Wheat — Area harvested in Kenya
Kenya: Wheat — Area harvested was 102,560 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Area harvested in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — area harvested in Kenya is 102,560 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.8% on the previous year and down 30.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Kenya peaked at 162,900 ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 91,400 ha, in 1962.
That places Kenya 69th out of 124 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Area harvested in Kenya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 100,300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 91,400 ha | -8.9% |
| 1963 | 98,600 ha | +7.9% |
| 1964 | 112,500 ha | +14.1% |
| 1965 | 113,800 ha | +1.2% |
| 1966 | 108,500 ha | -4.7% |
| 1967 | 120,922 ha | +11.4% |
| 1968 | 133,100 ha | +10.1% |
| 1969 | 139,800 ha | +5.0% |
| 1970 | 137,300 ha | -1.8% |
| 1971 | 121,403 ha | -11.6% |
| 1972 | 113,766 ha | -6.3% |
| 1973 | 100,000 ha | -12.1% |
| 1974 | 105,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1975 | 104,000 ha | -1.0% |
| 1976 | 119,704 ha | +15.1% |
| 1977 | 120,000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1978 | 119,000 ha | -0.8% |
| 1979 | 117,000 ha | -1.7% |
| 1980 | 100,000 ha | -14.5% |
| 1981 | 99,900 ha | -0.1% |
| 1982 | 118,800 ha | +18.9% |
| 1983 | 120,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 105,000 ha | -12.5% |
| 1985 | 132,664 ha | +26.3% |
| 1986 | 138,672 ha | +4.5% |
| 1987 | 157,611 ha | +13.7% |
| 1988 | 149,740 ha | -5.0% |
| 1989 | 153,420 ha | +2.5% |
| 1990 | 150,695 ha | -1.8% |
| 1991 | 143,072 ha | -5.1% |
| 1992 | 153,420 ha | +7.2% |
| 1993 | 154,240 ha | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 134,000 ha | -13.1% |
| 1995 | 148,425 ha | +10.8% |
| 1996 | 156,626 ha | +5.5% |
| 1997 | 156,214 ha | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 142,902 ha | -8.5% |
| 1999 | 128,092 ha | -10.4% |
| 2000 | 131,834 ha | +2.9% |
| 2001 | 129,209 ha | -2.0% |
| 2002 | 144,794 ha | +12.1% |
| 2003 | 151,135 ha | +4.4% |
| 2004 | 152,826 ha | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 159,477 ha | +4.4% |
| 2006 | 150,488 ha | -5.6% |
| 2007 | 104,176 ha | -30.8% |
| 2008 | 130,273 ha | +25.1% |
| 2009 | 131,594 ha | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 160,043 ha | +21.6% |
| 2011 | 131,509 ha | -17.8% |
| 2012 | 148,703 ha | +13.1% |
| 2013 | 162,900 ha | +9.5% |
| 2014 | 147,210 ha | -9.6% |
| 2015 | 120,256 ha | -18.3% |
| 2016 | 153,119 ha | +27.3% |
| 2017 | 131,309 ha | -14.2% |
| 2018 | 133,147 ha | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 139,307 ha | +4.6% |
| 2020 | 132,231 ha | -5.1% |
| 2021 | 124,880 ha | -5.6% |
| 2022 | 119,554 ha | -4.3% |
| 2023 | 104,440 ha | -12.6% |
| 2024 | 102,560 ha | -1.8% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 102,560 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 55,000 ha, 1.9× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 102,560 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12,910 ha, 7.9× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 113,214 ha | 91,400 ha | 139,800 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 115,717 ha | 100,000 ha | 137,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 127,581 ha | 99,900 ha | 157,611 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 146,769 ha | 128,092 ha | 156,626 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 138,581 ha | 104,176 ha | 159,477 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 142,750 ha | 120,256 ha | 162,900 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 116,733 ha | 102,560 ha | 132,231 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 66 Libya 117,228 ha compare
- 67 Peru 114,474 ha compare
- 68 Zimbabwe 111,044 ha compare
- 70 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 95,850 ha compare
- 71 Switzerland 84,993 ha compare
- 72 North Macedonia 67,226 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 wheat — area harvested in Kenya?
- Wheat — area harvested in Kenya was 102,560 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 162,900 ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 91,400 ha in 1962.
- How does Kenya rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 69th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.3%. 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 Wheat — 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.