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 57th out of 79 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.
Oats — Area harvested in Kenya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,331 ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,996 ha | -11.8% |
| 1963 | 7,729 ha | -22.7% |
| 1964 | 6,677 ha | -13.6% |
| 1965 | 5,180 ha | -22.4% |
| 1966 | 4,775 ha | -7.8% |
| 1967 | 5,382 ha | +12.7% |
| 1968 | 5,302 ha | -1.5% |
| 1969 | 4,614 ha | -13.0% |
| 1970 | 5,000 ha | +8.4% |
| 1971 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 7,000 ha | +40.0% |
| 1974 | 8,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1975 | 9,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1976 | 8,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 1977 | 8,200 ha | +2.5% |
| 1978 | 7,000 ha | -14.6% |
| 1979 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 2,367 ha | -66.2% |
| 1984 | 2,367 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 3,619 ha | +52.9% |
| 1986 | 4,000 ha | +10.5% |
| 1987 | 5,385 ha | +34.6% |
| 1988 | 3,800 ha | -29.4% |
| 1989 | 3,400 ha | -10.5% |
| 1990 | 3,309 ha | -2.7% |
| 1991 | 3,338 ha | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 3,600 ha | +7.8% |
| 1993 | 3,400 ha | -5.6% |
| 1994 | 3,500 ha | +2.9% |
| 1995 | 3,400 ha | -2.9% |
| 1996 | 3,220 ha | -5.3% |
| 1997 | 3,387 ha | +5.2% |
| 1998 | 3,500 ha | +3.3% |
| 1999 | 3,400 ha | -2.9% |
| 2000 | 3,000 ha | -11.8% |
| 2001 | 3,400 ha | +13.3% |
| 2002 | 3,635 ha | +6.9% |
| 2003 | 3,631 ha | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 3,501 ha | -3.6% |
| 2005 | 3,814 ha | +8.9% |
| 2006 | 3,500 ha | -8.2% |
| 2007 | 3,550 ha | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 3,000 ha | -15.5% |
| 2009 | 3,340 ha | +11.3% |
| 2010 | 3,600 ha | +7.8% |
| 2011 | 3,900 ha | +8.3% |
| 2012 | 4,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 3,943 ha | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 3,780 ha | -4.1% |
| 2016 | 3,742 ha | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 3,800 ha | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 3,782 ha | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 3,745 ha | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 3,720 ha | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 3,698 ha | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 3,667 ha | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 3,657 ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 3,647 ha | -0.3% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 3,647 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 586 ha, 6.2× the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 3,647 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,974 ha, 1.8× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oats — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | -66.2% | 7,000 ha | 2,367 ha |
| 1985 | +52.9% | 2,367 ha | 3,619 ha |
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
- 54 Azerbaijan 4,431 ha compare
- 55 New Zealand 4,420 ha compare
- 56 Tunisia 4,388 ha compare
- 58 Belgium 3,210 ha compare
- 59 North Macedonia 2,587 ha compare
- 60 Switzerland 2,135 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)
- 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 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 57th out of 79 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.