Eggs per bird in Kenya
Kenya: Eggs per bird was 4.13 kilograms per animal in 2024. ▲ Rising
Eggs per bird in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in kilograms per animal.
Analysis
The most recent figure for eggs per bird in Kenya is 4.13 kilograms per animal, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 6.6% on the previous year and down 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, eggs per bird in Kenya peaked at 5.5 kilograms per animal in 2010 and was at its lowest, 2.4 kilograms per animal, in 1961.
Kenya ranks 162nd of 197 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.4 kilograms per animal | 2.4 kilograms per animal | 2.4 kilograms per animal | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.4 kilograms per animal | 2.4 kilograms per animal | 2.4 kilograms per animal | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.25 kilograms per animal | 2.4 kilograms per animal | 4.61 kilograms per animal | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.62 kilograms per animal | 4.54 kilograms per animal | 4.69 kilograms per animal | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.7 kilograms per animal | 4.6 kilograms per animal | 4.99 kilograms per animal | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.84 kilograms per animal | 4.32 kilograms per animal | 5.5 kilograms per animal | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.6 kilograms per animal | 4.13 kilograms per animal | 5.27 kilograms per animal | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 159 Burkina Faso 4.27 kilograms per animal compare
- 160 Suriname 4.18 kilograms per animal compare
- 161 Guinea-Bissau 4.16 kilograms per animal compare
- 163 Bangladesh 4.08 kilograms per animal compare
- 164 Nauru 4 kilograms per animal compare
- 165 Trinidad and Tobago 3.93 kilograms per animal compare
More agriculture & rural data for Kenya
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 31.48 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 23.2% (2025)
- Rural population 39.00 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.5% (2025)
- Rural population 67.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 12.9% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.2% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.2% (2025)
- Land under cereal production 2.93 million hectares (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is eggs per bird in Kenya?
- Eggs per bird in Kenya was 4.13 kilograms per animal in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest eggs per bird recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 5.5 kilograms per animal in 2010.
- What is the lowest eggs per bird recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.4 kilograms per animal in 1961.
- How does Kenya rank for eggs per bird?
- Kenya ranks 162nd out of 197 countries with data for 2024.
- Is eggs per bird rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.6%. 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 (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Eggs per bird. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Annual egg yield per bird, measured in kilograms per animal.