Green garlic — Area harvested in Kenya
Kenya: Green garlic — Area harvested was 263 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Green garlic — Area harvested in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 263 ha for green garlic — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 16.9% on the previous year and up 246.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green garlic — area harvested in Kenya peaked at 306 ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 7 ha, in 1961.
Kenya ranks 78th of 102 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Green garlic — Area harvested in Kenya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7 ha | — |
| 1962 | 7 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 7 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 7 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 7 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 7 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 7 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 7 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 14 ha | +100.0% |
| 1970 | 14 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 14 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 14 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 14 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 21 ha | +50.0% |
| 1975 | 21 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 21 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 21 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 21 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 21 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 21 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 21 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 21 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 21 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 21 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 21 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 23 ha | +9.5% |
| 1987 | 25 ha | +8.7% |
| 1988 | 28 ha | +12.0% |
| 1989 | 30 ha | +7.1% |
| 1990 | 25 ha | -16.7% |
| 1991 | 50 ha | +100.0% |
| 1992 | 134 ha | +168.0% |
| 1993 | 25 ha | -81.3% |
| 1994 | 142 ha | +468.0% |
| 1995 | 227 ha | +59.9% |
| 1996 | 226 ha | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 189 ha | -16.4% |
| 1998 | 234 ha | +23.8% |
| 1999 | 234 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 174 ha | -25.6% |
| 2001 | 232 ha | +33.3% |
| 2002 | 285 ha | +22.8% |
| 2003 | 306 ha | +7.4% |
| 2004 | 300 ha | -2.0% |
| 2005 | 263 ha | -12.3% |
| 2006 | 239 ha | -9.1% |
| 2007 | 169 ha | -29.3% |
| 2008 | 195 ha | +15.4% |
| 2009 | 145 ha | -25.6% |
| 2010 | 197 ha | +35.9% |
| 2011 | 178 ha | -9.6% |
| 2012 | 215 ha | +20.8% |
| 2013 | 131 ha | -39.1% |
| 2014 | 76 ha | -42.0% |
| 2015 | 150 ha | +97.4% |
| 2016 | 191 ha | +27.3% |
| 2017 | 227 ha | +18.8% |
| 2018 | 177 ha | -22.0% |
| 2019 | 124 ha | -29.9% |
| 2020 | 246 ha | +98.4% |
| 2021 | 231 ha | -6.1% |
| 2022 | 300 ha | +29.9% |
| 2023 | 225 ha | -25.0% |
| 2024 | 263 ha | +16.9% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 263 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,484 ha, 11% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 263 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 389 ha, 68% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Green garlic — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +468.0% | 25 ha | 142 ha |
| 1992 | +168.0% | 50 ha | 134 ha |
| 1969 | +100.0% | 7 ha | 14 ha |
| 1991 | +100.0% | 25 ha | 50 ha |
| 2020 | +98.4% | 124 ha | 246 ha |
| 2015 | +97.4% | 76 ha | 150 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.78 ha | 7 ha | 14 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 18.2 ha | 14 ha | 21 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 23.2 ha | 21 ha | 30 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 148.6 ha | 25 ha | 234 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 230.8 ha | 145 ha | 306 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 166.6 ha | 76 ha | 227 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 253 ha | 225 ha | 300 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 green garlic — area harvested in Kenya?
- Green garlic — area harvested in Kenya was 263 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green garlic — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 306 ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest green garlic — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 7 ha in 1961.
- How does Kenya rank for green garlic — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 78th out of 102 countries with data for 2024.
- Is green garlic — area harvested rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 246.1%. 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 Green garlic — 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.