Papayas — Area harvested in Kenya
Kenya: Papayas — Area harvested was 7,722 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Papayas — Area harvested in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for papayas — area harvested in Kenya is 7,722 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 4.8% on the previous year and down 12.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, papayas — area harvested in Kenya peaked at 9,336 ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 2,900 ha, in 1961.
Kenya ranks 15th of 74 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,900 ha | 2,900 ha | 2,900 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,260 ha | 2,900 ha | 3,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,880 ha | 3,600 ha | 4,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,238 ha | 4,172 ha | 6,105 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,170 ha | 5,419 ha | 8,277 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,696 ha | 7,501 ha | 9,336 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,826 ha | 5,433 ha | 7,722 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 12 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 8,868 ha compare
- 13 China, mainland 8,515 ha compare
- 14 Philippines 7,766 ha compare
- 16 Colombia 7,504 ha compare
- 17 Ethiopia 7,219 ha compare
- 18 Bangladesh 7,155 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Kenya
- Agriculture share gdp 23.16 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 23.16 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 12.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2024)
- Rural population 67.8% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.5% (2025)
- Rural population 39.00 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 23.2% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 31.48 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 2.06 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is papayas — area harvested in Kenya?
- Papayas — area harvested in Kenya was 7,722 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest papayas — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 9,336 ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest papayas — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,900 ha in 1961.
- How does Kenya rank for papayas — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 15th out of 74 countries with data for 2024.
- Is papayas — area harvested rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.7%. 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 Papayas — 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.