Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Kenya
Kenya: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 380,110 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 380,110 ha for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.8% on the previous year and up 55.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Kenya peaked at 380,110 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 108,000 ha, in 1961.
Kenya ranks 28th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Kenya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 108,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 109,500 ha | +1.4% |
| 1963 | 111,500 ha | +1.8% |
| 1964 | 112,700 ha | +1.1% |
| 1965 | 114,200 ha | +1.3% |
| 1966 | 116,700 ha | +2.2% |
| 1967 | 117,900 ha | +1.0% |
| 1968 | 119,900 ha | +1.7% |
| 1969 | 121,400 ha | +1.3% |
| 1970 | 125,900 ha | +3.7% |
| 1971 | 124,400 ha | -1.2% |
| 1972 | 130,400 ha | +4.8% |
| 1973 | 136,400 ha | +4.6% |
| 1974 | 141,600 ha | +3.8% |
| 1975 | 149,200 ha | +5.4% |
| 1976 | 156,555 ha | +4.9% |
| 1977 | 163,555 ha | +4.5% |
| 1978 | 166,912 ha | +2.1% |
| 1979 | 168,800 ha | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 160,500 ha | -4.9% |
| 1981 | 143,400 ha | -10.7% |
| 1982 | 206,000 ha | +43.7% |
| 1983 | 193,000 ha | -6.3% |
| 1984 | 150,000 ha | -22.3% |
| 1985 | 180,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1986 | 184,885 ha | +2.7% |
| 1987 | 159,800 ha | -13.6% |
| 1988 | 168,000 ha | +5.1% |
| 1989 | 175,720 ha | +4.6% |
| 1990 | 168,520 ha | -4.1% |
| 1991 | 177,414 ha | +5.3% |
| 1992 | 159,106 ha | -10.3% |
| 1993 | 142,407 ha | -10.5% |
| 1994 | 166,479 ha | +16.9% |
| 1995 | 179,408 ha | +7.8% |
| 1996 | 201,747 ha | +12.5% |
| 1997 | 211,598 ha | +4.9% |
| 1998 | 199,519 ha | -5.7% |
| 1999 | 235,716 ha | +18.1% |
| 2000 | 232,436 ha | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 269,102 ha | +15.8% |
| 2002 | 259,457 ha | -3.6% |
| 2003 | 242,753 ha | -6.4% |
| 2004 | 250,923 ha | +3.4% |
| 2005 | 234,883 ha | -6.4% |
| 2006 | 268,179 ha | +14.2% |
| 2007 | 227,156 ha | -15.3% |
| 2008 | 255,513 ha | +12.5% |
| 2009 | 271,721 ha | +6.3% |
| 2010 | 269,027 ha | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 249,250 ha | -7.4% |
| 2012 | 286,614 ha | +15.0% |
| 2013 | 279,448 ha | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 244,017 ha | -12.7% |
| 2015 | 259,908 ha | +6.5% |
| 2016 | 243,372 ha | -6.4% |
| 2017 | 301,216 ha | +23.8% |
| 2018 | 346,634 ha | +15.1% |
| 2019 | 333,598 ha | -3.8% |
| 2020 | 295,470 ha | -11.4% |
| 2021 | 346,127 ha | +17.1% |
| 2022 | 355,762 ha | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 373,419 ha | +5.0% |
| 2024 | 380,110 ha | +1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 114,644 ha | 108,000 ha | 121,400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 146,372 ha | 124,400 ha | 168,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 172,130 ha | 143,400 ha | 206,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 184,191 ha | 142,407 ha | 235,716 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 251,212 ha | 227,156 ha | 271,721 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 281,308 ha | 243,372 ha | 346,634 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 350,178 ha | 295,470 ha | 380,110 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 25 Ethiopia 451,283 ha compare
- 26 Togo 451,174 ha compare
- 27 Rwanda 413,002 ha compare
- 29 Cabo Verde 623 ha compare
- 29 Pakistan 352,045 ha compare
- 30 Philippines 347,129 ha compare
- 31 Sierra Leone 314,286 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 roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Kenya?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Kenya was 380,110 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 380,110 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 108,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Kenya rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 28th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 55.8%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.