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 145th of 193 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
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 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 143 Turkmenistan 1,712 kg/ha compare
- 144 French Guiana 1,698 kg/ha compare
- 146 Dominica 1,690 kg/ha compare
- 147 Mali 1,656 kg/ha compare
- 148 Jordan 1,611 kg/ha compare
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 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 145th out of 193 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.