Apricots — Yield in Kenya
Kenya: Apricots — Yield was 4,492 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Apricots — Yield in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 4,492 kg/ha for apricots — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apricots — yield in Kenya peaked at 8,125 kg/ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 4,363 kg/ha, in 2019.
That places Kenya 46th out of 70 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Apricots — Yield in Kenya, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 7,610 kg/ha | +52.2% |
| 1991 | 7,504 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1992 | 7,398 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1993 | 7,293 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1994 | 7,187 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1995 | 7,082 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1996 | 6,976 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1997 | 7,071 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 6,954 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1999 | 6,500 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2000 | 8,125 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 2001 | 6,000 kg/ha | -26.2% |
| 2002 | 6,438 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2003 | 6,301 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2004 | 6,167 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2005 | 6,035 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 5,905 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 5,775 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2008 | 5,646 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2009 | 5,515 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2010 | 5,384 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2011 | 5,250 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2012 | 5,000 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2013 | 4,667 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2014 | 4,797 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 4,706 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 4,693 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 4,570 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2018 | 4,470 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2019 | 4,363 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2020 | 4,604 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2021 | 4,477 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2022 | 4,480 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 4,520 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 4,492 kg/ha | -0.6% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 4,492 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 5,351 kg/ha, 84% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 4,492 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 5,351 kg/ha, 84% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apricots — Yield in Kenya changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +52.2% | 5,000 kg/ha | 7,610 kg/ha |
| 2001 | -26.2% | 8,125 kg/ha | 6,000 kg/ha |
| 2000 | +25.0% | 6,500 kg/ha | 8,125 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,000 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,000 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,000 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,158 kg/ha | 6,500 kg/ha | 7,610 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,191 kg/ha | 5,515 kg/ha | 8,125 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,790 kg/ha | 4,363 kg/ha | 5,384 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,515 kg/ha | 4,477 kg/ha | 4,604 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 apricots — yield in Kenya?
- Apricots — yield in Kenya was 4,492 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apricots — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 8,125 kg/ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest apricots — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,363 kg/ha in 2019.
- How does Kenya rank for apricots — yield?
- Kenya ranks 46th out of 70 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apricots — yield rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apricots — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.