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 35th out of 61 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.
Yams — Area harvested in Kenya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 1,170 ha | — |
| 1990 | 1,332 ha | +13.8% |
| 1991 | 1,400 ha | +5.1% |
| 1992 | 1,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1993 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 1,400 ha | -6.7% |
| 1995 | 1,432 ha | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 1,467 ha | +2.4% |
| 1997 | 1,574 ha | +7.3% |
| 1998 | 819 ha | -48.0% |
| 1999 | 1,087 ha | +32.7% |
| 2000 | 1,115 ha | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 1,000 ha | -10.3% |
| 2002 | 481 ha | -51.9% |
| 2003 | 952 ha | +97.9% |
| 2004 | 922 ha | -3.2% |
| 2005 | 835 ha | -9.4% |
| 2006 | 842 ha | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 925 ha | +9.9% |
| 2008 | 807 ha | -12.8% |
| 2009 | 882 ha | +9.3% |
| 2010 | 1,224 ha | +38.8% |
| 2011 | 1,057 ha | -13.6% |
| 2012 | 874 ha | -17.3% |
| 2013 | 998 ha | +14.2% |
| 2014 | 1,210 ha | +21.2% |
| 2015 | 1,481 ha | +22.4% |
| 2016 | 1,268 ha | -14.4% |
| 2017 | 1,294 ha | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 999 ha | -22.8% |
| 2019 | 1,025 ha | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 1,031 ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 1,031 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 752 ha | -27.1% |
| 2023 | 1,276 ha | +69.7% |
| 2024 | 1,392 ha | +9.1% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 1,392 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6,684 ha, 21% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 1,392 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7,822 ha, 18% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
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
- 32 Philippines 2,855 ha compare
- 33 New Caledonia 2,590 ha compare
- 34 Liberia 2,401 ha compare
- 36 Costa Rica 1,263 ha compare
- 37 Dominica 938 ha compare
- 38 Mauritania 485 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 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 35th out of 61 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.