Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Kenya
Kenya: Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield was 10,398 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Kenya, 1991–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Kenya is 10,398 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.7% on the previous year and up 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Kenya peaked at 25,368 kg/ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 4,762 kg/ha, in 2010.
Kenya ranks 115th of 134 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Kenya, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 9,588 kg/ha | — |
| 1992 | 8,750 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1993 | 10,268 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 1994 | 18,660 kg/ha | +81.7% |
| 1995 | 7,200 kg/ha | -61.4% |
| 1996 | 9,667 kg/ha | +34.3% |
| 1997 | 12,500 kg/ha | +29.3% |
| 1998 | 7,000 kg/ha | -44.0% |
| 1999 | 12,420 kg/ha | +77.4% |
| 2000 | 9,952 kg/ha | -19.9% |
| 2001 | 8,508 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 2002 | 7,912 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2003 | 6,551 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 2004 | 9,000 kg/ha | +37.4% |
| 2005 | 11,045 kg/ha | +22.7% |
| 2006 | 11,184 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 12,692 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 2008 | 25,368 kg/ha | +99.9% |
| 2009 | 5,954 kg/ha | -76.5% |
| 2010 | 4,762 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 2011 | 5,097 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2012 | 12,380 kg/ha | +142.9% |
| 2013 | 13,254 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2014 | 10,036 kg/ha | -24.3% |
| 2015 | 8,100 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 2016 | 6,798 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 2017 | 10,839 kg/ha | +59.5% |
| 2018 | 7,494 kg/ha | -30.9% |
| 2019 | 8,653 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 2020 | 11,670 kg/ha | +34.9% |
| 2021 | 10,835 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2022 | 8,488 kg/ha | -21.7% |
| 2023 | 11,647 kg/ha | +37.2% |
| 2024 | 10,398 kg/ha | -10.7% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 10,398 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 22,144 kg/ha, 47% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 10,398 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 15,316 kg/ha, 68% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 10,673 kg/ha | 7,000 kg/ha | 18,660 kg/ha | 9 |
| 2000s | 10,817 kg/ha | 5,954 kg/ha | 25,368 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,741 kg/ha | 4,762 kg/ha | 13,254 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,607 kg/ha | 8,488 kg/ha | 11,670 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 cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Kenya?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Kenya was 10,398 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 25,368 kg/ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,762 kg/ha in 2010.
- How does Kenya rank for cucumbers and gherkins — yield?
- Kenya ranks 115th out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — yield rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.6%. 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 Cucumbers and gherkins — 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.