Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Kenya
Kenya: Carrots and turnips — Area harvested was 5,223 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Kenya, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, carrots and turnips — area harvested in Kenya stood at 5,223 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.2% on the previous year and up 13.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carrots and turnips — area harvested in Kenya peaked at 7,637 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 2,737 ha, in 2005.
That places Kenya 46th out of 133 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Kenya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 4,801 ha | — |
| 1993 | 4,559 ha | -5.0% |
| 1994 | 4,719 ha | +3.5% |
| 1995 | 4,040 ha | -14.4% |
| 1996 | 4,260 ha | +5.4% |
| 1997 | 4,142 ha | -2.8% |
| 1998 | 4,076 ha | -1.6% |
| 1999 | 4,467 ha | +9.6% |
| 2000 | 4,012 ha | -10.2% |
| 2001 | 3,996 ha | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 3,965 ha | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 4,208 ha | +6.1% |
| 2004 | 3,088 ha | -26.6% |
| 2005 | 2,737 ha | -11.4% |
| 2006 | 2,974 ha | +8.7% |
| 2007 | 4,475 ha | +50.5% |
| 2008 | 6,400 ha | +43.0% |
| 2009 | 3,475 ha | -45.7% |
| 2010 | 4,693 ha | +35.1% |
| 2011 | 3,836 ha | -18.3% |
| 2012 | 3,694 ha | -3.7% |
| 2013 | 5,057 ha | +36.9% |
| 2014 | 4,606 ha | -8.9% |
| 2015 | 6,423 ha | +39.4% |
| 2016 | 6,867 ha | +6.9% |
| 2017 | 6,405 ha | -6.7% |
| 2018 | 6,344 ha | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 7,637 ha | +20.4% |
| 2020 | 5,494 ha | -28.1% |
| 2021 | 5,587 ha | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 5,682 ha | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 4,873 ha | -14.2% |
| 2024 | 5,223 ha | +7.2% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 5,223 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 4,053 ha, 1.3× the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 5,223 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3,334 ha, 1.6× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4,383 ha | 4,040 ha | 4,801 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 3,933 ha | 2,737 ha | 6,400 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,556 ha | 3,694 ha | 7,637 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,372 ha | 4,873 ha | 5,682 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
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 carrots and turnips — area harvested in Kenya?
- Carrots and turnips — area harvested in Kenya was 5,223 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 7,637 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,737 ha in 2005.
- How does Kenya rank for carrots and turnips — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 46th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is carrots and turnips — area harvested rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.4%. 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 Carrots and turnips — 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.