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 37th out of 105 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.
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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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 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 37th out of 105 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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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.