Sorghum — Area harvested in Kenya
Kenya: Sorghum — Area harvested was 250,432 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Area harvested in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum — area harvested in Kenya is 250,432 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 20.6% on the previous year and up 17.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Kenya peaked at 254,125 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 84,000 ha, in 1981.
That places Kenya 26th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Area harvested in Kenya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 150,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 164,000 ha | +9.3% |
| 1963 | 170,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 1964 | 172,000 ha | +1.2% |
| 1965 | 150,000 ha | -12.8% |
| 1966 | 210,000 ha | +40.0% |
| 1967 | 210,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 205,000 ha | -2.4% |
| 1969 | 200,000 ha | -2.4% |
| 1970 | 201,000 ha | +0.5% |
| 1971 | 202,000 ha | +0.5% |
| 1972 | 205,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 1973 | 205,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 206,400 ha | +0.7% |
| 1975 | 206,000 ha | -0.2% |
| 1976 | 209,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 1977 | 208,000 ha | -0.5% |
| 1978 | 210,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 210,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 210,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 84,000 ha | -60.0% |
| 1982 | 86,600 ha | +3.1% |
| 1983 | 120,000 ha | +38.6% |
| 1984 | 154,600 ha | +28.8% |
| 1985 | 160,000 ha | +3.5% |
| 1986 | 132,056 ha | -17.5% |
| 1987 | 138,454 ha | +4.8% |
| 1988 | 143,902 ha | +3.9% |
| 1989 | 115,040 ha | -20.1% |
| 1990 | 117,960 ha | +2.5% |
| 1991 | 114,711 ha | -2.8% |
| 1992 | 114,972 ha | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 120,181 ha | +4.5% |
| 1994 | 125,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1995 | 132,850 ha | +6.3% |
| 1996 | 134,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 134,126 ha | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 118,824 ha | -11.4% |
| 1999 | 141,370 ha | +19.0% |
| 2000 | 122,493 ha | -13.4% |
| 2001 | 136,078 ha | +11.1% |
| 2002 | 144,294 ha | +6.0% |
| 2003 | 148,985 ha | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 123,155 ha | -17.3% |
| 2005 | 122,368 ha | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 163,865 ha | +33.9% |
| 2007 | 155,550 ha | -5.1% |
| 2008 | 104,041 ha | -33.1% |
| 2009 | 173,172 ha | +66.4% |
| 2010 | 225,782 ha | +30.4% |
| 2011 | 254,125 ha | +12.6% |
| 2012 | 223,799 ha | -11.9% |
| 2013 | 223,659 ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 213,520 ha | -4.5% |
| 2015 | 195,507 ha | -8.4% |
| 2016 | 184,654 ha | -5.6% |
| 2017 | 203,586 ha | +10.3% |
| 2018 | 240,403 ha | +18.1% |
| 2019 | 240,200 ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 219,657 ha | -8.6% |
| 2021 | 207,810 ha | -5.4% |
| 2022 | 206,883 ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 207,739 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 250,432 ha | +20.6% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 250,432 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 28,421 ha, 8.8× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 250,432 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 225,850 ha, 1.1× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +66.4% | 104,041 ha | 173,172 ha |
| 1981 | -60.0% | 210,000 ha | 84,000 ha |
| 1966 | +40.0% | 150,000 ha | 210,000 ha |
| 1983 | +38.6% | 86,600 ha | 120,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 181,222 ha | 150,000 ha | 210,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 206,240 ha | 201,000 ha | 210,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 134,465 ha | 84,000 ha | 210,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 125,399 ha | 114,711 ha | 141,370 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 139,400 ha | 104,041 ha | 173,172 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 220,524 ha | 184,654 ha | 254,125 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 218,504 ha | 206,883 ha | 250,432 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 24 Côte d'Ivoire 100,000 ha compare
- 24 Eritrea 270,000 ha compare
- 25 Senegal 260,000 ha compare
- 26 Caribbean 27,095 ha compare
- 27 Somalia 250,000 ha compare
- 28 Mauritania 240,000 ha compare
- 29 Mozambique 239,352 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 sorghum — area harvested in Kenya?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Kenya was 250,432 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 254,125 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 84,000 ha in 1981.
- How does Kenya rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 26th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.3%. 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 Sorghum — 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.