Bees — Stocks in Kenya
Kenya: Bees — Stocks was 1.87 million No in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Bees — Stocks in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in No.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bees — stocks in Kenya is 1.87 million No, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 11.3% on the previous year and up 30.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bees — stocks in Kenya peaked at 4.40 million No in 2001 and was at its lowest, 500,000 No, in 1961.
That places Kenya 15th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Bees — Stocks in Kenya, year by year
| Year | No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 500,000 No | — |
| 1962 | 520,000 No | +4.0% |
| 1963 | 540,000 No | +3.8% |
| 1964 | 560,000 No | +3.7% |
| 1965 | 580,000 No | +3.6% |
| 1966 | 600,000 No | +3.4% |
| 1967 | 620,000 No | +3.3% |
| 1968 | 640,000 No | +3.2% |
| 1969 | 660,000 No | +3.1% |
| 1970 | 680,000 No | +3.0% |
| 1971 | 700,000 No | +2.9% |
| 1972 | 700,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 730,000 No | +4.3% |
| 1974 | 760,000 No | +4.1% |
| 1975 | 780,000 No | +2.6% |
| 1976 | 800,000 No | +2.6% |
| 1977 | 950,000 No | +18.8% |
| 1978 | 1.00 million No | +5.3% |
| 1979 | 1.05 million No | +5.4% |
| 1980 | 1.08 million No | +2.8% |
| 1981 | 1.11 million No | +2.6% |
| 1982 | 1.14 million No | +2.5% |
| 1983 | 1.30 million No | +14.0% |
| 1984 | 1.10 million No | -15.4% |
| 1985 | 1.20 million No | +9.1% |
| 1986 | 1.50 million No | +25.0% |
| 1987 | 1.52 million No | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 1.70 million No | +11.8% |
| 1989 | 1.80 million No | +5.9% |
| 1990 | 2.00 million No | +11.1% |
| 1991 | 2.10 million No | +5.0% |
| 1992 | 2.20 million No | +4.8% |
| 1993 | 2.30 million No | +4.5% |
| 1994 | 2.35 million No | +2.2% |
| 1995 | 2.40 million No | +2.1% |
| 1996 | 2.43 million No | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 2.45 million No | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 2.47 million No | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 2.48 million No | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 4.00 million No | +61.3% |
| 2001 | 4.40 million No | +10.0% |
| 2002 | 4.20 million No | -4.5% |
| 2003 | 3.80 million No | -9.5% |
| 2004 | 3.30 million No | -13.2% |
| 2005 | 4.10 million No | +24.2% |
| 2006 | 3.00 million No | -26.8% |
| 2007 | 2.40 million No | -20.0% |
| 2008 | 1.95 million No | -18.8% |
| 2009 | 1.84 million No | -5.5% |
| 2010 | 1.46 million No | -20.8% |
| 2011 | 1.33 million No | -8.6% |
| 2012 | 1.80 million No | +35.1% |
| 2013 | 1.80 million No | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 1.43 million No | -20.5% |
| 2015 | 1.51 million No | +5.5% |
| 2016 | 1.45 million No | -4.1% |
| 2017 | 1.62 million No | +12.3% |
| 2018 | 1.53 million No | -5.5% |
| 2019 | 1.29 million No | -15.9% |
| 2020 | 1.43 million No | +10.7% |
| 2021 | 1.43 million No | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1.58 million No | +11.1% |
| 2023 | 1.68 million No | +5.8% |
| 2024 | 1.87 million No | +11.3% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 1.87 million No is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 309,560 No, 6.0× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 1.87 million No is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 83,645 No, 22.3× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bees — Stocks 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +61.3% | 2.48 million No | 4.00 million No |
| 2012 | +35.1% | 1.33 million No | 1.80 million No |
| 2006 | -26.8% | 4.10 million No | 3.00 million No |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 580,000 No | 500,000 No | 660,000 No | 9 |
| 1970s | 815,410 No | 680,000 No | 1.05 million No | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.35 million No | 1.08 million No | 1.80 million No | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.32 million No | 2.00 million No | 2.48 million No | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.30 million No | 1.84 million No | 4.40 million No | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.52 million No | 1.29 million No | 1.80 million No | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.60 million No | 1.43 million No | 1.87 million No | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 12 Mexico 2.14 million No compare
- 12 Timor-Leste 20,000 No compare
- 13 Republic of Korea 2.13 million No compare
- 13 Polynesia 14,535 No compare
- 14 Greece 2.02 million No compare
- 14 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 10,415 No compare
- 15 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0 No compare
- 16 France 1.79 million No compare
- 17 Central African Republic 1.67 million No compare
- 18 Italy 1.59 million No compare
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 bees — stocks in Kenya?
- Bees — stocks in Kenya was 1.87 million No in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bees — stocks recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 4.40 million No in 2001.
- What is the lowest bees — stocks recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 500,000 No in 1961.
- How does Kenya rank for bees — stocks?
- Kenya ranks 15th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bees — stocks rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.7%. 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 Bees — Stocks. 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.