Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested in Kenya
Kenya: Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested was 615 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested in Kenya, 1994–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in Kenya stood at 615 ha.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and up 107.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in Kenya peaked at 619 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 5 ha, in 1998.
That places Kenya 30th out of 61 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested in Kenya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 10 ha | — |
| 1995 | 11 ha | +10.0% |
| 1996 | 11 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 12 ha | +9.1% |
| 1998 | 5 ha | -58.3% |
| 1999 | 6 ha | +20.0% |
| 2000 | 8 ha | +33.3% |
| 2001 | 20 ha | +150.0% |
| 2002 | 30 ha | +50.0% |
| 2003 | 50 ha | +66.7% |
| 2004 | 100 ha | +100.0% |
| 2005 | 200 ha | +100.0% |
| 2006 | 350 ha | +75.0% |
| 2007 | 500 ha | +42.9% |
| 2008 | 590 ha | +18.0% |
| 2009 | 382 ha | -35.3% |
| 2010 | 201 ha | -47.4% |
| 2011 | 297 ha | +47.8% |
| 2012 | 381 ha | +28.3% |
| 2013 | 323 ha | -15.2% |
| 2014 | 297 ha | -8.0% |
| 2015 | 289 ha | -2.7% |
| 2016 | 271 ha | -6.2% |
| 2017 | 218 ha | -19.6% |
| 2018 | 204 ha | -6.4% |
| 2019 | 207 ha | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 556 ha | +168.6% |
| 2021 | 576 ha | +3.6% |
| 2022 | 534 ha | -7.3% |
| 2023 | 619 ha | +15.9% |
| 2024 | 615 ha | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9.17 ha | 5 ha | 12 ha | 6 |
| 2000s | 223 ha | 8 ha | 590 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 268.8 ha | 201 ha | 381 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 580 ha | 534 ha | 619 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in Kenya?
- Broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in Kenya was 615 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 619 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 5 ha in 1998.
- How does Kenya rank for broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 30th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 107.1%. 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 Broad beans and horse beans, green — 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.