Bananas — Area harvested in Kenya
Kenya: Bananas — Area harvested was 75,895 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bananas — Area harvested in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 75,895 ha for bananas — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 3.3% on the previous year and up 27.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested in Kenya peaked at 83,733 ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 40,000 ha, in 1961.
Kenya ranks 19th of 141 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Area harvested in Kenya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 40,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 64,000 ha | +60.0% |
| 1980 | 64,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 64,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 64,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 64,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 64,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 64,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 64,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 64,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 60,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 1989 | 65,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1990 | 70,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1991 | 76,000 ha | +8.6% |
| 1992 | 77,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 79,600 ha | +3.4% |
| 1994 | 55,000 ha | -30.9% |
| 1995 | 44,434 ha | -19.2% |
| 1996 | 51,268 ha | +15.4% |
| 1997 | 75,130 ha | +46.5% |
| 1998 | 75,502 ha | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 75,286 ha | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 74,308 ha | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 77,576 ha | +4.4% |
| 2002 | 78,156 ha | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 79,598 ha | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 81,683 ha | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 83,733 ha | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 82,518 ha | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 79,116 ha | -4.1% |
| 2008 | 82,766 ha | +4.6% |
| 2009 | 69,889 ha | -15.6% |
| 2010 | 83,462 ha | +19.4% |
| 2011 | 50,486 ha | -39.5% |
| 2012 | 58,003 ha | +14.9% |
| 2013 | 60,153 ha | +3.7% |
| 2014 | 59,361 ha | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 60,718 ha | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 63,299 ha | +4.3% |
| 2017 | 77,576 ha | +22.6% |
| 2018 | 72,748 ha | -6.2% |
| 2019 | 76,912 ha | +5.7% |
| 2020 | 72,123 ha | -6.2% |
| 2021 | 71,681 ha | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 71,800 ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 73,466 ha | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 75,895 ha | +3.3% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 75,895 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 11,932 ha, 6.4× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 75,895 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12,958 ha, 5.9× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | +60.0% | 40,000 ha | 64,000 ha |
| 1997 | +46.5% | 51,268 ha | 75,130 ha |
| 2011 | -39.5% | 83,462 ha | 50,486 ha |
| 1994 | -30.9% | 79,600 ha | 55,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 40,000 ha | 40,000 ha | 40,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 42,400 ha | 40,000 ha | 64,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 63,700 ha | 60,000 ha | 65,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 67,922 ha | 44,434 ha | 79,600 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 78,934 ha | 69,889 ha | 83,733 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 66,272 ha | 50,486 ha | 83,462 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 72,993 ha | 71,681 ha | 75,895 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 16 Cambodia 87,480 ha compare
- 16 Timor-Leste 932 ha compare
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- 17 Micronesia (Federated States of) 384 ha compare
- 18 Papua New Guinea 76,416 ha compare
- 18 Syrian Arab Republic 37 ha compare
- 20 Côte d'Ivoire 12,086 ha compare
- 20 Madagascar 72,365 ha compare
- 21 Mozambique 68,825 ha compare
- 22 Cameroon 62,047 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 bananas — area harvested in Kenya?
- Bananas — area harvested in Kenya was 75,895 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 83,733 ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 40,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Kenya rank for bananas — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 19th out of 141 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Bananas — 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.