Kenya - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Kenya was 5,800,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5,900,000 in 2012 and a minimum value of 3,500,000 in 1961.

Definition: Arable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 3,500,000
1962 3,500,000
1963 3,500,000
1964 3,500,000
1965 3,500,000
1966 3,500,000
1967 3,500,000
1968 3,500,000
1969 3,500,000
1970 3,500,000
1971 3,500,000
1972 3,500,000
1973 3,500,000
1974 3,500,000
1975 3,800,000
1976 3,800,000
1977 3,800,000
1978 3,800,000
1979 3,800,000
1980 3,800,000
1981 3,800,000
1982 3,800,000
1983 3,800,000
1984 3,725,000
1985 4,574,000
1986 4,593,000
1987 4,655,000
1988 4,882,000
1989 5,273,000
1990 4,990,000
1991 5,097,000
1992 5,292,000
1993 5,060,000
1994 5,452,000
1995 5,438,000
1996 4,671,000
1997 4,814,000
1998 4,678,000
1999 5,096,000
2000 4,891,000
2001 5,128,000
2002 5,091,000
2003 5,146,000
2004 5,258,000
2005 5,264,000
2006 5,310,000
2007 5,300,000
2008 5,300,000
2009 5,500,000
2010 5,500,000
2011 5,800,000
2012 5,900,000
2013 5,800,000
2014 5,800,000
2015 5,800,000
2016 5,800,000
2017 5,800,000
2018 5,800,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Kenya was 0.113 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.418 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.113 in 2018.

Definition: Arable land (hectares per person) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 0.418
1962 0.405
1963 0.392
1964 0.379
1965 0.367
1966 0.355
1967 0.344
1968 0.332
1969 0.321
1970 0.310
1971 0.299
1972 0.288
1973 0.278
1974 0.268
1975 0.280
1976 0.270
1977 0.260
1978 0.250
1979 0.241
1980 0.231
1981 0.223
1982 0.214
1983 0.206
1984 0.195
1985 0.230
1986 0.223
1987 0.218
1988 0.220
1989 0.230
1990 0.210
1991 0.208
1992 0.209
1993 0.194
1994 0.202
1995 0.196
1996 0.163
1997 0.164
1998 0.155
1999 0.164
2000 0.153
2001 0.156
2002 0.151
2003 0.148
2004 0.148
2005 0.144
2006 0.141
2007 0.137
2008 0.133
2009 0.134
2010 0.131
2011 0.134
2012 0.133
2013 0.127
2014 0.124
2015 0.121
2016 0.118
2017 0.115
2018 0.113

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Kenya was 10.19 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 10.37 in 2012, while its lowest value was 6.15 in 1961.

Definition: Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 6.15
1962 6.15
1963 6.15
1964 6.15
1965 6.15
1966 6.15
1967 6.15
1968 6.15
1969 6.15
1970 6.15
1971 6.15
1972 6.15
1973 6.15
1974 6.15
1975 6.68
1976 6.68
1977 6.68
1978 6.68
1979 6.68
1980 6.68
1981 6.68
1982 6.68
1983 6.68
1984 6.54
1985 8.04
1986 8.07
1987 8.18
1988 8.58
1989 9.26
1990 8.77
1991 8.96
1992 9.30
1993 8.89
1994 9.58
1995 9.55
1996 8.21
1997 8.46
1998 8.22
1999 8.95
2000 8.59
2001 9.01
2002 8.95
2003 9.04
2004 9.24
2005 9.25
2006 9.33
2007 9.31
2008 9.31
2009 9.66
2010 9.66
2011 10.19
2012 10.37
2013 10.19
2014 10.19
2015 10.19
2016 10.19
2017 10.19
2018 10.19

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use