Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Kenya
Kenya: Lettuce and chicory — Yield was 4,535 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Kenya, 1991–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lettuce and chicory — yield in Kenya is 4,535 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 13.9% on the previous year and down 74.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — yield in Kenya peaked at 31,707 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 2,220 kg/ha, in 2012.
That places Kenya 99th out of 107 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Kenya, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 8,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1992 | 9,588 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 1993 | 8,571 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1994 | 11,762 kg/ha | +37.2% |
| 1995 | 8,190 kg/ha | -30.4% |
| 1996 | 9,760 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 1997 | 9,764 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 5,214 kg/ha | -46.6% |
| 1999 | 9,663 kg/ha | +85.3% |
| 2000 | 8,817 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2001 | 11,064 kg/ha | +25.5% |
| 2002 | 10,000 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2003 | 8,667 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 2004 | 8,182 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2005 | 8,571 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2006 | 10,539 kg/ha | +23.0% |
| 2007 | 10,899 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 11,420 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2009 | 13,441 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 2010 | 9,149 kg/ha | -31.9% |
| 2011 | 13,511 kg/ha | +47.7% |
| 2012 | 2,220 kg/ha | -83.6% |
| 2013 | 3,630 kg/ha | +63.6% |
| 2014 | 17,475 kg/ha | +381.4% |
| 2015 | 9,739 kg/ha | -44.3% |
| 2016 | 8,042 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 2017 | 24,432 kg/ha | +203.8% |
| 2018 | 24,010 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 21,584 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 2020 | 23,835 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2021 | 31,707 kg/ha | +33.0% |
| 2022 | 28,431 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2023 | 5,267 kg/ha | -81.5% |
| 2024 | 4,535 kg/ha | -13.9% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 4,535 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10,999 kg/ha, 41% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 4,535 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 10,999 kg/ha, 41% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lettuce and chicory — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +381.4% | 3,630 kg/ha | 17,475 kg/ha |
| 2017 | +203.8% | 8,042 kg/ha | 24,432 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8,946 kg/ha | 5,214 kg/ha | 11,762 kg/ha | 9 |
| 2000s | 10,160 kg/ha | 8,182 kg/ha | 13,441 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,379 kg/ha | 2,220 kg/ha | 24,432 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,755 kg/ha | 4,535 kg/ha | 31,707 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 96 Dominican Republic 5,899 kg/ha compare
- 97 Bangladesh 5,422 kg/ha compare
- 98 Antigua and Barbuda 4,698 kg/ha compare
- 100 Yemen 4,484 kg/ha
- 101 Israel 4,327 kg/ha compare
- 102 Costa Rica 2,788 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 lettuce and chicory — yield in Kenya?
- Lettuce and chicory — yield in Kenya was 4,535 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 31,707 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,220 kg/ha in 2012.
- How does Kenya rank for lettuce and chicory — yield?
- Kenya ranks 99th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — yield rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 74.0%. 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 Lettuce and chicory — 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.