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 110th out of 139 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.
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 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 — 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 110th out of 139 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.