Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Kenya
Kenya: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield was 936.1 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Kenya is 936.1 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 18.4% on the previous year and down 64.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Kenya peaked at 5,434 kg/ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 320.2 kg/ha, in 1990.
That places Kenya 83rd out of 124 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 595.53 kg/ha | 563.5 kg/ha | 606.5 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 611.69 kg/ha | 571.4 kg/ha | 750 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 622.51 kg/ha | 494.2 kg/ha | 714.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 865.16 kg/ha | 320.2 kg/ha | 1,758 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,312 kg/ha | 902.3 kg/ha | 1,765 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,917 kg/ha | 564.7 kg/ha | 5,434 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,056 kg/ha | 903.5 kg/ha | 1,295 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Kenya?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Kenya was 936.1 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 5,434 kg/ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 320.2 kg/ha in 1990.
- How does Kenya rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield?
- Kenya ranks 83rd out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 64.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.