Oats — Area harvested in Kenya
Kenya: Oats — Area harvested was 3,647 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Oats — Area harvested in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oats — area harvested in Kenya stood at 3,647 ha.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oats — area harvested in Kenya peaked at 11,331 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 2,367 ha, in 1983.
That places Kenya 59th out of 84 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,776 ha | 4,614 ha | 11,331 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,920 ha | 5,000 ha | 9,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,594 ha | 2,367 ha | 7,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,405 ha | 3,220 ha | 3,600 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,437 ha | 3,000 ha | 3,814 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,829 ha | 3,600 ha | 4,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,678 ha | 3,647 ha | 3,720 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 56 Azerbaijan 4,431 ha compare
- 57 New Zealand 4,420 ha compare
- 58 Tunisia 4,388 ha compare
- 60 Belgium 3,210 ha compare
- 61 North Macedonia 2,587 ha compare
- 62 Switzerland 2,135 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Kenya
- 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)
- Rural population 67.8% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.5% (2025)
- Rural population 39.00 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 23.2% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 31.48 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 2.06 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oats — area harvested in Kenya?
- Oats — area harvested in Kenya was 3,647 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oats — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 11,331 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest oats — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,367 ha in 1983.
- How does Kenya rank for oats — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 59th out of 84 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oats — area harvested rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oats — 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.