Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Kenya
Kenya: Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested was 42,686 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 42,686 ha for citrus fruit, total — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 67.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Kenya peaked at 42,686 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,420 ha, in 1961.
That places Kenya 26th out of 156 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Kenya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,420 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,420 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,420 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,520 ha | +4.1% |
| 1965 | 2,520 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 2,520 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 3,020 ha | +19.8% |
| 1968 | 3,020 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 3,020 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 3,520 ha | +16.6% |
| 1971 | 3,570 ha | +1.4% |
| 1972 | 3,570 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 3,620 ha | +1.4% |
| 1974 | 4,120 ha | +13.8% |
| 1975 | 4,320 ha | +4.9% |
| 1976 | 4,320 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 4,550 ha | +5.3% |
| 1978 | 5,065 ha | +11.3% |
| 1979 | 5,173 ha | +2.1% |
| 1980 | 5,173 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 5,350 ha | +3.4% |
| 1982 | 5,820 ha | +8.8% |
| 1983 | 5,860 ha | +0.7% |
| 1984 | 5,850 ha | -0.2% |
| 1985 | 5,885 ha | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 6,170 ha | +4.8% |
| 1987 | 6,265 ha | +1.5% |
| 1988 | 6,300 ha | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 6,310 ha | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 23,530 ha | +272.9% |
| 1991 | 27,802 ha | +18.2% |
| 1992 | 25,134 ha | -9.6% |
| 1993 | 24,432 ha | -2.8% |
| 1994 | 22,539 ha | -7.7% |
| 1995 | 21,737 ha | -3.6% |
| 1996 | 20,818 ha | -4.2% |
| 1997 | 20,988 ha | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 22,881 ha | +9.0% |
| 1999 | 21,810 ha | -4.7% |
| 2000 | 20,833 ha | -4.5% |
| 2001 | 20,954 ha | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 20,390 ha | -2.7% |
| 2003 | 24,573 ha | +20.5% |
| 2004 | 24,834 ha | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 23,740 ha | -4.4% |
| 2006 | 20,981 ha | -11.6% |
| 2007 | 18,675 ha | -11.0% |
| 2008 | 21,360 ha | +14.4% |
| 2009 | 24,626 ha | +15.3% |
| 2010 | 23,447 ha | -4.8% |
| 2011 | 21,803 ha | -7.0% |
| 2012 | 22,351 ha | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 24,399 ha | +9.2% |
| 2014 | 25,513 ha | +4.6% |
| 2015 | 23,284 ha | -8.7% |
| 2016 | 23,947 ha | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 23,780 ha | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 24,328 ha | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 26,153 ha | +7.5% |
| 2020 | 32,713 ha | +25.1% |
| 2021 | 32,783 ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 37,330 ha | +13.9% |
| 2023 | 42,502 ha | +13.9% |
| 2024 | 42,686 ha | +0.4% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 42,686 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 11,641 ha, 3.7× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 42,686 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 6,473 ha, 6.6× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Citrus Fruit, Total — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +272.9% | 6,310 ha | 23,530 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,653 ha | 2,420 ha | 3,020 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,183 ha | 3,520 ha | 5,173 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,898 ha | 5,173 ha | 6,310 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 23,167 ha | 20,818 ha | 27,802 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 22,097 ha | 18,675 ha | 24,834 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 23,900 ha | 21,803 ha | 26,153 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 37,603 ha | 32,713 ha | 42,686 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 citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Kenya?
- Citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Kenya was 42,686 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 42,686 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,420 ha in 1961.
- How does Kenya rank for citrus fruit, total — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 26th out of 156 countries with data for 2024.
- Is citrus fruit, total — area harvested rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 67.3%. 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 Citrus Fruit, Total — 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.