Coffee, green — Area harvested in Kenya
Kenya: Coffee, green — Area harvested was 113,600 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Coffee, green — Area harvested in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for coffee, green — area harvested in Kenya is 113,600 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coffee, green — area harvested in Kenya peaked at 178,500 ha in 1998 and was at its lowest, 41,642 ha, in 1961.
That places Kenya 17th out of 75 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Coffee, green — Area harvested in Kenya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 41,642 ha | — |
| 1962 | 71,000 ha | +70.5% |
| 1963 | 58,355 ha | -17.8% |
| 1964 | 81,826 ha | +40.2% |
| 1965 | 83,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1966 | 85,347 ha | +2.8% |
| 1967 | 85,387 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 84,983 ha | -0.5% |
| 1969 | 84,983 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 84,983 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 84,983 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 88,500 ha | +4.1% |
| 1973 | 101,000 ha | +14.1% |
| 1974 | 100,000 ha | -1.0% |
| 1975 | 111,000 ha | +11.0% |
| 1976 | 105,736 ha | -4.7% |
| 1977 | 129,429 ha | +22.4% |
| 1978 | 122,000 ha | -5.7% |
| 1979 | 119,160 ha | -2.3% |
| 1980 | 102,400 ha | -14.1% |
| 1981 | 117,600 ha | +14.8% |
| 1982 | 131,108 ha | +11.5% |
| 1983 | 134,572 ha | +2.6% |
| 1984 | 149,946 ha | +11.4% |
| 1985 | 152,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1986 | 156,304 ha | +2.8% |
| 1987 | 154,500 ha | -1.2% |
| 1988 | 156,300 ha | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 153,100 ha | -2.0% |
| 1990 | 153,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 155,400 ha | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 153,800 ha | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 158,200 ha | +2.9% |
| 1994 | 158,700 ha | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 160,500 ha | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 177,400 ha | +10.5% |
| 1997 | 176,907 ha | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 178,500 ha | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 170,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 2000 | 170,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 170,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 170,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 170,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 170,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 170,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 170,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 163,000 ha | -4.1% |
| 2008 | 155,000 ha | -4.9% |
| 2009 | 160,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 160,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 115,600 ha | -27.8% |
| 2012 | 109,795 ha | -5.0% |
| 2013 | 109,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 110,000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 113,500 ha | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 114,000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 114,700 ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 115,570 ha | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 119,600 ha | +3.5% |
| 2020 | 119,700 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 108,200 ha | -9.6% |
| 2022 | 109,400 ha | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 111,900 ha | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 113,600 ha | +1.5% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 113,600 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 9,466 ha, 12.0× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 113,600 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7,778 ha, 14.6× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Coffee, green — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | +70.5% | 41,642 ha | 71,000 ha |
| 1964 | +40.2% | 58,355 ha | 81,826 ha |
| 2011 | -27.8% | 160,000 ha | 115,600 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 75,169 ha | 41,642 ha | 85,387 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 104,679 ha | 84,983 ha | 129,429 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 140,783 ha | 102,400 ha | 156,304 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 164,251 ha | 153,100 ha | 178,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 166,800 ha | 155,000 ha | 170,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 118,256 ha | 109,795 ha | 160,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 112,560 ha | 108,200 ha | 119,700 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 14 Nicaragua 148,393 ha compare
- 14 Caribbean 87,778 ha compare
- 15 El Salvador 117,332 ha compare
- 16 Philippines 115,779 ha compare
- 18 Madagascar 87,583 ha compare
- 19 Costa Rica 82,539 ha compare
- 20 Cabo Verde 60 ha compare
- 20 Cameroon 54,231 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 coffee, green — area harvested in Kenya?
- Coffee, green — area harvested in Kenya was 113,600 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coffee, green — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 178,500 ha in 1998.
- What is the lowest coffee, green — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 41,642 ha in 1961.
- How does Kenya rank for coffee, green — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 17th out of 75 countries with data for 2024.
- Is coffee, green — area harvested rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. 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 Coffee, green — 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.