Beans, dry — Production in Kenya
Kenya: Beans, dry — Production was 903,851 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Beans, dry — Production in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for beans, dry — production in Kenya is 903,851 t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.0% on the previous year and up 46.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beans, dry — production in Kenya peaked at 903,851 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 55,000 t, in 1961.
That places Kenya 8th out of 141 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 56,667 t | 55,000 t | 70,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 151,000 t | 80,000 t | 220,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 308,224 t | 230,000 t | 422,235 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 345,884 t | 207,000 t | 449,828 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 392,426 t | 265,006 t | 531,800 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 684,468 t | 390,598 t | 846,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 791,645 t | 668,916 t | 903,851 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 5 China 1.33 million t compare
- 6 China, mainland 1.32 million t compare
- 7 Mexico 996,393 t compare
- 9 Uganda 793,123 t compare
- 10 Kazakhstan 638,716 t compare
- 11 Mozambique 628,707 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Kenya
- Agriculture share gdp 23.16 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 23.16 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 12.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2024)
- Rural population 67.8% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.5% (2025)
- Rural population 39.00 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 23.2% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 31.48 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 2.06 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beans, dry — production in Kenya?
- Beans, dry — production in Kenya was 903,851 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beans, dry — production recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 903,851 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest beans, dry — production recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 55,000 t in 1961.
- How does Kenya rank for beans, dry — production?
- Kenya ranks 8th out of 141 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beans, dry — production rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 46.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Beans, dry — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.