Yams — Area harvested in Kenya
Kenya: Yams — Area harvested was 1,392 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Yams — Area harvested in Kenya, 1989–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 1,392 ha for yams — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 9.1% on the previous year and up 15.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Kenya peaked at 1,574 ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 481 ha, in 2002.
That places Kenya 40th out of 67 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1,170 ha | 1,170 ha | 1,170 ha | 1 |
| 1990s | 1,351 ha | 819 ha | 1,574 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 876.1 ha | 481 ha | 1,115 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,143 ha | 874 ha | 1,481 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,096 ha | 752 ha | 1,392 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 37 New Caledonia 2,590 ha compare
- 38 Liberia 2,401 ha compare
- 39 United Republic of Tanzania 1,513 ha compare
- 41 Costa Rica 1,263 ha compare
- 42 Dominica 938 ha compare
- 43 Polynesia 530 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 yams — area harvested in Kenya?
- Yams — area harvested in Kenya was 1,392 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 1,574 ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 481 ha in 2002.
- How does Kenya rank for yams — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 40th out of 67 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.0%. 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 Yams — 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.