Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Kenya
Kenya: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield was 467.5 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Kenya stood at 467.5 kg/ha.
The figure is down 15.7% on the previous year and down 16.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Kenya peaked at 864 kg/ha in 1974 and was at its lowest, 241.1 kg/ha, in 1978.
That places Kenya 88th out of 131 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Kenya, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 582.1 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 506 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 1963 | 584.6 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1964 | 521.4 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1965 | 511.5 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1966 | 476.8 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1967 | 451.3 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1968 | 458.3 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1969 | 477.9 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1970 | 367.4 kg/ha | -23.1% |
| 1971 | 482.8 kg/ha | +31.4% |
| 1972 | 449.1 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1973 | 606.8 kg/ha | +35.1% |
| 1974 | 864 kg/ha | +42.4% |
| 1975 | 384.7 kg/ha | -55.5% |
| 1976 | 327.7 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 1977 | 336.9 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1978 | 241.1 kg/ha | -28.4% |
| 1979 | 345.6 kg/ha | +43.3% |
| 1980 | 290.4 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 1981 | 312.1 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1982 | 395.7 kg/ha | +26.8% |
| 1983 | 386.5 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1984 | 319.4 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 1985 | 259.3 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 1986 | 273.6 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1987 | 336.1 kg/ha | +22.8% |
| 1988 | 538.1 kg/ha | +60.1% |
| 1989 | 478.3 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1990 | 496.8 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1991 | 526.2 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1992 | 465.1 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1993 | 444.7 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1994 | 517.6 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 1995 | 512.2 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1996 | 731.8 kg/ha | +42.9% |
| 1997 | 608.8 kg/ha | -16.8% |
| 1998 | 446.6 kg/ha | -26.6% |
| 1999 | 404.8 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2000 | 381.1 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2001 | 352.6 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2002 | 494.7 kg/ha | +40.3% |
| 2003 | 449.6 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2004 | 418.3 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2005 | 462.3 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 2006 | 331.6 kg/ha | -28.3% |
| 2007 | 281.8 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 2008 | 312.9 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2009 | 350.4 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 2010 | 521 kg/ha | +48.7% |
| 2011 | 574.7 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2012 | 470.3 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 2013 | 592.4 kg/ha | +26.0% |
| 2014 | 561.9 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2015 | 505.7 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2016 | 534.6 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2017 | 470.9 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 2018 | 486.8 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 528.5 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2020 | 598 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 2021 | 650.3 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2022 | 737.4 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 2023 | 554.7 kg/ha | -24.8% |
| 2024 | 467.5 kg/ha | -15.7% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 467.5 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 550.1 kg/ha, 85% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 467.5 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 346.4 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 507.77 kg/ha | 451.3 kg/ha | 584.6 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 440.61 kg/ha | 241.1 kg/ha | 864 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 358.95 kg/ha | 259.3 kg/ha | 538.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 515.46 kg/ha | 404.8 kg/ha | 731.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 383.53 kg/ha | 281.8 kg/ha | 494.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 524.68 kg/ha | 470.3 kg/ha | 592.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 601.58 kg/ha | 467.5 kg/ha | 737.4 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 85 Iraq 507 kg/ha compare
- 86 Ukraine 482.8 kg/ha compare
- 87 Zimbabwe 482.4 kg/ha compare
- 89 North Macedonia 466.7 kg/ha compare
- 90 Afghanistan 462.5 kg/ha compare
- 91 Sudan (former) 460.8 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 fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Kenya?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Kenya was 467.5 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 864 kg/ha in 1974.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 241.1 kg/ha in 1978.
- How does Kenya rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield?
- Kenya ranks 88th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.8%. 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 Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — 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.