Cow peas, dry — Yield in Kenya
Kenya: Cow peas, dry — Yield was 333.4 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cow peas, dry — Yield in Kenya, 1989–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 333.4 kg/ha for cow peas, dry — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 51.6% on the previous year and down 32.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cow peas, dry — yield in Kenya peaked at 1,105 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 221.2 kg/ha, in 1998.
That places Kenya 42nd out of 47 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Cow peas, dry — Yield in Kenya, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 475 kg/ha | — |
| 1990 | 500.8 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1991 | 499.5 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 442.6 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1993 | 592.3 kg/ha | +33.8% |
| 1994 | 563.2 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1995 | 295.8 kg/ha | -47.5% |
| 1996 | 630 kg/ha | +113.0% |
| 1997 | 326.5 kg/ha | -48.2% |
| 1998 | 221.2 kg/ha | -32.3% |
| 1999 | 454.1 kg/ha | +105.3% |
| 2000 | 381.5 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 2001 | 384.6 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 485.5 kg/ha | +26.2% |
| 2003 | 309.6 kg/ha | -36.2% |
| 2004 | 234.2 kg/ha | -24.4% |
| 2005 | 498 kg/ha | +112.6% |
| 2006 | 542.1 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2007 | 639.6 kg/ha | +18.0% |
| 2008 | 323.7 kg/ha | -49.4% |
| 2009 | 483.9 kg/ha | +49.5% |
| 2010 | 429.5 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 2011 | 411.8 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2012 | 530.9 kg/ha | +28.9% |
| 2013 | 533.3 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 492 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2015 | 725.2 kg/ha | +47.4% |
| 2016 | 644.4 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 2017 | 637.8 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 747.9 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 2019 | 917.9 kg/ha | +22.7% |
| 2020 | 1,105 kg/ha | +20.4% |
| 2021 | 531.6 kg/ha | -51.9% |
| 2022 | 578.3 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2023 | 688.9 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 2024 | 333.4 kg/ha | -51.6% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 333.4 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 719.2 kg/ha, 46% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 333.4 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 484.2 kg/ha, 69% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 475 kg/ha | 475 kg/ha | 475 kg/ha | 1 |
| 1990s | 452.6 kg/ha | 221.2 kg/ha | 630 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 428.27 kg/ha | 234.2 kg/ha | 639.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 607.07 kg/ha | 411.8 kg/ha | 917.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 647.38 kg/ha | 333.4 kg/ha | 1,105 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 40 Mauritania 353.4 kg/ha compare
- 41 Eswatini 343.6 kg/ha compare
- 43 Zambia 302.2 kg/ha compare
- 44 Mozambique 236.8 kg/ha compare
- 45 Sudan (former) 226.4 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 cow peas, dry — yield in Kenya?
- Cow peas, dry — yield in Kenya was 333.4 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cow peas, dry — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 1,105 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest cow peas, dry — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 221.2 kg/ha in 1998.
- How does Kenya rank for cow peas, dry — yield?
- Kenya ranks 42nd out of 47 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cow peas, dry — yield rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.2%. 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 Cow peas, dry — 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.