Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Kenya
Kenya: Plums and sloes — Area harvested was 233 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Kenya, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for plums and sloes — area harvested in Kenya is 233 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 76.5% on the previous year and up 9.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — area harvested in Kenya peaked at 854 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 89 ha, in 2020.
Kenya ranks 74th of 90 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Kenya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 854 ha | — |
| 1993 | 834 ha | -2.3% |
| 1994 | 700 ha | -16.1% |
| 1995 | 650 ha | -7.1% |
| 1996 | 670 ha | +3.1% |
| 1997 | 632 ha | -5.7% |
| 1998 | 672 ha | +6.3% |
| 1999 | 638 ha | -5.1% |
| 2000 | 687 ha | +7.7% |
| 2001 | 634 ha | -7.7% |
| 2002 | 700 ha | +10.4% |
| 2003 | 784 ha | +12.0% |
| 2004 | 800 ha | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 810 ha | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 824 ha | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 851 ha | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 779 ha | -8.5% |
| 2009 | 613 ha | -21.3% |
| 2010 | 397 ha | -35.2% |
| 2011 | 201 ha | -49.4% |
| 2012 | 205 ha | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 210 ha | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 212 ha | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 174 ha | -17.9% |
| 2016 | 211 ha | +21.3% |
| 2017 | 136 ha | -35.5% |
| 2018 | 122 ha | -10.3% |
| 2019 | 115 ha | -5.7% |
| 2020 | 89 ha | -22.6% |
| 2021 | 162 ha | +82.0% |
| 2022 | 153 ha | -5.6% |
| 2023 | 132 ha | -13.7% |
| 2024 | 233 ha | +76.5% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 233 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,055 ha, 11% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 233 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 233 ha, 1.0× the median. (7 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Plums and sloes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +82.0% | 89 ha | 162 ha |
| 2024 | +76.5% | 132 ha | 233 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 706.25 ha | 632 ha | 854 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 748.2 ha | 613 ha | 851 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 198.3 ha | 115 ha | 397 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 153.8 ha | 89 ha | 233 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 plums and sloes — area harvested in Kenya?
- Plums and sloes — area harvested in Kenya was 233 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 854 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 89 ha in 2020.
- How does Kenya rank for plums and sloes — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 74th out of 90 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — area harvested rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.9%. 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 Plums and sloes — 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.