Apples — Yield in Kenya
Kenya: Apples — Yield was 8,267 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Apples — Yield in Kenya, 1991–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for apples — yield in Kenya is 8,267 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 36.6% on the previous year and down 15.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — yield in Kenya peaked at 20,039 kg/ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 1,789 kg/ha, in 2018.
Kenya ranks 71st of 96 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Apples — Yield in Kenya, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 9,565 kg/ha | — |
| 1992 | 10,168 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1993 | 5,962 kg/ha | -41.4% |
| 1994 | 5,333 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1995 | 6,113 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 1996 | 4,324 kg/ha | -29.3% |
| 1997 | 3,593 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 1998 | 6,857 kg/ha | +90.9% |
| 1999 | 4,752 kg/ha | -30.7% |
| 2000 | 5,782 kg/ha | +21.7% |
| 2001 | 6,654 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 2002 | 5,861 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 2003 | 6,554 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2004 | 6,102 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2005 | 18,000 kg/ha | +195.0% |
| 2006 | 17,789 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 18,000 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 20,039 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 2009 | 16,396 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 2010 | 8,723 kg/ha | -46.8% |
| 2011 | 5,604 kg/ha | -35.7% |
| 2012 | 8,677 kg/ha | +54.8% |
| 2013 | 5,657 kg/ha | -34.8% |
| 2014 | 9,774 kg/ha | +72.8% |
| 2015 | 10,518 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2016 | 7,598 kg/ha | -27.8% |
| 2017 | 4,033 kg/ha | -46.9% |
| 2018 | 1,789 kg/ha | -55.6% |
| 2019 | 3,902 kg/ha | +118.1% |
| 2020 | 1,856 kg/ha | -52.4% |
| 2021 | 3,414 kg/ha | +83.9% |
| 2022 | 4,549 kg/ha | +33.2% |
| 2023 | 6,051 kg/ha | +33.0% |
| 2024 | 8,267 kg/ha | +36.6% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 8,267 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 8,672 kg/ha, 95% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 8,267 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 8,267 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6,296 kg/ha | 3,593 kg/ha | 10,168 kg/ha | 9 |
| 2000s | 12,118 kg/ha | 5,782 kg/ha | 20,039 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,628 kg/ha | 1,789 kg/ha | 10,518 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,827 kg/ha | 1,856 kg/ha | 8,267 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 68 Nepal 8,672 kg/ha compare
- 69 India 8,634 kg/ha compare
- 70 North Macedonia 8,392 kg/ha compare
- 72 Paraguay 7,996 kg/ha compare
- 73 Yugoslav SFR 7,992 kg/ha
- 74 Kazakhstan 7,870 kg/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 apples — yield in Kenya?
- Apples — yield in Kenya was 8,267 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 20,039 kg/ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest apples — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,789 kg/ha in 2018.
- How does Kenya rank for apples — yield?
- Kenya ranks 71st out of 96 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apples — yield rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.4%. 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 Apples — Yield. 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.