Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — Area harvested in Kenya
Kenya: Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — Area harvested was 89 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — Area harvested in Kenya, 1978–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — area harvested in Kenya is 89 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — area harvested in Kenya peaked at 180 ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 40 ha, in 1978.
That places Kenya 15th out of 20 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 47 years of available data.
Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — Area harvested in Kenya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 40 ha | — |
| 1979 | 60 ha | +50.0% |
| 1980 | 40 ha | -33.3% |
| 1981 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 60 ha | +50.0% |
| 1990 | 61 ha | +1.7% |
| 1991 | 146 ha | +139.3% |
| 1992 | 144 ha | -1.4% |
| 1993 | 70 ha | -51.4% |
| 1994 | 129 ha | +84.3% |
| 1995 | 129 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 130 ha | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 131 ha | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 132 ha | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 134 ha | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 180 ha | +34.3% |
| 2001 | 150 ha | -16.7% |
| 2002 | 130 ha | -13.3% |
| 2003 | 128 ha | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 127 ha | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 125 ha | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 123 ha | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 150 ha | +22.0% |
| 2008 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 119 ha | -20.7% |
| 2010 | 114 ha | -4.2% |
| 2011 | 110 ha | -3.5% |
| 2012 | 80 ha | -27.3% |
| 2013 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 91 ha | +13.8% |
| 2015 | 98 ha | +7.7% |
| 2016 | 90 ha | -8.2% |
| 2017 | 91 ha | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 92 ha | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 93 ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 93 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 92 ha | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 90 ha | -2.2% |
| 2023 | 89 ha | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 89 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 50 ha | 40 ha | 60 ha | 2 |
| 1980s | 42 ha | 40 ha | 60 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 120.6 ha | 61 ha | 146 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 138.2 ha | 119 ha | 180 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 93.9 ha | 80 ha | 114 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 90.6 ha | 89 ha | 93 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 12 Papua New Guinea 223 ha compare
- 13 Malawi 144 ha compare
- 14 Saint Lucia 94 ha compare
- 16 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 51 ha compare
- 17 Togo 33 ha compare
- 18 Madagascar 15 ha compare
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)
- Agriculture share gdp 23.16 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 23.16 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 12.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — area harvested in Kenya?
- Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — area harvested in Kenya was 89 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 180 ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 40 ha in 1978.
- How does Kenya rank for nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 15th out of 20 countries with data for 2024.
- Is nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — area harvested rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.2%. 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 Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — 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.