Coffee, green — Yield in Kenya
Kenya: Coffee, green — Yield was 435.7 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Coffee, green — Yield in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for coffee, green — yield in Kenya is 435.7 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coffee, green — yield in Kenya peaked at 891.9 kg/ha in 1980 and was at its lowest, 262.5 kg/ha, in 2010.
That places Kenya 52nd out of 74 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Coffee, green — Yield in Kenya, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 674.8 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 704.2 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1963 | 694 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1964 | 506 kg/ha | -27.1% |
| 1965 | 473.5 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1966 | 666.7 kg/ha | +40.8% |
| 1967 | 562.1 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 1968 | 466 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 1969 | 616.6 kg/ha | +32.3% |
| 1970 | 686 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1971 | 700.1 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1972 | 701.1 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1973 | 704.9 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1974 | 701 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1975 | 596 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 1976 | 759.5 kg/ha | +27.4% |
| 1977 | 782 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1978 | 691.2 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1979 | 630.1 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1980 | 891.9 kg/ha | +41.5% |
| 1981 | 847.9 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1982 | 666.9 kg/ha | -21.3% |
| 1983 | 639.5 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1984 | 790.3 kg/ha | +23.6% |
| 1985 | 615.8 kg/ha | -22.1% |
| 1986 | 728.9 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 1987 | 677.5 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1988 | 823.4 kg/ha | +21.5% |
| 1989 | 763.6 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1990 | 678.6 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1991 | 556 kg/ha | -18.1% |
| 1992 | 554.6 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 474.7 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1994 | 503.5 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1995 | 594.4 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 1996 | 552.3 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1997 | 388 kg/ha | -29.7% |
| 1998 | 300.9 kg/ha | -22.4% |
| 1999 | 400.6 kg/ha | +33.1% |
| 2000 | 592.4 kg/ha | +47.9% |
| 2001 | 304.1 kg/ha | -48.7% |
| 2002 | 305.3 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 326.1 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2004 | 284.9 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 2005 | 265.9 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2006 | 284.1 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2007 | 327.4 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 2008 | 271 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 2009 | 337.5 kg/ha | +24.5% |
| 2010 | 262.5 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 2011 | 314 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 2012 | 446.3 kg/ha | +42.1% |
| 2013 | 362.5 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 2014 | 450 kg/ha | +24.1% |
| 2015 | 370 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 2016 | 404.4 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2017 | 336.7 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 2018 | 358 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2019 | 372.1 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2020 | 308.3 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 2021 | 318.9 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2022 | 474.4 kg/ha | +48.8% |
| 2023 | 435.2 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2024 | 435.7 kg/ha | +0.1% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 435.7 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 579.75 kg/ha, 75% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 435.7 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 545.8 kg/ha, 80% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 595.99 kg/ha | 466 kg/ha | 704.2 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 695.19 kg/ha | 596 kg/ha | 782 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 744.57 kg/ha | 615.8 kg/ha | 891.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 500.36 kg/ha | 300.9 kg/ha | 678.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 329.87 kg/ha | 265.9 kg/ha | 592.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 367.65 kg/ha | 262.5 kg/ha | 450 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 394.5 kg/ha | 308.3 kg/ha | 474.4 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
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 coffee, green — yield in Kenya?
- Coffee, green — yield in Kenya was 435.7 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coffee, green — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 891.9 kg/ha in 1980.
- What is the lowest coffee, green — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 262.5 kg/ha in 2010.
- How does Kenya rank for coffee, green — yield?
- Kenya ranks 52nd out of 74 countries with data for 2024.
- Is coffee, green — yield rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.2%. 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 Coffee, green — 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.