Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — Yield in Kenya
Kenya: Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — Yield was 4,652 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — Yield in Kenya, 1986–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 4,652 kg/ha for leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and up 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — yield in Kenya peaked at 7,948 kg/ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 4,375 kg/ha, in 2012.
Kenya ranks 54th of 60 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 39 years of available data.
Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — Yield in Kenya, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 5,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1987 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 6,634 kg/ha | +32.7% |
| 1993 | 5,000 kg/ha | -24.6% |
| 1994 | 7,948 kg/ha | +59.0% |
| 1995 | 5,000 kg/ha | -37.1% |
| 1996 | 5,441 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1997 | 5,429 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 5,396 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 5,000 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2000 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 5,143 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 5,109 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 5,075 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 5,042 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 5,000 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 4,943 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 4,907 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 4,872 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 4,836 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 4,800 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 4,375 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2013 | 4,375 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 4,532 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 4,536 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 4,477 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 4,428 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 4,480 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 4,661 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2020 | 4,389 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2021 | 4,618 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2022 | 4,616 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 4,595 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 4,652 kg/ha | +1.2% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 4,652 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 5,133 kg/ha, 91% of the median. (7 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 4,652 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 5,064 kg/ha, 92% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +59.0% | 5,000 kg/ha | 7,948 kg/ha |
| 1995 | -37.1% | 7,948 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha |
| 1992 | +32.7% | 5,000 kg/ha | 6,634 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5,000 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 4 |
| 1990s | 5,585 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 7,948 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,009 kg/ha | 4,872 kg/ha | 5,143 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,550 kg/ha | 4,375 kg/ha | 4,836 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,574 kg/ha | 4,389 kg/ha | 4,652 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
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 leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — yield in Kenya?
- Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — yield in Kenya was 4,652 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 7,948 kg/ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,375 kg/ha in 2012.
- How does Kenya rank for leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — yield?
- Kenya ranks 54th out of 60 countries with data for 2024.
- Is leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — yield rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.6%. 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 Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — 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.