Cassava, fresh — Yield in Kenya
Kenya: Cassava, fresh — Yield was 14,736 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 14,736 kg/ha for cassava, fresh — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 5.7% on the previous year and up 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — yield in Kenya peaked at 15,626 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 5,000 kg/ha, in 1984.
That places Kenya 34th out of 93 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Kenya, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,636 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,679 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1963 | 7,719 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1964 | 7,759 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1965 | 7,797 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1966 | 7,833 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1967 | 7,869 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1968 | 7,903 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1969 | 7,936 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1970 | 7,969 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1971 | 8,000 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 8,030 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1973 | 8,060 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1974 | 8,088 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1975 | 8,000 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1976 | 8,176 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1977 | 7,722 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1978 | 7,750 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 7,875 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1980 | 7,888 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1981 | 11,905 kg/ha | +50.9% |
| 1982 | 5,200 kg/ha | -56.3% |
| 1983 | 10,000 kg/ha | +92.3% |
| 1984 | 5,000 kg/ha | -50.0% |
| 1985 | 12,705 kg/ha | +154.1% |
| 1986 | 8,526 kg/ha | -32.9% |
| 1987 | 8,500 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1988 | 9,286 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1989 | 9,899 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1990 | 10,850 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1991 | 10,000 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1992 | 10,246 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1993 | 10,294 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 9,130 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1995 | 9,556 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1996 | 11,134 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 1997 | 9,494 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1998 | 8,057 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 1999 | 10,211 kg/ha | +26.7% |
| 2000 | 6,945 kg/ha | -32.0% |
| 2001 | 7,768 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2002 | 7,344 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2003 | 7,902 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2004 | 11,100 kg/ha | +40.5% |
| 2005 | 9,101 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 2006 | 9,586 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2007 | 7,418 kg/ha | -22.6% |
| 2008 | 13,736 kg/ha | +85.2% |
| 2009 | 11,643 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 2010 | 5,252 kg/ha | -54.9% |
| 2011 | 11,231 kg/ha | +113.8% |
| 2012 | 12,727 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 2013 | 14,247 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 2014 | 13,471 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2015 | 14,099 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2016 | 12,289 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 2017 | 11,541 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2018 | 15,359 kg/ha | +33.1% |
| 2019 | 14,176 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2020 | 14,359 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 11,632 kg/ha | -19.0% |
| 2022 | 15,050 kg/ha | +29.4% |
| 2023 | 15,626 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2024 | 14,736 kg/ha | -5.7% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 14,736 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10,977 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 14,736 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 10,541 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (35 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cassava, fresh — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +154.1% | 5,000 kg/ha | 12,705 kg/ha |
| 2011 | +113.8% | 5,252 kg/ha | 11,231 kg/ha |
| 1983 | +92.3% | 5,200 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha |
| 2008 | +85.2% | 7,418 kg/ha | 13,736 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,792 kg/ha | 7,636 kg/ha | 7,936 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,967 kg/ha | 7,722 kg/ha | 8,176 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,891 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 12,705 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,897 kg/ha | 8,057 kg/ha | 11,134 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,254 kg/ha | 6,945 kg/ha | 13,736 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,439 kg/ha | 5,252 kg/ha | 15,359 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,281 kg/ha | 11,632 kg/ha | 15,626 kg/ha | 5 |
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- 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)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 12.9% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cassava, fresh — yield in Kenya?
- Cassava, fresh — yield in Kenya was 14,736 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 15,626 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,000 kg/ha in 1984.
- How does Kenya rank for cassava, fresh — yield?
- Kenya ranks 34th out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — yield rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.4%. 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 Cassava, fresh — 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.