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 13th of 32 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.
Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested in Kenya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 20,000 ha | +100.0% |
| 1963 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 26,000 ha | +30.0% |
| 1965 | 26,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 28,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1967 | 34,000 ha | +21.4% |
| 1968 | 24,000 ha | -29.4% |
| 1969 | 20,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1970 | 68,000 ha | +240.0% |
| 1971 | 50,000 ha | -26.5% |
| 1972 | 35,000 ha | -30.0% |
| 1973 | 45,000 ha | +28.6% |
| 1974 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 65,000 ha | +44.4% |
| 1976 | 73,000 ha | +12.3% |
| 1977 | 85,000 ha | +16.4% |
| 1978 | 85,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 52,000 ha | -38.8% |
| 1980 | 43,000 ha | -17.3% |
| 1981 | 40,000 ha | -7.0% |
| 1982 | 31,000 ha | -22.5% |
| 1983 | 22,000 ha | -29.0% |
| 1984 | 32,000 ha | +45.5% |
| 1985 | 24,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 1986 | 29,000 ha | +20.8% |
| 1987 | 24,000 ha | -17.2% |
| 1988 | 35,000 ha | +45.8% |
| 1989 | 35,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 22,000 ha | -37.1% |
| 1991 | 34,000 ha | +54.5% |
| 1992 | 28,000 ha | -17.6% |
| 1993 | 22,000 ha | -21.4% |
| 1994 | 17,000 ha | -22.7% |
| 1995 | 15,000 ha | -11.8% |
| 1996 | 30,687 ha | +104.6% |
| 1997 | 30,900 ha | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 30,870 ha | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 30,972 ha | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 35,000 ha | +13.0% |
| 2001 | 31,144 ha | -11.0% |
| 2002 | 28,106 ha | -9.8% |
| 2003 | 28,000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 30,964 ha | +10.6% |
| 2005 | 31,279 ha | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 31,180 ha | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 31,243 ha | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 32,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 30,297 ha | -5.3% |
| 2010 | 29,837 ha | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 30,455 ha | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 30,805 ha | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 21,611 ha | -29.8% |
| 2014 | 21,611 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 24,466 ha | +13.2% |
| 2016 | 29,830 ha | +21.9% |
| 2017 | 24,715 ha | -17.1% |
| 2018 | 22,655 ha | -8.3% |
| 2019 | 22,686 ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 22,690 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 23,158 ha | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 23,060 ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 24,437 ha | +6.0% |
| 2024 | 24,246 ha | -0.8% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 24,246 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 24,246 ha, 1.0× the median. (11 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 24,246 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 34,475 ha, 70% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cashew nuts, in shell — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +240.0% | 20,000 ha | 68,000 ha |
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 |
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 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 13th out of 32 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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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.