Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield in Kenya
Kenya: Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield was 9,202 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for citrus fruit, total — yield in Kenya is 9,202 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.1% on the previous year and down 10.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citrus fruit, total — yield in Kenya peaked at 10,970 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 3,306 kg/ha, in 1961.
Kenya ranks 79th of 137 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.
Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield in Kenya, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,306 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,554 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1963 | 3,802 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1964 | 3,889 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1965 | 4,127 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1966 | 4,365 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1967 | 3,841 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1968 | 4,040 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1969 | 4,238 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1970 | 3,807 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1971 | 3,922 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1972 | 4,090 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1973 | 4,199 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1974 | 3,835 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1975 | 4,155 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1976 | 4,301 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1977 | 4,264 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1978 | 3,998 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1979 | 4,079 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1980 | 4,214 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1981 | 4,271 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1982 | 4,210 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1983 | 4,488 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1984 | 4,786 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1985 | 5,115 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1986 | 5,292 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1987 | 5,603 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1988 | 5,778 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1989 | 5,967 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1990 | 7,990 kg/ha | +33.9% |
| 1991 | 6,195 kg/ha | -22.5% |
| 1992 | 6,620 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1993 | 8,382 kg/ha | +26.6% |
| 1994 | 9,083 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1995 | 9,390 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1996 | 8,730 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1997 | 8,962 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1998 | 8,294 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1999 | 8,996 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2000 | 8,867 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 8,840 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 7,914 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 2003 | 7,119 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2004 | 7,237 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 7,970 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2006 | 8,536 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2007 | 9,831 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 2008 | 9,819 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 9,842 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 10,658 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2011 | 8,839 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 2012 | 8,342 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2013 | 9,979 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 2014 | 10,312 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 10,009 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2016 | 8,850 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 2017 | 7,849 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 2018 | 8,094 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2019 | 7,649 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2020 | 10,970 kg/ha | +43.4% |
| 2021 | 9,456 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 2022 | 9,149 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2023 | 9,908 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2024 | 9,202 kg/ha | -7.1% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 9,202 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10,073 kg/ha, 91% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 9,202 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7,478 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Citrus Fruit, Total — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +43.4% | 7,649 kg/ha | 10,970 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,907 kg/ha | 3,306 kg/ha | 4,365 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,065 kg/ha | 3,807 kg/ha | 4,301 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,972 kg/ha | 4,210 kg/ha | 5,967 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,264 kg/ha | 6,195 kg/ha | 9,390 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,598 kg/ha | 7,119 kg/ha | 9,842 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,058 kg/ha | 7,649 kg/ha | 10,658 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,737 kg/ha | 9,149 kg/ha | 10,970 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 76 New Zealand 9,482 kg/ha compare
- 77 Puerto Rico 9,412 kg/ha compare
- 78 Nepal 9,297 kg/ha compare
- 80 South Sudan 8,708 kg/ha compare
- 81 Namibia 8,634 kg/ha compare
- 82 Grenada 8,429 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Kenya
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 16.52 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), 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)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6779 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 12.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is citrus fruit, total — yield in Kenya?
- Citrus fruit, total — yield in Kenya was 9,202 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest citrus fruit, total — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 10,970 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest citrus fruit, total — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,306 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Kenya rank for citrus fruit, total — yield?
- Kenya ranks 79th out of 137 countries with data for 2024.
- Is citrus fruit, total — yield rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.8%. 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 Citrus Fruit, Total — 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.