Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Kenya
Kenya: Lemons and limes — Area harvested was 12,235 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Kenya, 1977–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 12,235 ha for lemons and limes — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 48 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.8% on the previous year and up 657.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — area harvested in Kenya peaked at 12,235 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 30 ha, in 1977.
That places Kenya 18th out of 126 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.
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Kenya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 30 ha | — |
| 1978 | 45 ha | +50.0% |
| 1979 | 53 ha | +17.8% |
| 1980 | 53 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 120 ha | +126.4% |
| 1982 | 180 ha | +50.0% |
| 1983 | 250 ha | +38.9% |
| 1984 | 290 ha | +16.0% |
| 1985 | 350 ha | +20.7% |
| 1986 | 400 ha | +14.3% |
| 1987 | 450 ha | +12.5% |
| 1988 | 500 ha | +11.1% |
| 1989 | 550 ha | +10.0% |
| 1990 | 550 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 600 ha | +9.1% |
| 1992 | 650 ha | +8.3% |
| 1993 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 700 ha | +7.7% |
| 1995 | 750 ha | +7.1% |
| 1996 | 800 ha | +6.7% |
| 1997 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 850 ha | +6.2% |
| 1999 | 850 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 900 ha | +5.9% |
| 2001 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 950 ha | +5.6% |
| 2003 | 950 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 2005 | 1,050 ha | +5.0% |
| 2006 | 1,100 ha | +4.8% |
| 2007 | 1,150 ha | +4.5% |
| 2008 | 1,250 ha | +8.7% |
| 2009 | 1,348 ha | +7.8% |
| 2010 | 1,077 ha | -20.1% |
| 2011 | 1,260 ha | +17.0% |
| 2012 | 1,480 ha | +17.5% |
| 2013 | 1,780 ha | +20.3% |
| 2014 | 1,615 ha | -9.3% |
| 2015 | 1,803 ha | +11.6% |
| 2016 | 1,952 ha | +8.3% |
| 2017 | 1,780 ha | -8.8% |
| 2018 | 2,635 ha | +48.0% |
| 2019 | 3,030 ha | +15.0% |
| 2020 | 4,639 ha | +53.1% |
| 2021 | 5,452 ha | +17.5% |
| 2022 | 8,387 ha | +53.8% |
| 2023 | 11,787 ha | +40.5% |
| 2024 | 12,235 ha | +3.8% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 12,235 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,738 ha, 7.0× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 12,235 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,453 ha, 8.4× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lemons and limes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | +126.4% | 53 ha | 120 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 42.67 ha | 30 ha | 53 ha | 3 |
| 1980s | 314.3 ha | 53 ha | 550 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 720 ha | 550 ha | 850 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,060 ha | 900 ha | 1,348 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,841 ha | 1,077 ha | 3,030 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,500 ha | 4,639 ha | 12,235 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 lemons and limes — area harvested in Kenya?
- Lemons and limes — area harvested in Kenya was 12,235 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 12,235 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 30 ha in 1977.
- How does Kenya rank for lemons and limes — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 18th out of 126 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — area harvested rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 657.6%. 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 Lemons and limes — 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.