Coconuts, in shell — Yield in Kenya
Kenya: Coconuts, in shell — Yield was 1,162 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Coconuts, in shell — Yield in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 1,162 kg/ha for coconuts, in shell — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 5.3% on the previous year and down 29.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coconuts, in shell — yield in Kenya peaked at 4,875 kg/ha in 1978 and was at its lowest, 992.2 kg/ha, in 2022.
Kenya ranks 79th of 84 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Coconuts, in shell — Yield in Kenya, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,824 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,824 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 3,824 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 3,824 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 3,824 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 3,824 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 3,824 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 4,412 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1969 | 4,412 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 4,706 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1971 | 4,412 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1972 | 4,706 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1973 | 4,706 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 4,375 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1975 | 4,000 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1976 | 4,062 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 4,688 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1978 | 4,875 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1979 | 4,688 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1980 | 4,667 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1981 | 4,286 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1982 | 2,631 kg/ha | -38.6% |
| 1983 | 3,333 kg/ha | +26.7% |
| 1984 | 3,111 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1985 | 2,963 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1986 | 2,963 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 2,815 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1988 | 2,963 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1989 | 3,037 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1990 | 2,862 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1991 | 3,255 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 1992 | 3,271 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 3,520 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1994 | 3,793 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1995 | 3,307 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1996 | 2,910 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1997 | 3,057 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1998 | 3,046 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 3,075 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 3,105 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 3,230 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2002 | 3,529 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2003 | 3,475 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 4,000 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 2005 | 3,987 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 1,645 kg/ha | -58.7% |
| 2007 | 1,636 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 1,465 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 2009 | 1,303 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2010 | 1,488 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 2011 | 1,727 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 2012 | 2,851 kg/ha | +65.1% |
| 2013 | 1,636 kg/ha | -42.6% |
| 2014 | 1,648 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 2,289 kg/ha | +38.8% |
| 2016 | 2,431 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2017 | 1,137 kg/ha | -53.2% |
| 2018 | 1,271 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 2019 | 1,296 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 1,296 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1,116 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 2022 | 992.2 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 2023 | 1,104 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 2024 | 1,162 kg/ha | +5.3% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 1,162 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 4,442 kg/ha, 26% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 1,162 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,980 kg/ha, 39% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Coconuts, in shell — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +65.1% | 1,727 kg/ha | 2,851 kg/ha |
| 2006 | -58.7% | 3,987 kg/ha | 1,645 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,954 kg/ha | 3,824 kg/ha | 4,412 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,522 kg/ha | 4,000 kg/ha | 4,875 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,277 kg/ha | 2,631 kg/ha | 4,667 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,210 kg/ha | 2,862 kg/ha | 3,793 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,738 kg/ha | 1,303 kg/ha | 4,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,777 kg/ha | 1,137 kg/ha | 2,851 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,134 kg/ha | 992.2 kg/ha | 1,296 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 76 Equatorial Guinea 1,604 kg/ha compare
- 77 Guyana 1,370 kg/ha compare
- 78 Madagascar 1,341 kg/ha compare
- 80 Sierra Leone 1,012 kg/ha compare
- 81 Benin 1,007 kg/ha compare
- 82 Tuvalu 960.5 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 coconuts, in shell — yield in Kenya?
- Coconuts, in shell — yield in Kenya was 1,162 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coconuts, in shell — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 4,875 kg/ha in 1978.
- What is the lowest coconuts, in shell — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 992.2 kg/ha in 2022.
- How does Kenya rank for coconuts, in shell — yield?
- Kenya ranks 79th out of 84 countries with data for 2024.
- Is coconuts, in shell — yield rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Coconuts, in shell — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.