Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Kenya
Kenya: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 1.82 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pulses, total — area harvested in Kenya is 1.82 million ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 8.2% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Kenya peaked at 1.98 million ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 645,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Kenya 14th out of 169 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Kenya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 645,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 645,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 650,000 ha | +0.8% |
| 1964 | 650,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 655,000 ha | +0.8% |
| 1966 | 665,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 1967 | 665,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 675,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 1969 | 680,000 ha | +0.7% |
| 1970 | 710,000 ha | +4.4% |
| 1971 | 760,000 ha | +7.0% |
| 1972 | 800,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1973 | 870,000 ha | +8.8% |
| 1974 | 890,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 1975 | 900,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 1976 | 910,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 1977 | 950,000 ha | +4.4% |
| 1978 | 970,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 1979 | 930,000 ha | -4.1% |
| 1980 | 700,000 ha | -24.7% |
| 1981 | 890,000 ha | +27.1% |
| 1982 | 890,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 880,000 ha | -1.1% |
| 1984 | 790,000 ha | -10.2% |
| 1985 | 970,000 ha | +22.8% |
| 1986 | 1.00 million ha | +3.1% |
| 1987 | 1.06 million ha | +6.0% |
| 1988 | 1.33 million ha | +25.3% |
| 1989 | 1.64 million ha | +23.6% |
| 1990 | 1.46 million ha | -10.9% |
| 1991 | 1.58 million ha | +8.0% |
| 1992 | 1.74 million ha | +10.0% |
| 1993 | 1.53 million ha | -11.7% |
| 1994 | 1.63 million ha | +6.0% |
| 1995 | 1.67 million ha | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 1.02 million ha | -38.8% |
| 1997 | 1.07 million ha | +5.3% |
| 1998 | 1.08 million ha | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 1.22 million ha | +12.8% |
| 2000 | 1.15 million ha | -5.7% |
| 2001 | 1.24 million ha | +7.8% |
| 2002 | 1.30 million ha | +4.5% |
| 2003 | 1.32 million ha | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 1.21 million ha | -7.7% |
| 2005 | 1.35 million ha | +11.4% |
| 2006 | 1.41 million ha | +4.0% |
| 2007 | 1.20 million ha | -14.6% |
| 2008 | 1.07 million ha | -11.1% |
| 2009 | 1.29 million ha | +20.9% |
| 2010 | 1.11 million ha | -13.9% |
| 2011 | 1.49 million ha | +33.8% |
| 2012 | 1.70 million ha | +14.7% |
| 2013 | 1.77 million ha | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 1.81 million ha | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 1.86 million ha | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 1.77 million ha | -5.1% |
| 2017 | 1.58 million ha | -10.7% |
| 2018 | 1.75 million ha | +11.1% |
| 2019 | 1.77 million ha | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 1.73 million ha | -2.6% |
| 2021 | 1.70 million ha | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 1.94 million ha | +14.1% |
| 2023 | 1.98 million ha | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 1.82 million ha | -8.2% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 1.82 million ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 123,442 ha, 14.7× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 1.82 million ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 161,940 ha, 11.2× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pulses, Total — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | -38.8% | 1.67 million ha | 1.02 million ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 658,889 ha | 645,000 ha | 680,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 869,000 ha | 710,000 ha | 970,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.01 million ha | 700,000 ha | 1.64 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.40 million ha | 1.02 million ha | 1.74 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.25 million ha | 1.07 million ha | 1.41 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.66 million ha | 1.11 million ha | 1.86 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.83 million ha | 1.70 million ha | 1.98 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 11 China, mainland 2.62 million ha compare
- 11 Syrian Arab Republic 214,171 ha compare
- 12 Russian Federation 2.21 million ha compare
- 12 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 175,043 ha compare
- 13 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 100,417 ha compare
- 13 Mozambique 2.01 million ha compare
- 14 Republic of Moldova 35,814 ha compare
- 15 Burkina Faso 1.60 million ha compare
- 15 Melanesia 14,033 ha compare
- 16 Ethiopia 1.58 million ha compare
- 16 Timor-Leste 7,627 ha compare
- 17 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3,145 ha compare
- 17 Mexico 1.52 million 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 pulses, total — area harvested in Kenya?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in Kenya was 1.82 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 1.98 million ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 645,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Kenya rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 14th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. 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 Pulses, Total — 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.