Linseed — Area harvested in Kenya
Kenya: Linseed — Area harvested was 959 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Linseed — Area harvested in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 959 ha for linseed — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, linseed — area harvested in Kenya peaked at 1,100 ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 240 ha, in 1964.
Kenya ranks 39th of 64 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Linseed — Area harvested in Kenya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 454 ha | — |
| 1962 | 728 ha | +60.4% |
| 1963 | 243 ha | -66.6% |
| 1964 | 240 ha | -1.2% |
| 1965 | 240 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 240 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 240 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 240 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 240 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 240 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 240 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 240 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 240 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 240 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 250 ha | +4.2% |
| 1976 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 400 ha | +60.0% |
| 1986 | 600 ha | +50.0% |
| 1987 | 700 ha | +16.7% |
| 1988 | 800 ha | +14.3% |
| 1989 | 900 ha | +12.5% |
| 1990 | 1,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1991 | 1,100 ha | +10.0% |
| 1992 | 900 ha | -18.2% |
| 1993 | 957 ha | +6.3% |
| 1994 | 954 ha | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 947 ha | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 949 ha | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 946 ha | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 943 ha | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 941 ha | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 800 ha | -15.0% |
| 2001 | 934 ha | +16.8% |
| 2002 | 937 ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 940 ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 943 ha | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 946 ha | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 949 ha | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 952 ha | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 955 ha | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 958 ha | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 962 ha | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 965 ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 1,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 2013 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 975 ha | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 961 ha | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 965 ha | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 965 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 962 ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 961 ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 961 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 960 ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 959 ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 959 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 959 ha | +0.0% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 959 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,704 ha, 35% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Linseed — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | -66.6% | 728 ha | 243 ha |
| 1962 | +60.4% | 454 ha | 728 ha |
| 1985 | +60.0% | 250 ha | 400 ha |
| 1986 | +50.0% | 400 ha | 600 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 318.33 ha | 240 ha | 728 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 245 ha | 240 ha | 250 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 465 ha | 250 ha | 900 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 963.7 ha | 900 ha | 1,100 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 931.4 ha | 800 ha | 958 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 971.6 ha | 961 ha | 1,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 959.6 ha | 959 ha | 961 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 linseed — area harvested in Kenya?
- Linseed — area harvested in Kenya was 959 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest linseed — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 1,100 ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest linseed — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 240 ha in 1964.
- How does Kenya rank for linseed — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 39th out of 64 countries with data for 2024.
- Is linseed — area harvested rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.6%. 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 Linseed — 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.