Bananas — Yield in Kenya
Kenya: Bananas — Yield was 27,160 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bananas — Yield in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 27,160 kg/ha for bananas — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 12.2% on the previous year and down 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — yield in Kenya peaked at 28,588 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 5,700 kg/ha, in 1976.
Kenya ranks 36th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Yield in Kenya, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 5,845 kg/ha | -41.5% |
| 1976 | 5,700 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1977 | 6,000 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1978 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 12,500 kg/ha | +108.3% |
| 1980 | 12,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 12,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 12,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 12,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 12,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 12,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 12,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 12,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 13,000 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1989 | 12,615 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1990 | 12,000 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1991 | 11,842 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1992 | 12,805 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1993 | 10,270 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 1994 | 12,727 kg/ha | +23.9% |
| 1995 | 10,031 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 1996 | 9,765 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1997 | 14,077 kg/ha | +44.2% |
| 1998 | 14,944 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1999 | 14,580 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2000 | 13,831 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2001 | 13,977 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 13,729 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2003 | 12,807 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2004 | 12,685 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 15,000 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 2006 | 15,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 15,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 20,382 kg/ha | +35.9% |
| 2009 | 24,137 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 2010 | 18,968 kg/ha | -21.4% |
| 2011 | 24,287 kg/ha | +28.0% |
| 2012 | 20,824 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 2013 | 22,850 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 2014 | 27,706 kg/ha | +21.2% |
| 2015 | 21,248 kg/ha | -23.3% |
| 2016 | 20,357 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2017 | 18,487 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2018 | 19,439 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2019 | 22,308 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 2020 | 25,743 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 2021 | 27,696 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2022 | 28,588 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2023 | 24,213 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 2024 | 27,160 kg/ha | +12.2% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 27,160 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 15,555 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 27,160 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12,536 kg/ha, 2.2× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | +108.3% | 6,000 kg/ha | 12,500 kg/ha |
| 1997 | +44.2% | 9,765 kg/ha | 14,077 kg/ha |
| 1975 | -41.5% | 10,000 kg/ha | 5,845 kg/ha |
| 2008 | +35.9% | 15,000 kg/ha | 20,382 kg/ha |
| 2011 | +28.0% | 18,968 kg/ha | 24,287 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,000 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,604 kg/ha | 5,700 kg/ha | 12,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,562 kg/ha | 12,500 kg/ha | 13,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,304 kg/ha | 9,765 kg/ha | 14,944 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,655 kg/ha | 12,685 kg/ha | 24,137 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 21,648 kg/ha | 18,487 kg/ha | 27,706 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 26,680 kg/ha | 24,213 kg/ha | 28,588 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 bananas — yield in Kenya?
- Bananas — yield in Kenya was 27,160 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 28,588 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest bananas — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,700 kg/ha in 1976.
- How does Kenya rank for bananas — yield?
- Kenya ranks 36th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — yield rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.0%. 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 Bananas — 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.