Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Kenya
Kenya: Sunflower seed — Area harvested was 6,000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sunflower seed — area harvested in Kenya is 6,000 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 57.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — area harvested in Kenya peaked at 16,734 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 1,700 ha, in 1967.
Kenya ranks 51st of 84 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Kenya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,180 ha | -2.3% |
| 1963 | 3,035 ha | -41.4% |
| 1964 | 2,954 ha | -2.7% |
| 1965 | 2,954 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,781 ha | -39.7% |
| 1967 | 1,700 ha | -4.5% |
| 1968 | 2,873 ha | +69.0% |
| 1969 | 4,168 ha | +45.1% |
| 1970 | 4,000 ha | -4.0% |
| 1971 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 4,400 ha | +10.0% |
| 1973 | 5,500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1974 | 6,600 ha | +20.0% |
| 1975 | 8,000 ha | +21.2% |
| 1976 | 9,100 ha | +13.8% |
| 1977 | 11,280 ha | +24.0% |
| 1978 | 13,000 ha | +15.2% |
| 1979 | 13,600 ha | +4.6% |
| 1980 | 13,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 14,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1982 | 11,484 ha | -18.0% |
| 1983 | 3,168 ha | -72.4% |
| 1984 | 3,150 ha | -0.6% |
| 1985 | 3,511 ha | +11.5% |
| 1986 | 4,551 ha | +29.6% |
| 1987 | 7,500 ha | +64.8% |
| 1988 | 9,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1989 | 12,639 ha | +40.4% |
| 1990 | 16,734 ha | +32.4% |
| 1991 | 15,842 ha | -5.3% |
| 1992 | 10,000 ha | -36.9% |
| 1993 | 10,220 ha | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 9,444 ha | -7.6% |
| 1995 | 9,000 ha | -4.7% |
| 1996 | 9,080 ha | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 8,800 ha | -3.1% |
| 1998 | 7,245 ha | -17.7% |
| 1999 | 12,251 ha | +69.1% |
| 2000 | 13,000 ha | +6.1% |
| 2001 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 12,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 2011 | 14,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 2012 | 14,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 14,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 14,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 5,000 ha | -64.3% |
| 2016 | 6,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 2017 | 5,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 2018 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 6,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 2023 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 6,000 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 9,923 ha, 60% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 6,000 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 20,569 ha, 29% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sunflower seed — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | -72.4% | 11,484 ha | 3,168 ha |
| 1968 | +69.0% | 1,700 ha | 2,873 ha |
| 1999 | +69.1% | 7,245 ha | 12,251 ha |
| 1987 | +64.8% | 4,551 ha | 7,500 ha |
| 2015 | -64.3% | 14,000 ha | 5,000 ha |
| 1969 | +45.1% | 2,873 ha | 4,168 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,327 ha | 1,700 ha | 5,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,948 ha | 4,000 ha | 13,600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,260 ha | 3,150 ha | 14,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,862 ha | 7,245 ha | 16,734 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,000 ha | 13,000 ha | 13,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,400 ha | 5,000 ha | 14,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,600 ha | 5,000 ha | 6,000 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 sunflower seed — area harvested in Kenya?
- Sunflower seed — area harvested in Kenya was 6,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 16,734 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,700 ha in 1967.
- How does Kenya rank for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 51st out of 84 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 57.1%. 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 Sunflower seed — 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.