Tea leaves — Area harvested in Kenya
Kenya: Tea leaves — Area harvested was 228,400 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Tea leaves — Area harvested in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tea leaves — area harvested in Kenya is 228,400 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 12.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea leaves — area harvested in Kenya peaked at 269,400 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 17,756 ha, in 1961.
Kenya ranks 5th of 45 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Tea leaves — Area harvested in Kenya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 17,756 ha | — |
| 1962 | 19,893 ha | +12.0% |
| 1963 | 21,448 ha | +7.8% |
| 1964 | 23,062 ha | +7.5% |
| 1965 | 24,756 ha | +7.3% |
| 1966 | 27,340 ha | +10.4% |
| 1967 | 30,078 ha | +10.0% |
| 1968 | 33,562 ha | +11.6% |
| 1969 | 36,524 ha | +8.8% |
| 1970 | 40,278 ha | +10.3% |
| 1971 | 43,400 ha | +7.8% |
| 1972 | 49,763 ha | +14.7% |
| 1973 | 54,818 ha | +10.2% |
| 1974 | 58,419 ha | +6.6% |
| 1975 | 61,542 ha | +5.3% |
| 1976 | 65,957 ha | +7.2% |
| 1977 | 68,392 ha | +3.7% |
| 1978 | 72,048 ha | +5.3% |
| 1979 | 74,300 ha | +3.1% |
| 1980 | 76,541 ha | +3.0% |
| 1981 | 78,896 ha | +3.1% |
| 1982 | 81,082 ha | +2.8% |
| 1983 | 82,142 ha | +1.3% |
| 1984 | 83,350 ha | +1.5% |
| 1985 | 83,719 ha | +0.4% |
| 1986 | 84,400 ha | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 85,400 ha | +1.2% |
| 1988 | 86,800 ha | +1.6% |
| 1989 | 87,473 ha | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 96,981 ha | +10.9% |
| 1991 | 100,626 ha | +3.8% |
| 1992 | 101,845 ha | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 104,860 ha | +3.0% |
| 1994 | 110,221 ha | +5.1% |
| 1995 | 112,556 ha | +2.1% |
| 1996 | 113,680 ha | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 113,892 ha | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 118,650 ha | +4.2% |
| 1999 | 118,540 ha | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 120,390 ha | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 124,290 ha | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 131,450 ha | +5.8% |
| 2003 | 131,450 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 136,700 ha | +4.0% |
| 2005 | 141,300 ha | +3.4% |
| 2006 | 147,080 ha | +4.1% |
| 2007 | 149,190 ha | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 157,700 ha | +5.7% |
| 2009 | 158,294 ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 171,916 ha | +8.6% |
| 2011 | 187,855 ha | +9.3% |
| 2012 | 190,600 ha | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 198,600 ha | +4.2% |
| 2014 | 203,006 ha | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 209,400 ha | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 218,500 ha | +4.3% |
| 2017 | 232,700 ha | +6.5% |
| 2018 | 236,200 ha | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 269,400 ha | +14.1% |
| 2020 | 269,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 219,000 ha | -18.7% |
| 2022 | 225,800 ha | +3.1% |
| 2023 | 227,800 ha | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 228,400 ha | +0.3% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 228,400 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 20,760 ha, 11.0× the median. (9 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 228,400 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4,868 ha, 46.9× the median. (15 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 26,047 ha | 17,756 ha | 36,524 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 58,892 ha | 40,278 ha | 74,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 82,980 ha | 76,541 ha | 87,473 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 109,185 ha | 96,981 ha | 118,650 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 139,784 ha | 120,390 ha | 158,294 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 211,818 ha | 171,916 ha | 269,400 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 234,080 ha | 219,000 ha | 269,400 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 2 China, mainland 3.63 million ha compare
- 3 India 613,416 ha compare
- 3 Viet Nam 113,037 ha compare
- 4 Sri Lanka 268,829 ha compare
- 4 Türkiye 81,010 ha compare
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 33,157 ha compare
- 6 Indonesia 103,605 ha compare
- 7 Myanmar 95,223 ha compare
- 7 United Republic of Tanzania 17,185 ha compare
- 8 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 13,263 ha compare
- 8 USSR 76,600 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 tea leaves — area harvested in Kenya?
- Tea leaves — area harvested in Kenya was 228,400 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 269,400 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 17,756 ha in 1961.
- How does Kenya rank for tea leaves — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 5th out of 45 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tea leaves — area harvested rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.5%. 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 Tea leaves — 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.