Other oil seeds, n.e.c. — Area harvested in Kenya
Kenya: Other oil seeds, n.e.c. — Area harvested was 97,482 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Other oil seeds, n.e.c. — Area harvested in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 97,482 ha for other oil seeds, n.e.c. — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other oil seeds, n.e.c. — area harvested in Kenya peaked at 97,482 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,000 ha, in 1961.
Kenya ranks 7th of 73 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Other oil seeds, n.e.c. — Area harvested in Kenya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1964 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 4,000 ha | +60.0% |
| 1973 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 5,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1975 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 8,000 ha | +60.0% |
| 1980 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 10,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1983 | 13,000 ha | +30.0% |
| 1984 | 15,000 ha | +15.4% |
| 1985 | 19,000 ha | +26.7% |
| 1986 | 25,000 ha | +31.6% |
| 1987 | 28,000 ha | +12.0% |
| 1988 | 30,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1989 | 35,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 1990 | 40,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1991 | 50,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1992 | 55,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1993 | 57,346 ha | +4.3% |
| 1994 | 65,000 ha | +13.3% |
| 1995 | 67,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1996 | 69,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 70,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 72,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1999 | 73,794 ha | +2.5% |
| 2000 | 71,980 ha | -2.5% |
| 2001 | 71,999 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 71,722 ha | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 71,547 ha | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 71,646 ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 77,619 ha | +8.3% |
| 2006 | 78,775 ha | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 78,540 ha | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 80,731 ha | +2.8% |
| 2009 | 82,506 ha | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 84,261 ha | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 85,806 ha | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 92,500 ha | +7.8% |
| 2013 | 93,000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 93,321 ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 95,484 ha | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 94,393 ha | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 94,040 ha | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 94,405 ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 95,103 ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 96,088 ha | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 96,771 ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 96,562 ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 97,029 ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 97,482 ha | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,389 ha | 2,000 ha | 2,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,600 ha | 2,500 ha | 8,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 19,100 ha | 8,000 ha | 35,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 61,914 ha | 40,000 ha | 73,794 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 75,706 ha | 71,547 ha | 82,506 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 92,231 ha | 84,261 ha | 95,484 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 96,786 ha | 96,088 ha | 97,482 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is other oil seeds, n.e.c. — area harvested in Kenya?
- Other oil seeds, n.e.c. — area harvested in Kenya was 97,482 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest other oil seeds, n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 97,482 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest other oil seeds, n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Kenya rank for other oil seeds, n.e.c. — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 7th out of 73 countries with data for 2024.
- Is other oil seeds, n.e.c. — area harvested rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. 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 Other oil seeds, n.e.c. — 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.