Linseed — Yield in Kenya
Kenya: Linseed — Yield was 1,009 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Linseed — Yield in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, linseed — yield in Kenya stood at 1,009 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, linseed — yield in Kenya peaked at 1,009 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 987.7 kg/ha, in 1963.
That places Kenya 29th out of 62 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Linseed — Yield in Kenya, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 991.2 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,003 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1963 | 987.7 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1964 | 1,000 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1965 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 995.6 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 995.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 995.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 995.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 995.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 995.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 995.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 996.1 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 996.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 996.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 996.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 996 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 995.9 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 995.8 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 995.7 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 995.6 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 995.5 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 995.4 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 999.9 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 1,001 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 999.5 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 1,002 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 1,004 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 1,005 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 1,005 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1,006 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 1,007 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 1,008 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 1,009 kg/ha | +0.1% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 1,009 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 814.25 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 997.96 kg/ha | 987.7 kg/ha | 1,003 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 997.03 kg/ha | 995.6 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 996.36 kg/ha | 995.6 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,000 kg/ha | 995.4 kg/ha | 1,005 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,007 kg/ha | 1,005 kg/ha | 1,009 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 linseed — yield in Kenya?
- Linseed — yield in Kenya was 1,009 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest linseed — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 1,009 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest linseed — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 987.7 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Kenya rank for linseed — yield?
- Kenya ranks 29th out of 62 countries with data for 2024.
- Is linseed — yield rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Linseed — 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.