Treenuts, Total — Area harvested in Kenya
Kenya: Treenuts, Total — Area harvested was 28,555 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Treenuts, Total — Area harvested in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 28,555 ha for treenuts, total — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 11.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, treenuts, total — area harvested in Kenya peaked at 86,200 ha in 1977 and was at its lowest, 11,200 ha, in 1961.
That places Kenya 35th out of 122 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Treenuts, Total — Area harvested in Kenya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 21,200 ha | +89.3% |
| 1963 | 21,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 27,200 ha | +28.3% |
| 1965 | 27,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 29,200 ha | +7.4% |
| 1967 | 35,200 ha | +20.5% |
| 1968 | 25,200 ha | -28.4% |
| 1969 | 21,200 ha | -15.9% |
| 1970 | 69,200 ha | +226.4% |
| 1971 | 51,200 ha | -26.0% |
| 1972 | 36,200 ha | -29.3% |
| 1973 | 46,200 ha | +27.6% |
| 1974 | 46,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 66,200 ha | +43.3% |
| 1976 | 74,200 ha | +12.1% |
| 1977 | 86,200 ha | +16.2% |
| 1978 | 86,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 53,200 ha | -38.3% |
| 1980 | 44,400 ha | -16.5% |
| 1981 | 41,650 ha | -6.2% |
| 1982 | 32,900 ha | -21.0% |
| 1983 | 24,100 ha | -26.7% |
| 1984 | 34,300 ha | +42.3% |
| 1985 | 26,800 ha | -21.9% |
| 1986 | 31,800 ha | +18.7% |
| 1987 | 26,800 ha | -15.7% |
| 1988 | 38,300 ha | +42.9% |
| 1989 | 37,900 ha | -1.0% |
| 1990 | 24,700 ha | -34.8% |
| 1991 | 36,300 ha | +47.0% |
| 1992 | 28,633 ha | -21.1% |
| 1993 | 22,637 ha | -20.9% |
| 1994 | 17,800 ha | -21.4% |
| 1995 | 17,632 ha | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 32,991 ha | +87.1% |
| 1997 | 33,280 ha | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 33,538 ha | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 33,407 ha | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 37,290 ha | +11.6% |
| 2001 | 33,618 ha | -9.8% |
| 2002 | 30,663 ha | -8.8% |
| 2003 | 30,613 ha | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 34,464 ha | +12.6% |
| 2005 | 34,079 ha | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 33,880 ha | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 34,415 ha | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 35,500 ha | +3.2% |
| 2009 | 33,834 ha | -4.7% |
| 2010 | 33,348 ha | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 34,259 ha | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 34,646 ha | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 25,549 ha | -26.3% |
| 2014 | 25,608 ha | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 28,541 ha | +11.5% |
| 2016 | 33,920 ha | +18.8% |
| 2017 | 28,875 ha | -14.9% |
| 2018 | 26,846 ha | -7.0% |
| 2019 | 26,949 ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 27,027 ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 27,466 ha | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 27,363 ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 28,753 ha | +5.1% |
| 2024 | 28,555 ha | -0.7% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 28,555 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6,680 ha, 4.3× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 28,555 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 27,038 ha, 1.1× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Treenuts, Total — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +226.4% | 21,200 ha | 69,200 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 24,311 ha | 11,200 ha | 35,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 61,500 ha | 36,200 ha | 86,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 33,895 ha | 24,100 ha | 44,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 28,092 ha | 17,632 ha | 36,300 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 33,836 ha | 30,613 ha | 37,290 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 29,854 ha | 25,549 ha | 34,646 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 27,833 ha | 27,027 ha | 28,753 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 treenuts, total — area harvested in Kenya?
- Treenuts, total — area harvested in Kenya was 28,555 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest treenuts, total — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 86,200 ha in 1977.
- What is the lowest treenuts, total — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,200 ha in 1961.
- How does Kenya rank for treenuts, total — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 35th out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
- Is treenuts, total — area harvested rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Treenuts, Total — 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.