Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Kenya
Kenya: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 203,994 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, vegetables primary — area harvested in Kenya stood at 203,994 ha.
That represents a change of down 1.4% on the previous year and up 27.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Kenya peaked at 214,241 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 43,551 ha, in 1961.
Kenya ranks 41st of 207 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 47,765 ha | 43,551 ha | 52,214 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 62,774 ha | 54,074 ha | 74,321 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 84,427 ha | 76,321 ha | 88,245 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 137,031 ha | 96,865 ha | 153,963 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 143,519 ha | 135,208 ha | 156,916 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 160,674 ha | 147,774 ha | 177,574 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 202,875 ha | 191,052 ha | 214,241 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 38 Republic of Korea 226,634 ha compare
- 39 Sudan (former) 216,705 ha compare
- 40 Mali 211,013 ha compare
- 42 Côte d'Ivoire 202,470 ha compare
- 43 Lao People's Democratic Republic 192,215 ha compare
- 44 Ethiopia PDR 180,200 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Kenya
- Agriculture share gdp 23.16 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 23.16 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 12.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2024)
- Rural population 67.8% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.5% (2025)
- Rural population 39.00 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 23.2% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 31.48 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 2.06 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — area harvested in Kenya?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Kenya was 203,994 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 214,241 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 43,551 ha in 1961.
- How does Kenya rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 41st out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.6%. 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 Vegetables Primary — 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.