Soya beans — Area harvested in Kenya
Kenya: Soya beans — Area harvested was 17,299 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Area harvested in Kenya, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 17,299 ha for soya beans — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of up 52.9% on the previous year and up 677.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — area harvested in Kenya peaked at 17,299 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,621 ha, in 2010.
Kenya ranks 55th of 107 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Soya beans — Area harvested in Kenya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 2,500 ha | — |
| 1991 | 2,511 ha | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 2,515 ha | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 2,519 ha | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 2,522 ha | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 2,525 ha | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 2,527 ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 2,529 ha | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 2,529 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 2,529 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 2,413 ha | -4.6% |
| 2001 | 2,420 ha | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 2,427 ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 2,434 ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 2,441 ha | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 2,449 ha | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 2,513 ha | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 2,500 ha | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 2,638 ha | +5.5% |
| 2009 | 2,950 ha | +11.8% |
| 2010 | 1,621 ha | -45.1% |
| 2011 | 1,734 ha | +7.0% |
| 2012 | 1,911 ha | +10.2% |
| 2013 | 2,045 ha | +7.0% |
| 2014 | 2,225 ha | +8.8% |
| 2015 | 2,761 ha | +24.1% |
| 2016 | 2,215 ha | -19.8% |
| 2017 | 2,405 ha | +8.6% |
| 2018 | 2,390 ha | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 2,398 ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 2,398 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 4,662 ha | +94.4% |
| 2022 | 5,961 ha | +27.9% |
| 2023 | 11,313 ha | +89.8% |
| 2024 | 17,299 ha | +52.9% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 17,299 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 30,000 ha, 58% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 17,299 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 69,324 ha, 25% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Soya beans — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +94.4% | 2,398 ha | 4,662 ha |
| 2023 | +89.8% | 5,961 ha | 11,313 ha |
| 2024 | +52.9% | 11,313 ha | 17,299 ha |
| 2010 | -45.1% | 2,950 ha | 1,621 ha |
| 2022 | +27.9% | 4,662 ha | 5,961 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,521 ha | 2,500 ha | 2,529 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,518 ha | 2,413 ha | 2,950 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,170 ha | 1,621 ha | 2,761 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,327 ha | 2,398 ha | 17,299 ha | 5 |
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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 soya beans — area harvested in Kenya?
- Soya beans — area harvested in Kenya was 17,299 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 17,299 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,621 ha in 2010.
- How does Kenya rank for soya beans — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 55th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — area harvested rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 677.5%. 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 Soya beans — 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.