Spinach — Area harvested in Kenya
Kenya: Spinach — Area harvested was 11,842 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Spinach — Area harvested in Kenya, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 11,842 ha for spinach — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 7.3% on the previous year and up 17.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — area harvested in Kenya peaked at 12,770 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 558 ha, in 1993.
That places Kenya 5th out of 69 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Spinach — Area harvested in Kenya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 653 ha | — |
| 1993 | 558 ha | -14.5% |
| 1994 | 1,636 ha | +193.2% |
| 1995 | 1,628 ha | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 1,542 ha | -5.3% |
| 1997 | 2,471 ha | +60.2% |
| 1998 | 1,643 ha | -33.5% |
| 1999 | 1,734 ha | +5.5% |
| 2000 | 1,372 ha | -20.9% |
| 2001 | 1,447 ha | +5.5% |
| 2002 | 862 ha | -40.4% |
| 2003 | 2,124 ha | +146.4% |
| 2004 | 2,138 ha | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 2,203 ha | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 2,613 ha | +18.6% |
| 2007 | 3,651 ha | +39.7% |
| 2008 | 3,910 ha | +7.1% |
| 2009 | 2,308 ha | -41.0% |
| 2010 | 4,047 ha | +75.3% |
| 2011 | 4,413 ha | +9.0% |
| 2012 | 4,651 ha | +5.4% |
| 2013 | 4,784 ha | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 10,085 ha | +110.8% |
| 2015 | 4,996 ha | -50.5% |
| 2016 | 5,615 ha | +12.4% |
| 2017 | 7,368 ha | +31.2% |
| 2018 | 9,163 ha | +24.4% |
| 2019 | 9,563 ha | +4.4% |
| 2020 | 9,789 ha | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 10,894 ha | +11.3% |
| 2022 | 11,650 ha | +6.9% |
| 2023 | 12,770 ha | +9.6% |
| 2024 | 11,842 ha | -7.3% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 11,842 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 616 ha, 19.2× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Spinach — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +193.2% | 558 ha | 1,636 ha |
| 2003 | +146.4% | 862 ha | 2,124 ha |
| 2014 | +110.8% | 4,784 ha | 10,085 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,483 ha | 558 ha | 2,471 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 2,263 ha | 862 ha | 3,910 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,468 ha | 4,047 ha | 10,085 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,389 ha | 9,789 ha | 12,770 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 2 China, mainland 736,281 ha compare
- 2 Türkiye 15,531 ha compare
- 3 Indonesia 43,680 ha compare
- 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 5,084 ha compare
- 4 Japan 18,355 ha compare
- 6 Malaysia 10,520 ha compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 400 ha compare
- 7 Bangladesh 9,860 ha compare
- 8 Pakistan 7,391 ha compare
- 8 Polynesia 0 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 spinach — area harvested in Kenya?
- Spinach — area harvested in Kenya was 11,842 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 12,770 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest spinach — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 558 ha in 1993.
- How does Kenya rank for spinach — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 5th out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
- Is spinach — area harvested rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.4%. 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 Spinach — 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.