Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Kenya
Kenya: Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested was 11,881 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Kenya stood at 11,881 ha.
That represents a change of up 7.0% on the previous year and up 45.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Kenya peaked at 11,897 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 158 ha, in 1964.
That places Kenya 48th out of 140 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.
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Kenya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 244 ha | — |
| 1962 | 305 ha | +25.0% |
| 1963 | 568 ha | +86.2% |
| 1964 | 158 ha | -72.2% |
| 1965 | 231 ha | +46.2% |
| 1966 | 1,000 ha | +332.9% |
| 1967 | 1,200 ha | +20.0% |
| 1968 | 1,300 ha | +8.3% |
| 1969 | 1,400 ha | +7.7% |
| 1970 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1972 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,543 ha | +2.9% |
| 1976 | 1,600 ha | +3.7% |
| 1977 | 1,650 ha | +3.1% |
| 1978 | 1,700 ha | +3.0% |
| 1979 | 2,000 ha | +17.6% |
| 1980 | 2,500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1981 | 3,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1982 | 3,605 ha | +20.2% |
| 1983 | 3,538 ha | -1.9% |
| 1984 | 3,000 ha | -15.2% |
| 1985 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 3,100 ha | +3.3% |
| 1987 | 3,200 ha | +3.2% |
| 1988 | 3,500 ha | +9.4% |
| 1989 | 3,600 ha | +2.9% |
| 1990 | 3,700 ha | +2.8% |
| 1991 | 3,900 ha | +5.4% |
| 1992 | 4,488 ha | +15.1% |
| 1993 | 5,043 ha | +12.4% |
| 1994 | 5,124 ha | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 4,315 ha | -15.8% |
| 1996 | 5,210 ha | +20.7% |
| 1997 | 5,173 ha | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 4,076 ha | -21.2% |
| 1999 | 5,554 ha | +36.3% |
| 2000 | 5,387 ha | -3.0% |
| 2001 | 5,093 ha | -5.5% |
| 2002 | 5,864 ha | +15.1% |
| 2003 | 6,476 ha | +10.4% |
| 2004 | 6,513 ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 6,395 ha | -1.8% |
| 2006 | 7,100 ha | +11.0% |
| 2007 | 7,908 ha | +11.4% |
| 2008 | 7,892 ha | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 8,586 ha | +8.8% |
| 2010 | 8,712 ha | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 10,718 ha | +23.0% |
| 2012 | 5,760 ha | -46.3% |
| 2013 | 7,730 ha | +34.2% |
| 2014 | 8,147 ha | +5.4% |
| 2015 | 6,638 ha | -18.5% |
| 2016 | 4,593 ha | -30.8% |
| 2017 | 2,410 ha | -47.5% |
| 2018 | 3,417 ha | +41.8% |
| 2019 | 9,130 ha | +167.2% |
| 2020 | 11,011 ha | +20.6% |
| 2021 | 11,897 ha | +8.0% |
| 2022 | 10,653 ha | -10.5% |
| 2023 | 11,100 ha | +4.2% |
| 2024 | 11,881 ha | +7.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 711.78 ha | 158 ha | 1,400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,589 ha | 1,400 ha | 2,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,204 ha | 2,500 ha | 3,605 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,658 ha | 3,700 ha | 5,554 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,721 ha | 5,093 ha | 8,586 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,726 ha | 2,410 ha | 10,718 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,308 ha | 10,653 ha | 11,897 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Kenya?
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Kenya was 11,881 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 11,897 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 158 ha in 1964.
- How does Kenya rank for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 48th out of 140 countries with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 45.8%. 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 Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.