Barley — Area harvested in Kenya
Kenya: Barley — Area harvested was 13,929 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Barley — Area harvested in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 13,929 ha for barley — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.8% on the previous year and down 35.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — area harvested in Kenya peaked at 80,000 ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 6,732 ha, in 1984.
Kenya ranks 77th of 105 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Barley — Area harvested in Kenya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,666 ha | — |
| 1962 | 14,001 ha | +10.5% |
| 1963 | 12,460 ha | -11.0% |
| 1964 | 11,001 ha | -11.7% |
| 1965 | 9,308 ha | -15.4% |
| 1966 | 8,943 ha | -3.9% |
| 1967 | 9,574 ha | +7.1% |
| 1968 | 10,562 ha | +10.3% |
| 1969 | 9,477 ha | -10.3% |
| 1970 | 11,000 ha | +16.1% |
| 1971 | 20,000 ha | +81.8% |
| 1972 | 14,000 ha | -30.0% |
| 1973 | 26,000 ha | +85.7% |
| 1974 | 26,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 28,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1976 | 31,000 ha | +10.7% |
| 1977 | 55,000 ha | +77.4% |
| 1978 | 57,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 1979 | 80,000 ha | +40.4% |
| 1980 | 40,000 ha | -50.0% |
| 1981 | 27,287 ha | -31.8% |
| 1982 | 23,920 ha | -12.3% |
| 1983 | 18,700 ha | -21.8% |
| 1984 | 6,732 ha | -64.0% |
| 1985 | 6,732 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 9,000 ha | +33.7% |
| 1987 | 14,000 ha | +55.6% |
| 1988 | 18,000 ha | +28.6% |
| 1989 | 21,110 ha | +17.3% |
| 1990 | 23,210 ha | +9.9% |
| 1991 | 23,000 ha | -0.9% |
| 1992 | 23,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 20,000 ha | -13.0% |
| 1994 | 16,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1995 | 17,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 1996 | 21,750 ha | +27.9% |
| 1997 | 32,000 ha | +47.1% |
| 1998 | 12,504 ha | -60.9% |
| 1999 | 19,300 ha | +54.4% |
| 2000 | 20,310 ha | +5.2% |
| 2001 | 28,999 ha | +42.8% |
| 2002 | 29,702 ha | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 8,930 ha | -69.9% |
| 2004 | 14,344 ha | +60.6% |
| 2005 | 12,784 ha | -10.9% |
| 2006 | 24,000 ha | +87.7% |
| 2007 | 15,000 ha | -37.5% |
| 2008 | 14,677 ha | -2.2% |
| 2009 | 13,694 ha | -6.7% |
| 2010 | 25,123 ha | +83.5% |
| 2011 | 18,832 ha | -25.0% |
| 2012 | 16,548 ha | -12.1% |
| 2013 | 17,225 ha | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 21,532 ha | +25.0% |
| 2015 | 13,969 ha | -35.1% |
| 2016 | 17,262 ha | +23.6% |
| 2017 | 21,000 ha | +21.7% |
| 2018 | 20,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 2019 | 13,430 ha | -32.9% |
| 2020 | 11,051 ha | -17.7% |
| 2021 | 13,319 ha | +20.5% |
| 2022 | 7,512 ha | -43.6% |
| 2023 | 13,292 ha | +76.9% |
| 2024 | 13,929 ha | +4.8% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 13,929 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 13,929 ha, 1.0× the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 13,929 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 10,641 ha, 1.3× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,888 ha | 8,943 ha | 14,001 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 34,800 ha | 11,000 ha | 80,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 18,548 ha | 6,732 ha | 40,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 20,776 ha | 12,504 ha | 32,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,244 ha | 8,930 ha | 29,702 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,492 ha | 13,430 ha | 25,123 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,821 ha | 7,512 ha | 13,929 ha | 5 |
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- 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 barley — area harvested in Kenya?
- Barley — area harvested in Kenya was 13,929 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 80,000 ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest barley — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,732 ha in 1984.
- How does Kenya rank for barley — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 77th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — area harvested rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.3%. 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 Barley — 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.