Lemons and limes — Yield in Kenya
Kenya: Lemons and limes — Yield was 11,054 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lemons and limes — Yield in Kenya, 1977–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 11,054 kg/ha for lemons and limes — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 1.8% on the previous year and up 15.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — yield in Kenya peaked at 21,307 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 3,333 kg/ha, in 1977.
Kenya ranks 61st of 107 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 48 years of available data.
Lemons and limes — Yield in Kenya, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 3,333 kg/ha | — |
| 1978 | 3,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 3,774 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1980 | 3,774 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 4,167 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1982 | 4,444 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1983 | 6,000 kg/ha | +35.0% |
| 1984 | 5,862 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1985 | 6,286 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1986 | 7,250 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1987 | 6,889 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1988 | 7,000 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1989 | 7,091 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1990 | 7,273 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1991 | 8,167 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1992 | 9,077 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1993 | 9,231 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 9,286 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 9,200 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 9,375 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 10,625 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1998 | 10,824 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 11,647 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2000 | 12,000 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2001 | 12,222 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 12,526 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 12,842 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 13,900 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2005 | 13,238 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2006 | 12,909 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2007 | 13,044 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 12,800 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 13,069 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 12,812 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 9,702 kg/ha | -24.3% |
| 2012 | 9,355 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2013 | 14,366 kg/ha | +53.6% |
| 2014 | 9,554 kg/ha | -33.5% |
| 2015 | 9,751 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 10,980 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 2017 | 8,070 kg/ha | -26.5% |
| 2018 | 7,801 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2019 | 8,548 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2020 | 21,307 kg/ha | +149.3% |
| 2021 | 12,523 kg/ha | -41.2% |
| 2022 | 8,059 kg/ha | -35.6% |
| 2023 | 11,257 kg/ha | +39.7% |
| 2024 | 11,054 kg/ha | -1.8% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 11,054 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 11,092 kg/ha, 100% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 11,054 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 6,801 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lemons and limes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +149.3% | 8,548 kg/ha | 21,307 kg/ha |
| 2013 | +53.6% | 9,355 kg/ha | 14,366 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 3,480 kg/ha | 3,333 kg/ha | 3,774 kg/ha | 3 |
| 1980s | 5,876 kg/ha | 3,774 kg/ha | 7,250 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,470 kg/ha | 7,273 kg/ha | 11,647 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,855 kg/ha | 12,000 kg/ha | 13,900 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,094 kg/ha | 7,801 kg/ha | 14,366 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,840 kg/ha | 8,059 kg/ha | 21,307 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 lemons and limes — yield in Kenya?
- Lemons and limes — yield in Kenya was 11,054 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 21,307 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,333 kg/ha in 1977.
- How does Kenya rank for lemons and limes — yield?
- Kenya ranks 61st out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — yield rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.7%. 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 Lemons and limes — 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.