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 11th of 64 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Papayas — Area harvested in Kenya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,900 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 2,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 2,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 2,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 2,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 2,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 2,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 3,100 ha | +6.9% |
| 1972 | 3,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 3,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 3,300 ha | +6.5% |
| 1975 | 3,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 3,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 3,500 ha | +6.1% |
| 1978 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 3,600 ha | +2.9% |
| 1981 | 3,800 ha | +5.6% |
| 1982 | 3,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 3,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 3,600 ha | -5.3% |
| 1985 | 3,900 ha | +8.3% |
| 1986 | 3,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 4,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1988 | 4,200 ha | +5.0% |
| 1989 | 4,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 4,172 ha | -0.7% |
| 1991 | 4,505 ha | +8.0% |
| 1992 | 4,786 ha | +6.2% |
| 1993 | 5,005 ha | +4.6% |
| 1994 | 5,769 ha | +15.3% |
| 1995 | 4,658 ha | -19.3% |
| 1996 | 5,708 ha | +22.5% |
| 1997 | 5,793 ha | +1.5% |
| 1998 | 5,880 ha | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 6,105 ha | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 6,340 ha | +3.8% |
| 2001 | 7,046 ha | +11.1% |
| 2002 | 6,974 ha | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 8,277 ha | +18.7% |
| 2004 | 8,000 ha | -3.3% |
| 2005 | 7,641 ha | -4.5% |
| 2006 | 7,328 ha | -4.1% |
| 2007 | 7,547 ha | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 7,133 ha | -5.5% |
| 2009 | 5,419 ha | -24.0% |
| 2010 | 8,300 ha | +53.2% |
| 2011 | 7,501 ha | -9.6% |
| 2012 | 8,504 ha | +13.4% |
| 2013 | 9,336 ha | +9.8% |
| 2014 | 8,846 ha | -5.2% |
| 2015 | 8,753 ha | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 8,683 ha | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 9,132 ha | +5.2% |
| 2018 | 9,105 ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 8,800 ha | -3.3% |
| 2020 | 7,554 ha | -14.2% |
| 2021 | 5,433 ha | -28.1% |
| 2022 | 6,052 ha | +11.4% |
| 2023 | 7,371 ha | +21.8% |
| 2024 | 7,722 ha | +4.8% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 7,722 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,252 ha, 6.2× the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 7,722 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,659 ha, 4.7× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Papayas — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +53.2% | 5,419 ha | 8,300 ha |
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
- 8 China 11,010 ha compare
- 8 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3,242 ha compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2,342 ha compare
- 9 China, mainland 8,515 ha compare
- 10 Philippines 7,766 ha compare
- 10 Melanesia 464 ha compare
- 11 Polynesia 365 ha compare
- 12 Colombia 7,504 ha compare
- 12 Timor-Leste 95 ha compare
- 13 Ethiopia 7,219 ha compare
- 13 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 28 ha compare
- 13 Caribbean 19,304 ha compare
- 14 Bangladesh 7,155 ha compare
- 14 Micronesia 0 ha
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 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 11th out of 64 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.