Chicken meat yields per animal in Kenya
Kenya: Chicken meat yields per animal was 1.48 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
1.48
Change on year
up 5.8%
World rank
84th
of 198 countries
All-time high
1.8
in 2001
All-time low
0.9
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024
Chicken meat yields per animal in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for chicken meat yields per animal in Kenya is 1.48, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 5.8% on the previous year and up 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chicken meat yields per animal in Kenya peaked at 1.8 in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.9, in 1961.
Kenya ranks 84th of 198 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9444 | 0.9 | 1 | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.13 | 1 | 1.2 | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.3 | 1.16 | 1.8 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.3 | 1.01 | 1.41 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.42 | 1.4 | 1.48 | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Kenya
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 31.48 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 23.2% (2025)
- Rural population 39.00 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.5% (2025)
- Rural population 67.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 12.9% (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 23.16 (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 23.16 (2025)
- Land under cereal production 2.93 million hectares (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chicken meat yields per animal in Kenya?
- Chicken meat yields per animal in Kenya was 1.48 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest chicken meat yields per animal recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 1.8 in 2001.
- What is the lowest chicken meat yields per animal recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9 in 1961.
- How does Kenya rank for chicken meat yields per animal?
- Kenya ranks 84th out of 198 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chicken meat yields per animal rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Chicken meat yields per animal. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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