Arable land — all countries

Arable land — Kenya

Arable land in Kenya in 2023 — 6,632,159 ha. Ranked 39 in the world out of 206. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 89.5%.

2023 6.63M ha +0% vs 2022
World rank 39of 206
Period maximum 6.63M ha2019
Period minimum 3.5M ha1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares

Arable land — Kenya, 1961–20233M4M5M6M7M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 3,500,000 ha1963: 3,500,000 ha1965: 3,500,000 ha1967: 3,500,000 ha1969: 3,500,000 ha1971: 3,500,000 ha1973: 3,500,000 ha1975: 3,800,000 ha1977: 3,800,000 ha1979: 3,800,000 ha1981: 3,800,000 ha1983: 3,800,000 ha1985: 4,574,000 ha1987: 4,655,000 ha1989: 5,273,000 ha1991: 5,097,000 ha1993: 5,060,000 ha1995: 5,438,000 ha1997: 4,814,000 ha1999: 5,096,000 ha2001: 5,128,000 ha2003: 5,146,000 ha2005: 5,264,000 ha2007: 5,300,000 ha2009: 5,500,000 ha2011: 6,074,290 ha2013: 6,438,682 ha2015: 6,359,518 ha2017: 6,144,690 ha2019: 6,632,159 ha2021: 6,632,159 ha2023: 6,632,159 ha
Change over the period: +3.13M (+89.49%) Average annual rate: 1.04 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Kenya

Kenya 6.63M ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 240M ha
Eastern Africa computed 70.81M ha
Arable land — Kenya, by year Kenya All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 6.63M +0 +0%
2022 6.63M +0 +0%
2021 6.63M +0 +0%
2020 6.63M +0 +0%
2019 6.63M +54,501 +0.83%
2018 6.58M +432,968 +7.05%
2017 6.14M −346,456 −5.34%
2016 6.49M +131,628 +2.07%
2015 6.36M −30,801 −0.48%
2014 6.39M −48,364 −0.75%
2013 6.44M +47,387 +0.74%
2012 6.39M +317,005 +5.22%
2011 6.07M +520,901 +9.38%
2010 5.55M +53,389 +0.97%
2009 5.5M +200,000 +3.77%
2008 5.3M +0 +0%
2007 5.3M −10,000 −0.19%
2006 5.31M +46,000 +0.87%
2005 5.26M +6,000 +0.11%
2004 5.26M +112,000 +2.18%
2003 5.15M +55,000 +1.08%
2002 5.09M −37,000 −0.72%
2001 5.13M +237,000 +4.85%
2000 4.89M −205,000 −4.02%
1999 5.1M +418,000 +8.94%
1998 4.68M −136,000 −2.83%
1997 4.81M +143,000 +3.06%
1996 4.67M −767,000 −14.1%
1995 5.44M −14,000 −0.26%
1994 5.45M +392,000 +7.75%
1993 5.06M −232,000 −4.38%
1992 5.29M +195,000 +3.83%
1991 5.1M +107,000 +2.14%
1990 4.99M −283,000 −5.37%
1989 5.27M +391,000 +8.01%
1988 4.88M +227,000 +4.88%
1987 4.66M +62,000 +1.35%
1986 4.59M +19,000 +0.42%
1985 4.57M +849,000 +22.79%
1984 3.73M −75,000 −1.97%
1983 3.8M +0 +0%
1982 3.8M +0 +0%
1981 3.8M +0 +0%
1980 3.8M +0 +0%
1979 3.8M +0 +0%
1978 3.8M +0 +0%
1977 3.8M +0 +0%
1976 3.8M +0 +0%
1975 3.8M +300,000 +8.57%
1974 3.5M +0 +0%
1973 3.5M +0 +0%
1972 3.5M +0 +0%
1971 3.5M +0 +0%
1970 3.5M +0 +0%
1969 3.5M +0 +0%
1968 3.5M +0 +0%
1967 3.5M +0 +0%
1966 3.5M +0 +0%
1965 3.5M +0 +0%
1964 3.5M +0 +0%
1963 3.5M +0 +0%
1962 3.5M +0 +0%
1961 3.5M

About the indicator

The area of arable land: land under annual crops, temporary meadows, kitchen gardens and land lying fallow for up to five years. It differs from agricultural land in excluding pasture and permanent crops — and since pasture makes up most of agricultural land, arable land is usually about a third the size. The world area of arable land has barely grown since the 1990s: the added output of recent decades came from yields, not from an expansion of fields.

Important: Land lying fallow for up to five years is included, abandoned land is not. Permanent crops — orchards, vineyards, plantations — do not count as arable land.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.