Pears — Area harvested in Kenya
Kenya: Pears — Area harvested was 166 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pears — Area harvested in Kenya, 1975–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 166 ha for pears — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.4% on the previous year and down 45.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pears — area harvested in Kenya peaked at 913 ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 20 ha, in 1975.
Kenya ranks 74th of 87 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pears — Area harvested in Kenya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 20 ha | — |
| 1976 | 30 ha | +50.0% |
| 1977 | 30 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 35 ha | +16.7% |
| 1979 | 35 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 35 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 35 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 35 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 35 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 35 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 35 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 35 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 35 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 35 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 35 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 47 ha | +34.3% |
| 1991 | 513 ha | +991.5% |
| 1992 | 528 ha | +2.9% |
| 1993 | 569 ha | +7.8% |
| 1994 | 500 ha | -12.1% |
| 1995 | 446 ha | -10.8% |
| 1996 | 489 ha | +9.6% |
| 1997 | 472 ha | -3.5% |
| 1998 | 536 ha | +13.6% |
| 1999 | 804 ha | +50.0% |
| 2000 | 913 ha | +13.6% |
| 2001 | 561 ha | -38.6% |
| 2002 | 653 ha | +16.4% |
| 2003 | 708 ha | +8.4% |
| 2004 | 710 ha | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 751 ha | +5.8% |
| 2006 | 729 ha | -2.9% |
| 2007 | 455 ha | -37.6% |
| 2008 | 300 ha | -34.1% |
| 2009 | 254 ha | -15.3% |
| 2010 | 172 ha | -32.3% |
| 2011 | 304 ha | +76.7% |
| 2012 | 297 ha | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 295 ha | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 306 ha | +3.7% |
| 2015 | 354 ha | +15.7% |
| 2016 | 254 ha | -28.2% |
| 2017 | 212 ha | -16.5% |
| 2018 | 193 ha | -9.0% |
| 2019 | 171 ha | -11.4% |
| 2020 | 149 ha | -12.9% |
| 2021 | 172 ha | +15.4% |
| 2022 | 155 ha | -9.9% |
| 2023 | 170 ha | +9.7% |
| 2024 | 166 ha | -2.4% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 166 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,602 ha, 6% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pears — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +991.5% | 47 ha | 513 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 30 ha | 20 ha | 35 ha | 5 |
| 1980s | 35 ha | 35 ha | 35 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 490.4 ha | 47 ha | 804 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 603.4 ha | 254 ha | 913 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 255.8 ha | 171 ha | 354 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 162.4 ha | 149 ha | 172 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
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 pears — area harvested in Kenya?
- Pears — area harvested in Kenya was 166 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pears — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 913 ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest pears — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 20 ha in 1975.
- How does Kenya rank for pears — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 74th out of 87 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pears — area harvested rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 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 Pears — 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.