Vanilla, raw — Area harvested in Kenya
Kenya: Vanilla, raw — Area harvested was 21 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Vanilla, raw — Area harvested in Kenya, 1979–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, vanilla, raw — area harvested in Kenya stood at 21 ha. That is the lowest value across all 46 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vanilla, raw — area harvested in Kenya peaked at 60 ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 21 ha, in 2018.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 46 years of available data.
Vanilla, raw — Area harvested in Kenya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 45 ha | — |
| 1980 | 45 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 45 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 60 ha | +33.3% |
| 1983 | 45 ha | -25.0% |
| 1984 | 45 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 45 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 45 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 45 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 45 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 45 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 48 ha | +6.7% |
| 1991 | 39 ha | -18.8% |
| 1992 | 41 ha | +5.1% |
| 1993 | 43 ha | +4.9% |
| 1994 | 46 ha | +7.0% |
| 1995 | 44 ha | -4.3% |
| 1996 | 42 ha | -4.5% |
| 1997 | 45 ha | +7.1% |
| 1998 | 45 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 42 ha | -6.7% |
| 2000 | 40 ha | -4.8% |
| 2001 | 34 ha | -15.0% |
| 2002 | 32 ha | -5.9% |
| 2003 | 36 ha | +12.5% |
| 2004 | 36 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 35 ha | -2.8% |
| 2006 | 34 ha | -2.9% |
| 2007 | 40 ha | +17.6% |
| 2008 | 31 ha | -22.5% |
| 2009 | 28 ha | -9.7% |
| 2010 | 26 ha | -7.1% |
| 2011 | 25 ha | -3.8% |
| 2012 | 22 ha | -12.0% |
| 2013 | 22 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 22 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 23 ha | +4.5% |
| 2016 | 22 ha | -4.3% |
| 2017 | 22 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 21 ha | -4.5% |
| 2019 | 21 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 21 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 21 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 21 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 21 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 21 ha | +0.0% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 21 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 220 ha, 10% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 45 ha | 45 ha | 45 ha | 1 |
| 1980s | 46.5 ha | 45 ha | 60 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 43.5 ha | 39 ha | 48 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 34.6 ha | 28 ha | 40 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 22.6 ha | 21 ha | 26 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 21 ha | 21 ha | 21 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 12 French Polynesia 44 ha compare
- 13 Guadeloupe 40 ha compare
- 13 Caribbean 40 ha compare
- 14 Zimbabwe 23 ha compare
- 16 Cook Islands 0 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 vanilla, raw — area harvested in Kenya?
- Vanilla, raw — area harvested in Kenya was 21 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vanilla, raw — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 60 ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest vanilla, raw — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 21 ha in 2018.
- How does Kenya rank for vanilla, raw — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 15th out of 16 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vanilla, raw — area harvested rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.5%. 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 Vanilla, raw — 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.