Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Production in Kenya
Kenya: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Production was 23,174 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Production in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — production in Kenya is 23,174 t, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 14.1% on the previous year and down 17.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — production in Kenya peaked at 91,784 t in 1974 and was at its lowest, 23,174 t, in 2024.
That places Kenya 56th out of 144 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 63,463 t | 55,406 t | 74,400 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 51,839 t | 39,096 t | 91,784 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 53,288 t | 43,590 t | 60,265 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 38,508 t | 26,452 t | 49,479 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 29,573 t | 23,637 t | 34,286 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 29,241 t | 26,370 t | 35,340 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 29,844 t | 23,174 t | 33,620 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 53 Canada 26,870 t compare
- 54 Colombia 25,840 t compare
- 55 Mozambique 25,101 t compare
- 57 Sudan (former) 19,352 t compare
- 58 Democratic Republic of the Congo 18,503 t compare
- 59 Chile 18,399 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Kenya
- Agriculture share gdp 23.16 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 23.16 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 12.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2024)
- Rural population 67.8% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.5% (2025)
- Rural population 39.00 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 23.2% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 31.48 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 2.06 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — production in Kenya?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — production in Kenya was 23,174 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — production recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 91,784 t in 1974.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — production recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 23,174 t in 2024.
- How does Kenya rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — production?
- Kenya ranks 56th out of 144 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — production rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.0%. 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 Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Production. 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.