Barley — Yield in Kenya
Kenya: Barley — Yield was 3,463 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Yield in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 3,463 kg/ha for barley — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 40.0% on the previous year and up 14.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in Kenya peaked at 4,433 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 606.2 kg/ha, in 1978.
Kenya ranks 45th of 104 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.
Barley — Yield in Kenya, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,067 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 714.2 kg/ha | -33.1% |
| 1963 | 1,605 kg/ha | +124.7% |
| 1964 | 1,773 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1965 | 1,408 kg/ha | -20.6% |
| 1966 | 1,613 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 1967 | 666.9 kg/ha | -58.7% |
| 1968 | 1,118 kg/ha | +67.7% |
| 1969 | 1,190 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1970 | 1,480 kg/ha | +24.4% |
| 1971 | 920 kg/ha | -37.8% |
| 1972 | 1,184 kg/ha | +28.7% |
| 1973 | 1,210 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1974 | 1,192 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1975 | 1,157 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1976 | 1,169 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1977 | 839.8 kg/ha | -28.2% |
| 1978 | 606.2 kg/ha | -27.8% |
| 1979 | 937.5 kg/ha | +54.7% |
| 1980 | 1,500 kg/ha | +60.0% |
| 1981 | 2,082 kg/ha | +38.8% |
| 1982 | 2,655 kg/ha | +27.5% |
| 1983 | 2,565 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1984 | 1,782 kg/ha | -30.5% |
| 1985 | 1,782 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,667 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1987 | 1,429 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1988 | 1,389 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1989 | 2,092 kg/ha | +50.7% |
| 1990 | 1,816 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 1991 | 1,890 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1992 | 1,956 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1993 | 1,960 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 2,425 kg/ha | +23.7% |
| 1995 | 2,184 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1996 | 1,705 kg/ha | -21.9% |
| 1997 | 1,597 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1998 | 1,846 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1999 | 2,224 kg/ha | +20.5% |
| 2000 | 2,221 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 3,886 kg/ha | +74.9% |
| 2002 | 3,129 kg/ha | -19.5% |
| 2003 | 2,984 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2004 | 2,732 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2005 | 3,223 kg/ha | +18.0% |
| 2006 | 3,378 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2007 | 3,000 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 2008 | 3,039 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 3,078 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 2,556 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 2011 | 3,464 kg/ha | +35.5% |
| 2012 | 4,395 kg/ha | +26.9% |
| 2013 | 3,348 kg/ha | -23.8% |
| 2014 | 3,037 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 2015 | 3,679 kg/ha | +21.1% |
| 2016 | 3,592 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 3,667 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 3,913 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2019 | 4,433 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 2020 | 3,163 kg/ha | -28.7% |
| 2021 | 2,486 kg/ha | -21.4% |
| 2022 | 2,673 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2023 | 2,473 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2024 | 3,463 kg/ha | +40.0% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 3,463 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,064 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 3,463 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3,093 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,240 kg/ha | 666.9 kg/ha | 1,773 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,070 kg/ha | 606.2 kg/ha | 1,480 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,894 kg/ha | 1,389 kg/ha | 2,655 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,960 kg/ha | 1,597 kg/ha | 2,425 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,067 kg/ha | 2,221 kg/ha | 3,886 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,608 kg/ha | 2,556 kg/ha | 4,433 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,852 kg/ha | 2,473 kg/ha | 3,463 kg/ha | 5 |
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- 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)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 12.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — yield in Kenya?
- Barley — yield in Kenya was 3,463 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 4,433 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 606.2 kg/ha in 1978.
- How does Kenya rank for barley — yield?
- Kenya ranks 45th out of 104 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.0%. 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 Barley — 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.