Potatoes — Area harvested in Kenya
Kenya: Potatoes — Area harvested was 225,948 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Area harvested in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, potatoes — area harvested in Kenya stood at 225,948 ha.
That represents a change of down 5.6% on the previous year and up 95.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Kenya peaked at 239,325 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 27,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Kenya 15th out of 153 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Potatoes — Area harvested in Kenya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 27,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 27,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 27,500 ha | +1.9% |
| 1964 | 27,000 ha | -1.8% |
| 1965 | 27,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 27,500 ha | +1.9% |
| 1967 | 27,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 27,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 28,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 1970 | 30,500 ha | +8.9% |
| 1971 | 28,000 ha | -8.2% |
| 1972 | 32,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1973 | 37,000 ha | +15.6% |
| 1974 | 40,000 ha | +8.1% |
| 1975 | 45,600 ha | +14.0% |
| 1976 | 47,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1977 | 47,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 48,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 1979 | 49,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 1980 | 40,000 ha | -18.4% |
| 1981 | 63,000 ha | +57.5% |
| 1982 | 76,000 ha | +20.6% |
| 1983 | 78,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1984 | 72,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 1985 | 78,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1986 | 78,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 40,000 ha | -48.7% |
| 1988 | 41,000 ha | +2.5% |
| 1989 | 86,520 ha | +111.0% |
| 1990 | 87,890 ha | +1.6% |
| 1991 | 87,144 ha | -0.8% |
| 1992 | 68,037 ha | -21.9% |
| 1993 | 55,675 ha | -18.2% |
| 1994 | 83,000 ha | +49.1% |
| 1995 | 96,168 ha | +15.9% |
| 1996 | 98,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 118,596 ha | +21.0% |
| 1998 | 90,418 ha | -23.8% |
| 1999 | 114,602 ha | +26.7% |
| 2000 | 108,516 ha | -5.3% |
| 2001 | 121,496 ha | +12.0% |
| 2002 | 111,728 ha | -8.0% |
| 2003 | 126,490 ha | +13.2% |
| 2004 | 128,484 ha | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 132,030 ha | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 120,754 ha | -8.5% |
| 2007 | 109,614 ha | -9.2% |
| 2008 | 135,000 ha | +23.2% |
| 2009 | 120,246 ha | -10.9% |
| 2010 | 121,542 ha | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 123,390 ha | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 143,325 ha | +16.2% |
| 2013 | 152,007 ha | +6.1% |
| 2014 | 115,604 ha | -23.9% |
| 2015 | 133,532 ha | +15.5% |
| 2016 | 145,967 ha | +9.3% |
| 2017 | 165,458 ha | +13.4% |
| 2018 | 217,315 ha | +31.3% |
| 2019 | 212,976 ha | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 176,252 ha | -17.2% |
| 2021 | 215,729 ha | +22.4% |
| 2022 | 231,525 ha | +7.3% |
| 2023 | 239,325 ha | +3.4% |
| 2024 | 225,948 ha | -5.6% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 225,948 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 24,053 ha, 9.4× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 225,948 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 14,152 ha, 16.0× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | +111.0% | 41,000 ha | 86,520 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 27,333 ha | 27,000 ha | 28,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 40,410 ha | 28,000 ha | 49,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 65,252 ha | 40,000 ha | 86,520 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 89,953 ha | 55,675 ha | 118,596 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 121,436 ha | 108,516 ha | 135,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 153,112 ha | 115,604 ha | 217,315 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 217,756 ha | 176,252 ha | 239,325 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 12 Republic of Moldova 22,430 ha compare
- 12 Yugoslav SFR 284,512 ha compare
- 13 Germany 282,200 ha compare
- 13 Viet Nam 20,733 ha compare
- 14 Egypt 268,565 ha compare
- 15 Timor-Leste 1,339 ha compare
- 16 France 217,680 ha compare
- 16 Melanesia 523 ha compare
- 17 Lao People's Democratic Republic 53 ha compare
- 17 Nepal 211,505 ha compare
- 18 Poland 196,150 ha compare
- 18 Polynesia 0 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 potatoes — area harvested in Kenya?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Kenya was 225,948 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 239,325 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 27,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Kenya rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 15th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 95.5%. 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 Potatoes — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.