Avocados — Area harvested in Kenya
Kenya: Avocados — Area harvested was 32,000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Avocados — Area harvested in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, avocados — area harvested in Kenya stood at 32,000 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 6.7% on the previous year and up 176.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, avocados — area harvested in Kenya peaked at 32,000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,100 ha, in 1961.
That places Kenya 8th out of 91 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Avocados — Area harvested in Kenya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,200 ha | +9.1% |
| 1974 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,250 ha | +4.2% |
| 1979 | 1,400 ha | +12.0% |
| 1980 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1984 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,600 ha | +6.7% |
| 1988 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,559 ha | -2.6% |
| 1991 | 1,817 ha | +16.5% |
| 1992 | 1,626 ha | -10.5% |
| 1993 | 2,434 ha | +49.7% |
| 1994 | 2,852 ha | +17.2% |
| 1995 | 1,988 ha | -30.3% |
| 1996 | 2,585 ha | +30.0% |
| 1997 | 2,745 ha | +6.2% |
| 1998 | 3,710 ha | +35.2% |
| 1999 | 3,986 ha | +7.4% |
| 2000 | 4,120 ha | +3.4% |
| 2001 | 4,460 ha | +8.3% |
| 2002 | 4,880 ha | +9.4% |
| 2003 | 5,099 ha | +4.5% |
| 2004 | 6,421 ha | +25.9% |
| 2005 | 7,714 ha | +20.1% |
| 2006 | 7,995 ha | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 7,203 ha | -9.9% |
| 2008 | 7,900 ha | +9.7% |
| 2009 | 10,053 ha | +27.3% |
| 2010 | 10,320 ha | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 9,960 ha | -3.5% |
| 2012 | 11,021 ha | +10.7% |
| 2013 | 11,439 ha | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 11,583 ha | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 8,486 ha | -26.7% |
| 2016 | 10,305 ha | +21.4% |
| 2017 | 16,460 ha | +59.7% |
| 2018 | 14,497 ha | -11.9% |
| 2019 | 20,125 ha | +38.8% |
| 2020 | 24,447 ha | +21.5% |
| 2021 | 25,919 ha | +6.0% |
| 2022 | 25,669 ha | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 30,000 ha | +16.9% |
| 2024 | 32,000 ha | +6.7% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 32,000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,402 ha, 13.3× the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 32,000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3,071 ha, 10.4× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Avocados — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | +59.7% | 10,305 ha | 16,460 ha |
| 1993 | +49.7% | 1,626 ha | 2,434 ha |
| 2019 | +38.8% | 14,497 ha | 20,125 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,100 ha | 1,100 ha | 1,100 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,195 ha | 1,100 ha | 1,400 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,500 ha | 1,400 ha | 1,600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,530 ha | 1,559 ha | 3,986 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,584 ha | 4,120 ha | 10,053 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,420 ha | 8,486 ha | 20,125 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 27,607 ha | 24,447 ha | 32,000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 5 Dominican Republic 55,817 ha compare
- 5 Viet Nam 16,744 ha compare
- 6 Haiti 34,225 ha compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 11,047 ha compare
- 7 Chile 33,025 ha compare
- 7 Democratic Republic of the Congo 9,484 ha compare
- 8 Türkiye 5,850 ha compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2,305 ha compare
- 9 Caribbean 91,541 ha compare
- 9 Australia and New Zealand 29,630 ha compare
- 10 Ethiopia 29,595 ha compare
- 10 Melanesia 724 ha compare
- 11 Brazil 25,310 ha compare
- 11 Timor-Leste 344 ha compare
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 avocados — area harvested in Kenya?
- Avocados — area harvested in Kenya was 32,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest avocados — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 32,000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest avocados — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,100 ha in 1961.
- How does Kenya rank for avocados — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 8th out of 91 countries with data for 2024.
- Is avocados — area harvested rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 176.3%. 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 Avocados — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.