Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Kenya
Kenya: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 240,851 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Kenya stood at 240,851 ha.
The figure is up 3.4% on the previous year and up 7.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Kenya peaked at 267,986 ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 69,994 ha, in 1961.
That places Kenya 79th out of 200 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 87,902 ha | 69,994 ha | 101,313 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 126,787 ha | 90,440 ha | 190,650 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 190,731 ha | 135,200 ha | 258,911 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 186,407 ha | 173,424 ha | 194,226 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 214,126 ha | 186,625 ha | 267,986 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 223,628 ha | 213,452 ha | 236,623 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 229,216 ha | 219,313 ha | 240,851 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 76 Egypt 265,723 ha compare
- 77 Nepal 261,986 ha compare
- 78 Czechoslovakia 261,353 ha compare
- 80 Sierra Leone 205,113 ha compare
- 82 Honduras 192,630 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 oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Kenya?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Kenya was 240,851 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 267,986 ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 69,994 ha in 1961.
- How does Kenya rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 79th out of 200 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.2%. 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 Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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.