Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested in Kenya
Kenya: Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested was 24,246 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 24,246 ha for cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 0.8% on the previous year and up 12.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested in Kenya peaked at 85,000 ha in 1977 and was at its lowest, 10,000 ha, in 1961.
Kenya ranks 16th of 36 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23,111 ha | 10,000 ha | 34,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 60,300 ha | 35,000 ha | 85,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 31,500 ha | 22,000 ha | 43,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 26,143 ha | 15,000 ha | 34,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 30,921 ha | 28,000 ha | 35,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 25,867 ha | 21,611 ha | 30,805 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 23,518 ha | 22,690 ha | 24,437 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Kenya
- Agriculture share gdp 23.16 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 23.16 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 12.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2024)
- Rural population 67.8% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.5% (2025)
- Rural population 39.00 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 23.2% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 31.48 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 2.06 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested in Kenya?
- Cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested in Kenya was 24,246 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 85,000 ha in 1977.
- What is the lowest cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Kenya rank for cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 16th out of 36 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.2%. 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 Cashew nuts, in shell — 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.