Dates — Yield in Kenya
Kenya: Dates — Yield was 2,256 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Dates — Yield in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, dates — yield in Kenya stood at 2,256 kg/ha.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and down 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — yield in Kenya peaked at 3,429 kg/ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 2,177 kg/ha, in 2020.
That places Kenya 35th out of 37 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Dates — Yield in Kenya, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,333 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,000 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1963 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 2,800 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1969 | 2,800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 2,800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 2,800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 2,800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 2,800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 2,800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 2,800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 2,857 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1977 | 3,143 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1978 | 2,800 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1979 | 2,857 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1980 | 3,143 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1981 | 3,143 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 3,143 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 3,143 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 2,941 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1985 | 2,899 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1986 | 2,899 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 2,899 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 3,188 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1989 | 3,188 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 2,318 kg/ha | -27.3% |
| 1991 | 3,338 kg/ha | +44.0% |
| 1992 | 3,329 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 3,381 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 3,414 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 3,429 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 3,250 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1997 | 3,228 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 3,188 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 3,133 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2000 | 3,030 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2001 | 3,014 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 2,959 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2003 | 2,906 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2004 | 2,847 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2005 | 2,821 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 2,773 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 2,726 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 2,678 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2009 | 2,630 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 2,582 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2011 | 2,534 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 2,472 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 2,444 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 2,413 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 2,380 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 2,342 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 2,298 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 2,256 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 2,215 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 2,177 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 2,239 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 2,243 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 2,244 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 2,256 kg/ha | +0.5% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 2,256 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,861 kg/ha, 79% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 2,256 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3,054 kg/ha, 74% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Dates — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +44.0% | 2,318 kg/ha | 3,338 kg/ha |
| 1990 | -27.3% | 3,188 kg/ha | 2,318 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,993 kg/ha | 2,800 kg/ha | 3,333 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,846 kg/ha | 2,800 kg/ha | 3,143 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,059 kg/ha | 2,899 kg/ha | 3,188 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,201 kg/ha | 2,318 kg/ha | 3,429 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,838 kg/ha | 2,630 kg/ha | 3,030 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,394 kg/ha | 2,215 kg/ha | 2,582 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,232 kg/ha | 2,177 kg/ha | 2,256 kg/ha | 5 |
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- 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 dates — yield in Kenya?
- Dates — yield in Kenya was 2,256 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 3,429 kg/ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest dates — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,177 kg/ha in 2020.
- How does Kenya rank for dates — yield?
- Kenya ranks 35th out of 37 countries with data for 2024.
- Is dates — yield rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.5%. 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 Dates — 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.