Okra — Area harvested in Kenya
Kenya: Okra — Area harvested was 1,447 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Okra — Area harvested in Kenya, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for okra — area harvested in Kenya is 1,447 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and up 106.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, okra — area harvested in Kenya peaked at 2,280 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 378 ha, in 1992.
That places Kenya 24th out of 53 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Okra — Area harvested in Kenya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 378 ha | — |
| 1993 | 464 ha | +22.8% |
| 1994 | 614 ha | +32.3% |
| 1995 | 1,791 ha | +191.7% |
| 1996 | 485 ha | -72.9% |
| 1997 | 873 ha | +80.0% |
| 1998 | 709 ha | -18.8% |
| 1999 | 696 ha | -1.8% |
| 2000 | 687 ha | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 814 ha | +18.5% |
| 2002 | 671 ha | -17.6% |
| 2003 | 794 ha | +18.3% |
| 2004 | 800 ha | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 863 ha | +7.9% |
| 2006 | 834 ha | -3.4% |
| 2007 | 548 ha | -34.3% |
| 2008 | 593 ha | +8.2% |
| 2009 | 392 ha | -33.9% |
| 2010 | 383 ha | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 401 ha | +4.7% |
| 2012 | 495 ha | +23.4% |
| 2013 | 449 ha | -9.3% |
| 2014 | 700 ha | +55.9% |
| 2015 | 412 ha | -41.1% |
| 2016 | 516 ha | +25.2% |
| 2017 | 1,043 ha | +102.1% |
| 2018 | 2,280 ha | +118.6% |
| 2019 | 1,287 ha | -43.6% |
| 2020 | 1,774 ha | +37.8% |
| 2021 | 1,423 ha | -19.8% |
| 2022 | 1,560 ha | +9.6% |
| 2023 | 1,453 ha | -6.9% |
| 2024 | 1,447 ha | -0.4% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 1,447 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3,534 ha, 41% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 1,447 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3,326 ha, 43% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Okra — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +191.7% | 614 ha | 1,791 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 751.25 ha | 378 ha | 1,791 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 699.6 ha | 392 ha | 863 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 796.6 ha | 383 ha | 2,280 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,531 ha | 1,423 ha | 1,774 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
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 okra — area harvested in Kenya?
- Okra — area harvested in Kenya was 1,447 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest okra — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 2,280 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest okra — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 378 ha in 1992.
- How does Kenya rank for okra — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 24th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is okra — area harvested rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 106.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Okra — 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.