Dates — Area harvested in Kenya
Kenya: Dates — Area harvested was 486 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Dates — Area harvested in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 486 ha for dates — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and up 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — area harvested in Kenya peaked at 492 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 150 ha, in 1961.
That places Kenya 31st out of 37 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Dates — Area harvested in Kenya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 150 ha | — |
| 1962 | 200 ha | +33.3% |
| 1963 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 250 ha | +25.0% |
| 1969 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 350 ha | +40.0% |
| 1977 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 250 ha | -28.6% |
| 1979 | 350 ha | +40.0% |
| 1980 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 340 ha | -2.9% |
| 1985 | 345 ha | +1.5% |
| 1986 | 345 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 345 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 345 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 345 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 462 ha | +33.9% |
| 1991 | 368 ha | -20.3% |
| 1992 | 364 ha | -1.1% |
| 1993 | 353 ha | -3.0% |
| 1994 | 348 ha | -1.4% |
| 1995 | 350 ha | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 400 ha | +14.3% |
| 1997 | 366 ha | -8.5% |
| 1998 | 345 ha | -5.7% |
| 1999 | 339 ha | -1.7% |
| 2000 | 330 ha | -2.7% |
| 2001 | 337 ha | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 338 ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 344 ha | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 351 ha | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 354 ha | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 366 ha | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 375 ha | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 388 ha | +3.5% |
| 2009 | 400 ha | +3.1% |
| 2010 | 412 ha | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 425 ha | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 445 ha | +4.7% |
| 2013 | 450 ha | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 455 ha | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 457 ha | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 461 ha | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 468 ha | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 475 ha | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 484 ha | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 492 ha | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 484 ha | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 487 ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 488 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 486 ha | -0.4% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 486 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,918 ha, 25% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 486 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 745 ha, 65% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Dates — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | +40.0% | 250 ha | 350 ha |
| 1979 | +40.0% | 250 ha | 350 ha |
| 1990 | +33.9% | 345 ha | 462 ha |
| 1962 | +33.3% | 150 ha | 200 ha |
| 1978 | -28.6% | 350 ha | 250 ha |
| 1968 | +25.0% | 200 ha | 250 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 205.56 ha | 150 ha | 250 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 280 ha | 250 ha | 350 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 346.5 ha | 340 ha | 350 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 369.5 ha | 339 ha | 462 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 358.3 ha | 330 ha | 400 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 453.2 ha | 412 ha | 484 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 487.4 ha | 484 ha | 492 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 dates — area harvested in Kenya?
- Dates — area harvested in Kenya was 486 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 492 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest dates — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 150 ha in 1961.
- How does Kenya rank for dates — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 31st out of 37 countries with data for 2024.
- Is dates — area harvested rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.8%. 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 Dates — 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.