Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Kenya
Kenya: Fruit Primary — Area harvested was 268,460 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fruit primary — area harvested in Kenya is 268,460 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.9% on the previous year and up 37.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — area harvested in Kenya peaked at 268,460 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 54,672 ha, in 1961.
Kenya ranks 46th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Kenya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 54,672 ha | — |
| 1962 | 55,522 ha | +1.6% |
| 1963 | 55,822 ha | +0.5% |
| 1964 | 56,122 ha | +0.5% |
| 1965 | 56,072 ha | -0.1% |
| 1966 | 55,972 ha | -0.2% |
| 1967 | 55,972 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 56,222 ha | +0.4% |
| 1969 | 56,472 ha | +0.4% |
| 1970 | 57,822 ha | +2.4% |
| 1971 | 58,772 ha | +1.6% |
| 1972 | 59,072 ha | +0.5% |
| 1973 | 59,722 ha | +1.1% |
| 1974 | 60,622 ha | +1.5% |
| 1975 | 61,342 ha | +1.2% |
| 1976 | 62,552 ha | +2.0% |
| 1977 | 63,782 ha | +2.0% |
| 1978 | 64,852 ha | +1.7% |
| 1979 | 90,230 ha | +39.1% |
| 1980 | 91,330 ha | +1.2% |
| 1981 | 92,507 ha | +1.3% |
| 1982 | 93,877 ha | +1.5% |
| 1983 | 94,017 ha | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 95,697 ha | +1.8% |
| 1985 | 96,917 ha | +1.3% |
| 1986 | 99,502 ha | +2.7% |
| 1987 | 99,947 ha | +0.4% |
| 1988 | 96,232 ha | -3.7% |
| 1989 | 104,072 ha | +8.1% |
| 1990 | 126,140 ha | +21.2% |
| 1991 | 136,900 ha | +8.5% |
| 1992 | 139,299 ha | +1.8% |
| 1993 | 145,150 ha | +4.2% |
| 1994 | 116,771 ha | -19.6% |
| 1995 | 101,160 ha | -13.4% |
| 1996 | 112,973 ha | +11.7% |
| 1997 | 140,755 ha | +24.6% |
| 1998 | 146,913 ha | +4.4% |
| 1999 | 148,532 ha | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 148,173 ha | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 155,931 ha | +5.2% |
| 2002 | 155,648 ha | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 164,074 ha | +5.4% |
| 2004 | 168,228 ha | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 173,795 ha | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 173,965 ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 168,470 ha | -3.2% |
| 2008 | 171,360 ha | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 174,036 ha | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 188,007 ha | +8.0% |
| 2011 | 155,806 ha | -17.1% |
| 2012 | 172,078 ha | +10.4% |
| 2013 | 181,735 ha | +5.6% |
| 2014 | 195,041 ha | +7.3% |
| 2015 | 181,874 ha | -6.8% |
| 2016 | 186,109 ha | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 212,637 ha | +14.3% |
| 2018 | 213,723 ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 248,686 ha | +16.4% |
| 2020 | 248,352 ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 240,789 ha | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 252,771 ha | +5.0% |
| 2023 | 258,494 ha | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 268,460 ha | +3.9% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 268,460 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 71,505 ha, 3.8× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 268,460 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 61,574 ha, 4.4× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fruit Primary — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | +39.1% | 64,852 ha | 90,230 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 55,872 ha | 54,672 ha | 56,472 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 63,877 ha | 57,822 ha | 90,230 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 96,410 ha | 91,330 ha | 104,072 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 131,459 ha | 101,160 ha | 148,532 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 165,368 ha | 148,173 ha | 174,036 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 193,570 ha | 155,806 ha | 248,686 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 253,773 ha | 240,789 ha | 268,460 ha | 5 |
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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 fruit primary — area harvested in Kenya?
- Fruit primary — area harvested in Kenya was 268,460 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 268,460 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 54,672 ha in 1961.
- How does Kenya rank for fruit primary — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 46th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — area harvested rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.6%. 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 Fruit Primary — 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.