Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Kenya
Kenya: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 68,449 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — area harvested in Kenya is 68,449 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 25.8% on the previous year and up 12.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Kenya peaked at 82,312 ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 24,395 ha, in 1990.
Kenya ranks 18th of 113 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Kenya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 25,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 25,500 ha | +2.0% |
| 1963 | 26,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1964 | 26,500 ha | +1.9% |
| 1965 | 27,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1966 | 28,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 1967 | 28,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 29,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 1969 | 29,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 30,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1971 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 31,000 ha | +3.3% |
| 1973 | 31,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 32,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 1975 | 32,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 33,955 ha | +6.1% |
| 1977 | 35,955 ha | +5.9% |
| 1978 | 37,112 ha | +3.2% |
| 1979 | 38,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1980 | 38,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 36,400 ha | -4.2% |
| 1982 | 53,000 ha | +45.6% |
| 1983 | 29,000 ha | -45.3% |
| 1984 | 30,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1985 | 50,000 ha | +66.7% |
| 1986 | 51,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 53,000 ha | +3.9% |
| 1988 | 55,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 1989 | 28,900 ha | -47.5% |
| 1990 | 24,395 ha | -15.6% |
| 1991 | 37,070 ha | +52.0% |
| 1992 | 37,000 ha | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 32,720 ha | -11.6% |
| 1994 | 27,300 ha | -16.6% |
| 1995 | 31,323 ha | +14.7% |
| 1996 | 33,300 ha | +6.3% |
| 1997 | 34,150 ha | +2.6% |
| 1998 | 49,320 ha | +44.4% |
| 1999 | 51,320 ha | +4.1% |
| 2000 | 59,740 ha | +16.4% |
| 2001 | 66,520 ha | +11.3% |
| 2002 | 60,410 ha | -9.2% |
| 2003 | 58,770 ha | -2.7% |
| 2004 | 60,701 ha | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 61,300 ha | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 74,937 ha | +22.2% |
| 2007 | 61,111 ha | -18.5% |
| 2008 | 62,785 ha | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 77,821 ha | +23.9% |
| 2010 | 82,312 ha | +5.8% |
| 2011 | 61,902 ha | -24.8% |
| 2012 | 66,971 ha | +8.2% |
| 2013 | 58,509 ha | -12.6% |
| 2014 | 61,067 ha | +4.4% |
| 2015 | 72,162 ha | +18.2% |
| 2016 | 47,184 ha | -34.6% |
| 2017 | 63,598 ha | +34.8% |
| 2018 | 64,301 ha | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 57,535 ha | -10.5% |
| 2020 | 54,007 ha | -6.1% |
| 2021 | 65,758 ha | +21.8% |
| 2022 | 48,850 ha | -25.7% |
| 2023 | 54,423 ha | +11.4% |
| 2024 | 68,449 ha | +25.8% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 68,449 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 9,882 ha, 6.9× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 68,449 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 28,960 ha, 2.4× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +66.7% | 30,000 ha | 50,000 ha |
| 1989 | -47.5% | 55,000 ha | 28,900 ha |
| 1991 | +52.0% | 24,395 ha | 37,070 ha |
| 1983 | -45.3% | 53,000 ha | 29,000 ha |
| 1982 | +45.6% | 36,400 ha | 53,000 ha |
| 1998 | +44.4% | 34,150 ha | 49,320 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 27,111 ha | 25,000 ha | 29,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 33,102 ha | 30,000 ha | 38,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 42,430 ha | 28,900 ha | 55,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 35,790 ha | 24,395 ha | 51,320 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 64,410 ha | 58,770 ha | 77,821 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 63,554 ha | 47,184 ha | 82,312 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 58,297 ha | 48,850 ha | 68,449 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 sweet potatoes — area harvested in Kenya?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Kenya was 68,449 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 82,312 ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 24,395 ha in 1990.
- How does Kenya rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 18th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.1%. 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 Sweet potatoes — 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.