Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Kenya
Kenya: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested was 260,851 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 260,851 ha for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 3.2% on the previous year and up 9.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Kenya peaked at 280,986 ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 72,294 ha, in 1961.
That places Kenya 76th out of 186 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.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Kenya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 72,294 ha | — |
| 1962 | 95,693 ha | +32.4% |
| 1963 | 93,395 ha | -2.4% |
| 1964 | 100,665 ha | +7.8% |
| 1965 | 103,230 ha | +2.5% |
| 1966 | 106,057 ha | +2.7% |
| 1967 | 103,610 ha | -2.3% |
| 1968 | 116,313 ha | +12.3% |
| 1969 | 115,157 ha | -1.0% |
| 1970 | 125,176 ha | +8.7% |
| 1971 | 99,440 ha | -20.6% |
| 1972 | 103,640 ha | +4.2% |
| 1973 | 107,040 ha | +3.3% |
| 1974 | 110,890 ha | +3.6% |
| 1975 | 143,030 ha | +29.0% |
| 1976 | 145,700 ha | +1.9% |
| 1977 | 150,100 ha | +3.0% |
| 1978 | 199,370 ha | +32.8% |
| 1979 | 169,300 ha | -15.1% |
| 1980 | 239,850 ha | +41.7% |
| 1981 | 193,650 ha | -19.3% |
| 1982 | 158,294 ha | -18.3% |
| 1983 | 176,618 ha | +11.6% |
| 1984 | 216,800 ha | +22.8% |
| 1985 | 268,811 ha | +24.0% |
| 1986 | 237,351 ha | -11.7% |
| 1987 | 196,400 ha | -17.3% |
| 1988 | 148,200 ha | -24.5% |
| 1989 | 177,539 ha | +19.8% |
| 1990 | 195,226 ha | +10.0% |
| 1991 | 202,022 ha | +3.5% |
| 1992 | 193,257 ha | -4.3% |
| 1993 | 205,823 ha | +6.5% |
| 1994 | 203,714 ha | -1.0% |
| 1995 | 200,074 ha | -1.8% |
| 1996 | 185,994 ha | -7.0% |
| 1997 | 202,164 ha | +8.7% |
| 1998 | 193,266 ha | -4.4% |
| 1999 | 205,499 ha | +6.3% |
| 2000 | 202,881 ha | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 210,165 ha | +3.6% |
| 2002 | 198,382 ha | -5.6% |
| 2003 | 202,017 ha | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 206,478 ha | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 210,512 ha | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 267,885 ha | +27.3% |
| 2007 | 280,986 ha | +4.9% |
| 2008 | 239,121 ha | -14.9% |
| 2009 | 246,519 ha | +3.1% |
| 2010 | 232,913 ha | -5.5% |
| 2011 | 239,488 ha | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 249,623 ha | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 232,968 ha | -6.7% |
| 2014 | 237,704 ha | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 226,452 ha | -4.7% |
| 2016 | 226,589 ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 235,169 ha | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 243,879 ha | +3.7% |
| 2019 | 244,492 ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 245,465 ha | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 234,313 ha | -4.5% |
| 2022 | 240,632 ha | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 252,820 ha | +5.1% |
| 2024 | 260,851 ha | +3.2% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 260,851 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 261,986 ha, 100% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 260,851 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 348,823 ha, 75% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 100,713 ha | 72,294 ha | 116,313 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 135,369 ha | 99,440 ha | 199,370 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 201,351 ha | 148,200 ha | 268,811 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 198,704 ha | 185,994 ha | 205,823 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 226,495 ha | 198,382 ha | 280,986 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 236,928 ha | 226,452 ha | 249,623 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 246,816 ha | 234,313 ha | 260,851 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
More agriculture & rural data for Kenya
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.9835 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.1186 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.2405 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0002 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.4888 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Kenya?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Kenya was 260,851 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 280,986 ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 72,294 ha in 1961.
- How does Kenya rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 76th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.7%. 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, Oil 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.