Avocados — Yield in Kenya
Kenya: Avocados — Yield was 18,281 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Avocados — Yield in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 18,281 kg/ha for avocados — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 8.3% on the previous year and down 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, avocados — yield in Kenya peaked at 19,946 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 5,013 kg/ha, in 1994.
That places Kenya 11th out of 69 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Avocados — Yield in Kenya, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14,546 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 14,546 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 14,546 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 14,546 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 14,546 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 14,546 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 14,546 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 14,546 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 14,546 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 14,546 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 14,546 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 14,546 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 14,167 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1974 | 14,167 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 14,167 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 14,167 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 14,167 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 14,400 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1979 | 14,286 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1980 | 14,286 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 14,286 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 14,286 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 14,667 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1984 | 14,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 14,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 14,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 14,375 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1988 | 14,375 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 14,375 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 14,740 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1991 | 10,550 kg/ha | -28.4% |
| 1992 | 12,686 kg/ha | +20.2% |
| 1993 | 16,071 kg/ha | +26.7% |
| 1994 | 5,013 kg/ha | -68.8% |
| 1995 | 13,716 kg/ha | +173.6% |
| 1996 | 12,128 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1997 | 13,582 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1998 | 13,067 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1999 | 13,465 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 12,629 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2001 | 12,197 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2002 | 10,744 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 2003 | 13,914 kg/ha | +29.5% |
| 2004 | 12,508 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 2005 | 12,999 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2006 | 13,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 13,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 13,104 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 14,444 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 2010 | 19,602 kg/ha | +35.7% |
| 2011 | 14,984 kg/ha | -23.6% |
| 2012 | 15,148 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 15,543 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 18,880 kg/ha | +21.5% |
| 2015 | 16,076 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 2016 | 17,084 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2017 | 13,225 kg/ha | -22.6% |
| 2018 | 16,137 kg/ha | +22.0% |
| 2019 | 13,119 kg/ha | -18.7% |
| 2020 | 13,194 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 16,081 kg/ha | +21.9% |
| 2022 | 17,204 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2023 | 19,946 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 2024 | 18,281 kg/ha | -8.3% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 18,281 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 9,225 kg/ha, 2.0× the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 18,281 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7,142 kg/ha, 2.6× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Avocados — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +173.6% | 5,013 kg/ha | 13,716 kg/ha |
| 1994 | -68.8% | 16,071 kg/ha | 5,013 kg/ha |
| 2010 | +35.7% | 14,444 kg/ha | 19,602 kg/ha |
| 2003 | +29.5% | 10,744 kg/ha | 13,914 kg/ha |
| 1991 | -28.4% | 14,740 kg/ha | 10,550 kg/ha |
| 1993 | +26.7% | 12,686 kg/ha | 16,071 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,546 kg/ha | 14,546 kg/ha | 14,546 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,316 kg/ha | 14,167 kg/ha | 14,546 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,465 kg/ha | 14,286 kg/ha | 14,667 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,502 kg/ha | 5,013 kg/ha | 16,071 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,854 kg/ha | 10,744 kg/ha | 14,444 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,980 kg/ha | 13,119 kg/ha | 19,602 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,941 kg/ha | 13,194 kg/ha | 19,946 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 8 El Salvador 23,442 kg/ha compare
- 8 Melanesia 8,132 kg/ha compare
- 9 Dominican Republic 21,954 kg/ha compare
- 10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 6,538 kg/ha compare
- 10 Lebanon 20,074 kg/ha compare
- 12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 5,434 kg/ha compare
- 12 Israel 17,189 kg/ha compare
- 13 Angola 17,182 kg/ha compare
- 14 Brazil 16,889 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 avocados — yield in Kenya?
- Avocados — yield in Kenya was 18,281 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest avocados — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 19,946 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest avocados — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,013 kg/ha in 1994.
- How does Kenya rank for avocados — yield?
- Kenya ranks 11th out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
- Is avocados — yield rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Avocados — 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.