Beans, dry — Yield in Kenya
Kenya: Beans, dry — Yield was 734.9 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Beans, dry — Yield in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, beans, dry — yield in Kenya stood at 734.9 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.1% on the previous year and up 25.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beans, dry — yield in Kenya peaked at 838.2 kg/ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 312.7 kg/ha, in 1997.
That places Kenya 101st out of 127 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Beans, dry — Yield in Kenya, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 478.3 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 478.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 478.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 478.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 478.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 478.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 478.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 478.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 560 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 1970 | 533.3 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1971 | 555.6 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1972 | 555.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 480 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1974 | 555.6 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 1975 | 571.4 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1976 | 580.6 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 542.9 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1978 | 567.6 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1979 | 578.9 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1980 | 547.6 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1981 | 581.4 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1982 | 622.2 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1983 | 581.4 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1984 | 612.2 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1985 | 612.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 615.4 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 636.4 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1988 | 655.2 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1989 | 631.5 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1990 | 838.2 kg/ha | +32.7% |
| 1991 | 665.1 kg/ha | -20.7% |
| 1992 | 764.1 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1993 | 650.8 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 1994 | 431.9 kg/ha | -33.6% |
| 1995 | 521.7 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 1996 | 313.6 kg/ha | -39.9% |
| 1997 | 312.7 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 384.5 kg/ha | +23.0% |
| 1999 | 474.2 kg/ha | +23.3% |
| 2000 | 430 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 2001 | 380.8 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 2002 | 517.7 kg/ha | +36.0% |
| 2003 | 478 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2004 | 352.6 kg/ha | -26.2% |
| 2005 | 369.6 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2006 | 534.3 kg/ha | +44.6% |
| 2007 | 507.9 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2008 | 412.8 kg/ha | -18.7% |
| 2009 | 484.4 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 2010 | 566.6 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 2011 | 557.2 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 589.7 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2013 | 659.4 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2014 | 585.3 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 2015 | 615 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2016 | 621.5 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 821 kg/ha | +32.1% |
| 2018 | 711 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 2019 | 628.4 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 2020 | 674.7 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2021 | 591.1 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 2022 | 591.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 705.7 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 2024 | 734.9 kg/ha | +4.1% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 734.9 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 814.55 kg/ha, 90% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 734.9 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 699.55 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 487.38 kg/ha | 478.3 kg/ha | 560 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 552.15 kg/ha | 480 kg/ha | 580.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 609.55 kg/ha | 547.6 kg/ha | 655.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 535.68 kg/ha | 312.7 kg/ha | 838.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 446.81 kg/ha | 352.6 kg/ha | 534.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 635.51 kg/ha | 557.2 kg/ha | 821 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 659.54 kg/ha | 591.1 kg/ha | 734.9 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 beans, dry — yield in Kenya?
- Beans, dry — yield in Kenya was 734.9 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beans, dry — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 838.2 kg/ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest beans, dry — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 312.7 kg/ha in 1997.
- How does Kenya rank for beans, dry — yield?
- Kenya ranks 101st out of 127 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beans, dry — yield rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.6%. 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 Beans, dry — Yield. 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.