Apricots — Area harvested in Kenya
Kenya: Apricots — Area harvested was 19 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Apricots — Area harvested in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for apricots — area harvested in Kenya is 19 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 26.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apricots — area harvested in Kenya peaked at 19 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 2 ha, in 1961.
That places Kenya 68th out of 80 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.
Apricots — Area harvested in Kenya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 8 ha | +300.0% |
| 2001 | 10 ha | +25.0% |
| 2002 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 11 ha | +10.0% |
| 2007 | 12 ha | +9.1% |
| 2008 | 14 ha | +16.7% |
| 2009 | 14 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 14 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 14 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 14 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 15 ha | +7.1% |
| 2014 | 15 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 17 ha | +13.3% |
| 2016 | 17 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 18 ha | +5.9% |
| 2018 | 18 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 19 ha | +5.6% |
| 2020 | 18 ha | -5.3% |
| 2021 | 19 ha | +5.6% |
| 2022 | 19 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 19 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 19 ha | +0.0% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 19 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 5,376 ha, 0% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 19 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 185 ha, 10% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.9 ha | 8 ha | 14 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.1 ha | 14 ha | 19 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.8 ha | 18 ha | 19 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 65 Slovenia 90 ha compare
- 66 Ecuador 72 ha compare
- 67 Zimbabwe 23 ha compare
- 69 Bhutan 7 ha compare
- 70 Malta 6 ha compare
- 71 Belgium 0 ha
- 71 Denmark 0 ha
- 71 Estonia 0 ha
- 71 Finland 0 ha
- 71 Ireland 0 ha
- 71 Latvia 0 ha
- 71 Lithuania 0 ha
- 71 Luxembourg 0 ha
- 71 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0 ha
- 71 Sweden 0 ha
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 apricots — area harvested in Kenya?
- Apricots — area harvested in Kenya was 19 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apricots — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 19 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest apricots — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 2 ha in 1961.
- How does Kenya rank for apricots — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 68th out of 80 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apricots — area harvested rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.7%. 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 Apricots — 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.