Sugar cane — Area harvested in Kenya
Kenya: Sugar cane — Area harvested was 134,900 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar cane — area harvested in Kenya stood at 134,900 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 67.2% on the previous year and up 86.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — area harvested in Kenya peaked at 134,900 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 17,120 ha, in 1966.
That places Kenya 18th out of 103 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.
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Kenya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 17,644 ha | — |
| 1962 | 18,129 ha | +2.7% |
| 1963 | 18,453 ha | +1.8% |
| 1964 | 18,372 ha | -0.4% |
| 1965 | 18,300 ha | -0.4% |
| 1966 | 17,120 ha | -6.4% |
| 1967 | 21,935 ha | +28.1% |
| 1968 | 26,547 ha | +21.0% |
| 1969 | 26,367 ha | -0.7% |
| 1970 | 31,500 ha | +19.5% |
| 1971 | 20,615 ha | -34.6% |
| 1972 | 17,703 ha | -14.1% |
| 1973 | 27,100 ha | +53.1% |
| 1974 | 29,300 ha | +8.1% |
| 1975 | 31,500 ha | +7.5% |
| 1976 | 30,100 ha | -4.4% |
| 1977 | 32,200 ha | +7.0% |
| 1978 | 35,600 ha | +10.6% |
| 1979 | 36,800 ha | +3.4% |
| 1980 | 37,400 ha | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 38,900 ha | +4.0% |
| 1982 | 39,100 ha | +0.5% |
| 1983 | 38,815 ha | -0.7% |
| 1984 | 38,815 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 51,847 ha | +33.6% |
| 1986 | 51,693 ha | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 50,461 ha | -2.4% |
| 1988 | 42,671 ha | -15.4% |
| 1989 | 40,909 ha | -4.1% |
| 1990 | 40,494 ha | -1.0% |
| 1991 | 47,881 ha | +18.2% |
| 1992 | 47,622 ha | -0.5% |
| 1993 | 51,943 ha | +9.1% |
| 1994 | 57,392 ha | +10.5% |
| 1995 | 56,145 ha | -2.2% |
| 1996 | 57,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 56,000 ha | -1.8% |
| 1998 | 50,111 ha | -10.5% |
| 1999 | 51,833 ha | +3.4% |
| 2000 | 57,243 ha | +10.4% |
| 2001 | 47,794 ha | -16.5% |
| 2002 | 54,010 ha | +13.0% |
| 2003 | 50,468 ha | -6.6% |
| 2004 | 54,191 ha | +7.4% |
| 2005 | 56,537 ha | +4.3% |
| 2006 | 54,621 ha | -3.4% |
| 2007 | 59,201 ha | +8.4% |
| 2008 | 54,465 ha | -8.0% |
| 2009 | 65,774 ha | +20.8% |
| 2010 | 68,738 ha | +4.5% |
| 2011 | 79,000 ha | +14.9% |
| 2012 | 87,340 ha | +10.6% |
| 2013 | 85,857 ha | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 72,180 ha | -15.9% |
| 2015 | 77,830 ha | +7.8% |
| 2016 | 86,876 ha | +11.6% |
| 2017 | 67,708 ha | -22.1% |
| 2018 | 73,080 ha | +7.9% |
| 2019 | 71,935 ha | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 89,800 ha | +24.8% |
| 2021 | 93,288 ha | +3.9% |
| 2022 | 117,960 ha | +26.4% |
| 2023 | 80,700 ha | -31.6% |
| 2024 | 134,900 ha | +67.2% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 134,900 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 32,772 ha, 4.1× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 134,900 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 18,222 ha, 7.4× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar cane — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | +67.2% | 80,700 ha | 134,900 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,319 ha | 17,120 ha | 26,547 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 29,242 ha | 17,703 ha | 36,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 43,061 ha | 37,400 ha | 51,847 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 51,642 ha | 40,494 ha | 57,392 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 55,430 ha | 47,794 ha | 65,774 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 77,054 ha | 67,708 ha | 87,340 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 103,330 ha | 80,700 ha | 134,900 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 15 South Africa 242,267 ha compare
- 16 Guatemala 218,690 ha compare
- 17 Myanmar 178,646 ha compare
- 19 Egypt 124,299 ha compare
- 20 Côte d'Ivoire 26,622 ha compare
- 20 Peru 118,456 ha compare
- 21 Cabo Verde 3,114 ha compare
- 21 Dominican Republic 110,649 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 sugar cane — area harvested in Kenya?
- Sugar cane — area harvested in Kenya was 134,900 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 134,900 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 17,120 ha in 1966.
- How does Kenya rank for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 18th out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — area harvested rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 86.9%. 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 Sugar cane — 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.