Maize (corn) — Production in Kenya
Kenya: Maize (corn) — Production was 4.02 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Production in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — production in Kenya stood at 4.02 million t.
The figure is down 6.1% on the previous year and up 14.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — production in Kenya peaked at 4.29 million t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 940,000 t, in 1961.
That places Kenya 32nd out of 183 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.31 million t | 940,000 t | 1.73 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.94 million t | 1.40 million t | 2.60 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.27 million t | 1.42 million t | 2.90 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.41 million t | 2.09 million t | 3.06 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.66 million t | 2.16 million t | 3.25 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.56 million t | 3.19 million t | 4.01 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.70 million t | 3.08 million t | 4.29 million t | 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 maize (corn) — production in Kenya?
- Maize (corn) — production in Kenya was 4.02 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — production recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 4.29 million t in 2023.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — production recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 940,000 t in 1961.
- How does Kenya rank for maize (corn) — production?
- Kenya ranks 32nd out of 183 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — production rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.5%. 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 Maize (corn) — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.