Broad beans and horse beans, green — Yield in Kenya
Kenya: Broad beans and horse beans, green — Yield was 27,246 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Broad beans and horse beans, green — Yield in Kenya, 1994–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, broad beans and horse beans, green — yield in Kenya stood at 27,246 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.0% on the previous year and up 484.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, broad beans and horse beans, green — yield in Kenya peaked at 29,266 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 4,205 kg/ha, in 2011.
Kenya ranks 1st of 57 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Broad beans and horse beans, green — Yield in Kenya, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 5,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1995 | 5,157 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1996 | 5,154 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 5,152 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 5,148 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 5,147 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 5,000 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2001 | 6,000 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 2002 | 5,333 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 2003 | 5,000 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2004 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 4,888 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2009 | 4,834 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 4,778 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 4,205 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 2012 | 4,674 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 2013 | 4,372 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2014 | 4,661 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2015 | 4,892 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2016 | 5,386 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2017 | 6,096 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 2018 | 5,804 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2019 | 6,075 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2020 | 8,107 kg/ha | +33.4% |
| 2021 | 15,006 kg/ha | +85.1% |
| 2022 | 29,266 kg/ha | +95.0% |
| 2023 | 28,677 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2024 | 27,246 kg/ha | -5.0% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 27,246 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10,430 kg/ha, 2.6× the median. (9 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 27,246 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7,355 kg/ha, 3.7× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Broad beans and horse beans, green — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +95.0% | 15,006 kg/ha | 29,266 kg/ha |
| 2021 | +85.1% | 8,107 kg/ha | 15,006 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5,126 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 5,157 kg/ha | 6 |
| 2000s | 5,106 kg/ha | 4,834 kg/ha | 6,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,094 kg/ha | 4,205 kg/ha | 6,096 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 21,660 kg/ha | 8,107 kg/ha | 29,266 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 2 Kazakhstan 23,402 kg/ha compare
- 2 Türkiye 8,561 kg/ha compare
- 3 China, mainland 20,199 kg/ha compare
- 3 Syrian Arab Republic 7,044 kg/ha compare
- 4 Palestine 17,611 kg/ha compare
- 4 Micronesia 5,047 kg/ha 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 broad beans and horse beans, green — yield in Kenya?
- Broad beans and horse beans, green — yield in Kenya was 27,246 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest broad beans and horse beans, green — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 29,266 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest broad beans and horse beans, green — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,205 kg/ha in 2011.
- How does Kenya rank for broad beans and horse beans, green — yield?
- Kenya ranks 1st out of 57 countries with data for 2024.
- Is broad beans and horse beans, green — yield rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 484.6%. 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 Broad beans and horse beans, green — 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.