Pyrethrum, dried flowers — Area harvested in Kenya
Kenya: Pyrethrum, dried flowers — Area harvested was 3,864 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pyrethrum, dried flowers — Area harvested in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pyrethrum, dried flowers — area harvested in Kenya is 3,864 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pyrethrum, dried flowers — area harvested in Kenya peaked at 37,000 ha in 1975 and was at its lowest, 1,113 ha, in 2015.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pyrethrum, dried flowers — Area harvested in Kenya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 30,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 28,000 ha | -6.7% |
| 1964 | 15,000 ha | -46.4% |
| 1965 | 20,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1966 | 21,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1967 | 30,000 ha | +42.9% |
| 1968 | 31,000 ha | +3.3% |
| 1969 | 25,000 ha | -19.4% |
| 1970 | 20,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1971 | 30,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1972 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 35,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 1975 | 37,000 ha | +5.7% |
| 1976 | 31,000 ha | -16.2% |
| 1977 | 24,000 ha | -22.6% |
| 1978 | 17,000 ha | -29.2% |
| 1979 | 16,000 ha | -5.9% |
| 1980 | 15,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 1981 | 19,000 ha | +26.7% |
| 1982 | 17,545 ha | -7.7% |
| 1983 | 18,140 ha | +3.4% |
| 1984 | 17,696 ha | -2.4% |
| 1985 | 12,460 ha | -29.6% |
| 1986 | 7,633 ha | -38.7% |
| 1987 | 8,290 ha | +8.6% |
| 1988 | 9,000 ha | +8.6% |
| 1989 | 9,422 ha | +4.7% |
| 1990 | 11,236 ha | +19.3% |
| 1991 | 15,000 ha | +33.5% |
| 1992 | 18,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1993 | 17,000 ha | -5.6% |
| 1994 | 16,000 ha | -5.9% |
| 1995 | 13,000 ha | -18.8% |
| 1996 | 12,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 1997 | 11,000 ha | -8.3% |
| 1998 | 10,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1999 | 11,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 2000 | 9,000 ha | -18.2% |
| 2001 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 6,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 2010 | 6,100 ha | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 8,168 ha | +33.9% |
| 2012 | 8,200 ha | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 3,300 ha | -59.8% |
| 2014 | 3,700 ha | +12.1% |
| 2015 | 1,113 ha | -69.9% |
| 2016 | 1,337 ha | +20.1% |
| 2017 | 1,404 ha | +5.0% |
| 2018 | 2,518 ha | +79.3% |
| 2019 | 2,584 ha | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 2,622 ha | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 1,529 ha | -41.7% |
| 2022 | 1,619 ha | +5.9% |
| 2023 | 3,789 ha | +134.0% |
| 2024 | 3,864 ha | +2.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pyrethrum, dried flowers — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | +134.0% | 1,619 ha | 3,789 ha |
| 2018 | +79.3% | 1,404 ha | 2,518 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25,556 ha | 15,000 ha | 31,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 27,000 ha | 16,000 ha | 37,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,419 ha | 7,633 ha | 19,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,424 ha | 10,000 ha | 18,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,700 ha | 6,000 ha | 9,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,842 ha | 1,113 ha | 8,200 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,685 ha | 1,529 ha | 3,864 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pyrethrum, dried flowers — area harvested in Kenya?
- Pyrethrum, dried flowers — area harvested in Kenya was 3,864 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pyrethrum, dried flowers — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 37,000 ha in 1975.
- What is the lowest pyrethrum, dried flowers — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,113 ha in 2015.
- How does Kenya rank for pyrethrum, dried flowers — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 2nd out of 7 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pyrethrum, dried flowers — area harvested rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.4%. 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 Pyrethrum, dried flowers — 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.