Fruit Primary — Yield in Kenya
Kenya: Fruit Primary — Yield was 16,765 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fruit Primary — Yield in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, fruit primary — yield in Kenya stood at 16,765 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — yield in Kenya peaked at 18,211 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 7,117 kg/ha, in 1975.
Kenya ranks 39th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fruit Primary — Yield in Kenya, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,345 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,504 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1963 | 9,536 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1964 | 11,206 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 1965 | 9,570 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 1966 | 9,492 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1967 | 9,255 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1968 | 9,297 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1969 | 9,325 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1970 | 9,410 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1971 | 9,372 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1972 | 9,392 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1973 | 9,528 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1974 | 9,378 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1975 | 7,117 kg/ha | -24.1% |
| 1976 | 7,398 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1977 | 7,944 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1978 | 8,113 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1979 | 12,433 kg/ha | +53.2% |
| 1980 | 12,555 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 12,591 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 12,618 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 11,959 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1984 | 12,161 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 12,168 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 12,616 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1987 | 12,495 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1988 | 12,683 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1989 | 12,458 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1990 | 11,682 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1991 | 11,375 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1992 | 13,171 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 1993 | 12,938 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1994 | 13,261 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1995 | 13,849 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1996 | 13,402 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1997 | 13,078 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1998 | 15,441 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 1999 | 15,338 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 14,732 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2001 | 15,131 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 14,956 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 12,496 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 2004 | 13,578 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2005 | 14,395 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2006 | 14,364 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 15,345 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2008 | 18,144 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 2009 | 18,119 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 17,067 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2011 | 16,019 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2012 | 15,273 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2013 | 16,112 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2014 | 18,115 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 2015 | 16,834 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2016 | 17,174 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 15,266 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 2018 | 15,903 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2019 | 15,954 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 17,656 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 2021 | 18,211 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 17,691 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2023 | 16,862 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2024 | 16,765 kg/ha | -0.6% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 16,765 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10,605 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 16,765 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 6,972 kg/ha, 2.4× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fruit Primary — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | +53.2% | 8,113 kg/ha | 12,433 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,615 kg/ha | 9,255 kg/ha | 11,206 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,008 kg/ha | 7,117 kg/ha | 12,433 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,430 kg/ha | 11,959 kg/ha | 12,683 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,353 kg/ha | 11,375 kg/ha | 15,441 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,126 kg/ha | 12,496 kg/ha | 18,144 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 16,372 kg/ha | 15,266 kg/ha | 18,115 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,437 kg/ha | 16,765 kg/ha | 18,211 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Kenya
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.9835 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.1186 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.2405 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0002 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.4888 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fruit primary — yield in Kenya?
- Fruit primary — yield in Kenya was 16,765 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 18,211 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,117 kg/ha in 1975.
- How does Kenya rank for fruit primary — yield?
- Kenya ranks 39th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — yield rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.5%. 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 Fruit Primary — 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.