Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Kenya
Kenya: Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested was 201,246 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Kenya stood at 201,246 ha.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Kenya peaked at 815,908 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 48,479 ha, in 2006.
Kenya ranks 7th of 116 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 pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Kenya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 530,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 530,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 535,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 1964 | 535,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 540,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 1966 | 550,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1967 | 550,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 560,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 1969 | 555,000 ha | -0.9% |
| 1970 | 560,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 1971 | 580,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 1972 | 620,000 ha | +6.9% |
| 1973 | 620,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 620,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 620,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 600,000 ha | -3.2% |
| 1977 | 600,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 600,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 550,000 ha | -8.3% |
| 1980 | 280,000 ha | -49.1% |
| 1981 | 460,000 ha | +64.3% |
| 1982 | 440,000 ha | -4.3% |
| 1983 | 450,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 1984 | 300,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1985 | 480,000 ha | +60.0% |
| 1986 | 480,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 510,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 1988 | 748,000 ha | +46.7% |
| 1989 | 710,000 ha | -5.1% |
| 1990 | 690,000 ha | -2.8% |
| 1991 | 700,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 815,908 ha | +16.6% |
| 1993 | 600,000 ha | -26.5% |
| 1994 | 700,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 1995 | 650,000 ha | -7.1% |
| 1996 | 56,000 ha | -91.4% |
| 1997 | 53,294 ha | -4.8% |
| 1998 | 74,715 ha | +40.2% |
| 1999 | 74,643 ha | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 54,518 ha | -27.0% |
| 2001 | 75,654 ha | +38.8% |
| 2002 | 79,351 ha | +4.9% |
| 2003 | 80,112 ha | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 102,671 ha | +28.2% |
| 2005 | 62,000 ha | -39.6% |
| 2006 | 48,479 ha | -21.8% |
| 2007 | 66,000 ha | +36.1% |
| 2008 | 76,000 ha | +15.2% |
| 2009 | 80,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 2010 | 85,141 ha | +6.4% |
| 2011 | 102,766 ha | +20.7% |
| 2012 | 148,447 ha | +44.5% |
| 2013 | 171,739 ha | +15.7% |
| 2014 | 187,404 ha | +9.1% |
| 2015 | 228,230 ha | +21.8% |
| 2016 | 195,791 ha | -14.2% |
| 2017 | 203,808 ha | +4.1% |
| 2018 | 201,420 ha | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 200,340 ha | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 201,856 ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 201,205 ha | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 201,134 ha | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 201,398 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 201,246 ha | -0.1% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 201,246 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 12,822 ha, 15.7× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 201,246 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 28,578 ha, 7.0× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Other pulses n.e.c. — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | -91.4% | 650,000 ha | 56,000 ha |
| 1981 | +64.3% | 280,000 ha | 460,000 ha |
| 1985 | +60.0% | 300,000 ha | 480,000 ha |
| 1980 | -49.1% | 550,000 ha | 280,000 ha |
| 1988 | +46.7% | 510,000 ha | 748,000 ha |
| 2012 | +44.5% | 102,766 ha | 148,447 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 542,778 ha | 530,000 ha | 560,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 597,000 ha | 550,000 ha | 620,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 485,800 ha | 280,000 ha | 748,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 441,456 ha | 53,294 ha | 815,908 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 72,478 ha | 48,479 ha | 102,671 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 172,509 ha | 85,141 ha | 228,230 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 201,368 ha | 201,134 ha | 201,856 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 4 Spain 299,070 ha compare
- 5 Ghana 282,061 ha compare
- 6 Poland 240,200 ha compare
- 6 United Republic of Tanzania 35,095 ha compare
- 7 Democratic Republic of the Congo 27,030 ha compare
- 8 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 22,192 ha compare
- 8 Nigeria 152,867 ha compare
- 9 Pakistan 140,559 ha compare
- 9 Melanesia 14,033 ha compare
- 10 Ethiopia PDR 127,000 ha compare
- 10 Türkiye 3,228 ha compare
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 other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Kenya?
- Other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Kenya was 201,246 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 815,908 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 48,479 ha in 2006.
- How does Kenya rank for other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 7th out of 116 countries with data for 2024.
- Is other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.4%. 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 pulses 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.