Watermelons — Area harvested in Kenya
Kenya: Watermelons — Area harvested was 8,843 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Watermelons — Area harvested in Kenya, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 8,843 ha for watermelons — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 26.6% on the previous year and up 84.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in Kenya peaked at 19,405 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 206 ha, in 1997.
That places Kenya 38th out of 131 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Watermelons — Area harvested in Kenya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 214 ha | — |
| 1993 | 330 ha | +54.2% |
| 1994 | 280 ha | -15.2% |
| 1995 | 243 ha | -13.2% |
| 1996 | 393 ha | +61.7% |
| 1997 | 206 ha | -47.6% |
| 1998 | 241 ha | +17.0% |
| 1999 | 442 ha | +83.4% |
| 2000 | 293 ha | -33.7% |
| 2001 | 309 ha | +5.5% |
| 2002 | 364 ha | +17.8% |
| 2003 | 684 ha | +87.9% |
| 2004 | 900 ha | +31.6% |
| 2005 | 1,300 ha | +44.4% |
| 2006 | 1,642 ha | +26.3% |
| 2007 | 1,612 ha | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 1,870 ha | +16.0% |
| 2009 | 1,597 ha | -14.6% |
| 2010 | 2,355 ha | +47.5% |
| 2011 | 3,935 ha | +67.1% |
| 2012 | 4,742 ha | +20.5% |
| 2013 | 5,338 ha | +12.6% |
| 2014 | 4,801 ha | -10.1% |
| 2015 | 5,444 ha | +13.4% |
| 2016 | 7,956 ha | +46.1% |
| 2017 | 7,309 ha | -8.1% |
| 2018 | 7,815 ha | +6.9% |
| 2019 | 12,886 ha | +64.9% |
| 2020 | 17,466 ha | +35.5% |
| 2021 | 19,405 ha | +11.1% |
| 2022 | 18,083 ha | -6.8% |
| 2023 | 12,040 ha | -33.4% |
| 2024 | 8,843 ha | -26.6% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 8,843 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6,023 ha, 1.5× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 8,843 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 5,701 ha, 1.6× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 293.62 ha | 206 ha | 442 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 1,057 ha | 293 ha | 1,870 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,258 ha | 2,355 ha | 12,886 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,167 ha | 8,843 ha | 19,405 ha | 5 |
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- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -8.08 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -4.73 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.27 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.12 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.25 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 2.87 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — area harvested in Kenya?
- Watermelons — area harvested in Kenya was 8,843 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 19,405 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 206 ha in 1997.
- How does Kenya rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 38th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 84.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Watermelons — 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.