Cereals, primary — Yield in Kenya
Kenya: Cereals, primary — Yield was 1,693 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 1,693 kg/ha for cereals, primary — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.7% on the previous year and up 6.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Kenya peaked at 1,963 kg/ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 1,140 kg/ha, in 1966.
Kenya ranks 132nd of 178 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Yield in Kenya, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,245 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,207 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1963 | 1,250 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1964 | 1,200 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1965 | 1,143 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1966 | 1,140 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1967 | 1,235 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1968 | 1,287 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1969 | 1,303 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1970 | 1,278 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1971 | 1,270 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1972 | 1,286 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1973 | 1,306 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1974 | 1,352 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1975 | 1,397 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1976 | 1,583 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1977 | 1,551 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1978 | 1,410 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1979 | 1,283 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1980 | 1,242 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1981 | 1,562 kg/ha | +25.8% |
| 1982 | 1,963 kg/ha | +25.7% |
| 1983 | 1,676 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 1984 | 1,343 kg/ha | -19.9% |
| 1985 | 1,634 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 1986 | 1,886 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1987 | 1,568 kg/ha | -16.8% |
| 1988 | 1,746 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1989 | 1,723 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1990 | 1,562 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1991 | 1,712 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1992 | 1,661 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1993 | 1,461 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1994 | 1,918 kg/ha | +31.3% |
| 1995 | 1,753 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1996 | 1,403 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1997 | 1,397 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 1,590 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 1999 | 1,428 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 2000 | 1,375 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2001 | 1,640 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 2002 | 1,488 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2003 | 1,594 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2004 | 1,806 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 2005 | 1,646 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2006 | 1,646 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1,773 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2008 | 1,418 kg/ha | -20.1% |
| 2009 | 1,243 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 2010 | 1,710 kg/ha | +37.6% |
| 2011 | 1,515 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 2012 | 1,745 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 2013 | 1,662 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2014 | 1,583 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2015 | 1,773 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 2016 | 1,383 kg/ha | -22.0% |
| 2017 | 1,426 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 1,709 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 2019 | 1,605 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2020 | 1,843 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 2021 | 1,522 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 2022 | 1,477 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2023 | 1,758 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 2024 | 1,693 kg/ha | -3.7% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 1,693 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,947 kg/ha, 87% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 1,693 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,342 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,223 kg/ha | 1,140 kg/ha | 1,303 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,372 kg/ha | 1,270 kg/ha | 1,583 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,634 kg/ha | 1,242 kg/ha | 1,963 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,589 kg/ha | 1,397 kg/ha | 1,918 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,563 kg/ha | 1,243 kg/ha | 1,806 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,611 kg/ha | 1,383 kg/ha | 1,773 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,659 kg/ha | 1,477 kg/ha | 1,843 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)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in Kenya?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Kenya was 1,693 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 1,963 kg/ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,140 kg/ha in 1966.
- How does Kenya rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Kenya ranks 132nd out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.9%. 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 Cereals, primary — 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.