Millet — Area harvested in Kenya
Kenya: Millet — Area harvested was 112,093 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Millet — Area harvested in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 112,093 ha for millet — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 13.7% on the previous year and down 19.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — area harvested in Kenya peaked at 168,291 ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 29,000 ha, in 1984.
That places Kenya 23rd out of 86 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Millet — Area harvested in Kenya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 75,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 75,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 75,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 75,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 75,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 74,000 ha | -1.3% |
| 1967 | 75,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1968 | 74,000 ha | -1.3% |
| 1969 | 75,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1970 | 75,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 76,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 1972 | 77,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 1973 | 77,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 77,900 ha | +1.2% |
| 1975 | 78,000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1976 | 80,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1977 | 81,000 ha | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 81,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 81,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 80,000 ha | -1.2% |
| 1981 | 80,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 46,660 ha | -41.7% |
| 1983 | 46,660 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 29,000 ha | -37.8% |
| 1985 | 56,000 ha | +93.1% |
| 1986 | 71,980 ha | +28.5% |
| 1987 | 110,000 ha | +52.8% |
| 1988 | 110,350 ha | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 107,310 ha | -2.8% |
| 1990 | 96,933 ha | -9.7% |
| 1991 | 100,419 ha | +3.6% |
| 1992 | 90,272 ha | -10.1% |
| 1993 | 85,139 ha | -5.7% |
| 1994 | 100,000 ha | +17.5% |
| 1995 | 90,986 ha | -9.0% |
| 1996 | 85,774 ha | -5.7% |
| 1997 | 91,773 ha | +7.0% |
| 1998 | 78,988 ha | -13.9% |
| 1999 | 90,082 ha | +14.0% |
| 2000 | 93,150 ha | +3.4% |
| 2001 | 104,292 ha | +12.0% |
| 2002 | 118,570 ha | +13.7% |
| 2003 | 108,258 ha | -8.7% |
| 2004 | 113,223 ha | +4.6% |
| 2005 | 92,430 ha | -18.4% |
| 2006 | 137,711 ha | +49.0% |
| 2007 | 128,114 ha | -7.0% |
| 2008 | 53,155 ha | -58.5% |
| 2009 | 104,576 ha | +96.7% |
| 2010 | 99,124 ha | -5.2% |
| 2011 | 111,271 ha | +12.3% |
| 2012 | 118,289 ha | +6.3% |
| 2013 | 168,291 ha | +42.3% |
| 2014 | 138,829 ha | -17.5% |
| 2015 | 90,263 ha | -35.0% |
| 2016 | 88,368 ha | -2.1% |
| 2017 | 126,313 ha | +42.9% |
| 2018 | 115,200 ha | -8.8% |
| 2019 | 145,601 ha | +26.4% |
| 2020 | 118,411 ha | -18.7% |
| 2021 | 126,002 ha | +6.4% |
| 2022 | 108,436 ha | -13.9% |
| 2023 | 129,924 ha | +19.8% |
| 2024 | 112,093 ha | -13.7% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 112,093 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 78,708 ha, 1.4× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 112,093 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 72,000 ha, 1.6× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Millet — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +96.7% | 53,155 ha | 104,576 ha |
| 1985 | +93.1% | 29,000 ha | 56,000 ha |
| 2008 | -58.5% | 128,114 ha | 53,155 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 74,778 ha | 74,000 ha | 75,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 78,390 ha | 75,000 ha | 81,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 73,796 ha | 29,000 ha | 110,350 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 91,037 ha | 78,988 ha | 100,419 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 105,348 ha | 53,155 ha | 137,711 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 120,155 ha | 88,368 ha | 168,291 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 118,973 ha | 108,436 ha | 129,924 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 millet — area harvested in Kenya?
- Millet — area harvested in Kenya was 112,093 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 168,291 ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest millet — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 29,000 ha in 1984.
- How does Kenya rank for millet — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 23rd out of 86 countries with data for 2024.
- Is millet — area harvested rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.3%. 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 Millet — 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.