Cabbages — Area harvested in Kenya
Kenya: Cabbages — Area harvested was 30,144 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cabbages — Area harvested in Kenya, 1991–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cabbages — area harvested in Kenya stood at 30,144 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 65.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cabbages — area harvested in Kenya peaked at 45,116 ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 15,064 ha, in 2017.
Kenya ranks 12th of 148 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Cabbages — Area harvested in Kenya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 18,000 ha | — |
| 1992 | 38,226 ha | +112.4% |
| 1993 | 34,379 ha | -10.1% |
| 1994 | 42,415 ha | +23.4% |
| 1995 | 34,724 ha | -18.1% |
| 1996 | 34,391 ha | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 36,966 ha | +7.5% |
| 1998 | 40,983 ha | +10.9% |
| 1999 | 45,116 ha | +10.1% |
| 2000 | 39,651 ha | -12.1% |
| 2001 | 39,051 ha | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 42,026 ha | +7.6% |
| 2003 | 44,701 ha | +6.4% |
| 2004 | 19,531 ha | -56.3% |
| 2005 | 21,529 ha | +10.2% |
| 2006 | 21,559 ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 24,892 ha | +15.5% |
| 2008 | 19,138 ha | -23.1% |
| 2009 | 16,980 ha | -11.3% |
| 2010 | 21,923 ha | +29.1% |
| 2011 | 18,637 ha | -15.0% |
| 2012 | 19,251 ha | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 25,334 ha | +31.6% |
| 2014 | 18,200 ha | -28.2% |
| 2015 | 25,926 ha | +42.5% |
| 2016 | 26,931 ha | +3.9% |
| 2017 | 15,064 ha | -44.1% |
| 2018 | 22,672 ha | +50.5% |
| 2019 | 25,733 ha | +13.5% |
| 2020 | 29,034 ha | +12.8% |
| 2021 | 31,426 ha | +8.2% |
| 2022 | 34,848 ha | +10.9% |
| 2023 | 29,427 ha | -15.6% |
| 2024 | 30,144 ha | +2.4% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 30,144 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,752 ha, 11.0× the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 30,144 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3,536 ha, 8.5× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cabbages — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +112.4% | 18,000 ha | 38,226 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 36,133 ha | 18,000 ha | 45,116 ha | 9 |
| 2000s | 28,906 ha | 16,980 ha | 44,701 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 21,967 ha | 15,064 ha | 26,931 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 30,976 ha | 29,034 ha | 34,848 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 9 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 7,280 ha compare
- 9 Yugoslav SFR 51,156 ha
- 10 Republic of Korea 35,749 ha compare
- 10 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3,645 ha compare
- 11 Japan 33,789 ha compare
- 11 Syrian Arab Republic 2,665 ha compare
- 12 Melanesia 2,308 ha compare
- 13 Republic of Moldova 1,938 ha compare
- 13 Serbia and Montenegro 23,085 ha compare
- 14 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,189 ha compare
- 14 Italy 22,090 ha compare
- 15 Bangladesh 21,607 ha compare
- 15 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 617 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 cabbages — area harvested in Kenya?
- Cabbages — area harvested in Kenya was 30,144 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cabbages — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 45,116 ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest cabbages — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,064 ha in 2017.
- How does Kenya rank for cabbages — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 12th out of 148 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cabbages — area harvested rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 65.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cabbages — 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.