Asparagus — Yield in Kenya
Kenya: Asparagus — Yield was 5,264 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Asparagus — Yield in Kenya, 1994–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 5,264 kg/ha for asparagus — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 5.3% on the previous year and down 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, asparagus — yield in Kenya peaked at 11,250 kg/ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 2,000 kg/ha, in 2003.
Kenya ranks 19th of 49 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Asparagus — Yield in Kenya, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 10,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1995 | 11,250 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1996 | 7,500 kg/ha | -33.3% |
| 1997 | 5,000 kg/ha | -33.3% |
| 1998 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 8,857 kg/ha | +77.1% |
| 2000 | 10,143 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 2001 | 4,034 kg/ha | -60.2% |
| 2002 | 4,000 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 2,000 kg/ha | -50.0% |
| 2004 | 5,000 kg/ha | +150.0% |
| 2005 | 5,717 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 2006 | 6,131 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2007 | 6,996 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 2008 | 6,173 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 2009 | 6,281 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 6,536 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2011 | 6,434 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 7,400 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 2013 | 5,971 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 2014 | 5,454 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2015 | 7,000 kg/ha | +28.3% |
| 2016 | 5,583 kg/ha | -20.2% |
| 2017 | 6,218 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 2018 | 6,298 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 6,018 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2020 | 5,892 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 5,821 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 5,714 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 5,000 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 2024 | 5,264 kg/ha | +5.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Asparagus — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +150.0% | 2,000 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7,935 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 11,250 kg/ha | 6 |
| 2000s | 5,648 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 10,143 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,291 kg/ha | 5,454 kg/ha | 7,400 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,538 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 5,892 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
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 asparagus — yield in Kenya?
- Asparagus — yield in Kenya was 5,264 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest asparagus — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 11,250 kg/ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest asparagus — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,000 kg/ha in 2003.
- How does Kenya rank for asparagus — yield?
- Kenya ranks 19th out of 49 countries with data for 2024.
- Is asparagus — yield rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Asparagus — 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.