 | 226 ha | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 239 ha | +5.8% |
| 2006 | 256 ha | +7.1% |
| 2007 | 198 ha | -22.7% |
| 2008 | 153 ha | -22.7% |
| 2009 | 91 ha | -40.5% |
| 2010 | 137 ha | +50.5% |
| 2011 | 139 ha | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 130 ha | -6.5% |
| 2013 | 70 ha | -46.2% |
| 2014 | 62 ha | -11.4% |
| 2015 | 56 ha | -9.7% |
| 2016 | 82 ha | +46.4% |
| 2017 | 74 ha | -9.8% |
| 2018 | 238 ha | +221.6% |
| 2019 | 67 ha | -71.8% |
| 2020 | 57 ha | -14.9% |
| 2021 | 300 ha | +426.3% |
| 2022 | 440 ha | +46.7% |
| 2023 | 79 ha | -82.0% |
| 2024 | 90 ha | +13.9% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 90 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 24,720 ha, 0% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 90 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 736 ha, 12% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apples — Area harvested in Kenya changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +426.3% | 57 ha | 300 ha |
| 2018 | +221.6% | 74 ha | 238 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 165.56 ha | 97 ha | 232 ha | 9 |
| 2000s | 191.9 ha | 91 ha | 256 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 105.5 ha | 56 ha | 238 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 193.2 ha | 57 ha | 440 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
More agriculture & rural data for Kenya
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 16.52 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2316 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 547.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6779 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 12.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is apples — area harvested in Kenya?
- Apples — area harvested in Kenya was 90 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 440 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest apples — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 56 ha in 2015.
- How does Kenya rank for apples — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 90th out of 96 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apples — area harvested rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 45.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apples — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.