Millet — Production in Kenya
Kenya: Millet — Production was 65,763 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Millet — Production in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for millet — production in Kenya is 65,763 t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 24.2% on the previous year and down 47.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — production in Kenya peaked at 153,000 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 10,000 t, in 1984.
That places Kenya 27th out of 93 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 130,778 t | 120,000 t | 141,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 128,360 t | 110,000 t | 135,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 52,264 t | 10,000 t | 90,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 50,022 t | 23,159 t | 69,480 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 61,990 t | 38,462 t | 119,599 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 94,431 t | 53,881 t | 138,829 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 84,833 t | 59,180 t | 153,000 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 24 Uzbekistan 110,163 t compare
- 25 Cameroon 100,000 t compare
- 26 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 77,049 t compare
- 28 Kazakhstan 64,946 t compare
- 29 Côte d'Ivoire 60,236 t compare
- 30 Malawi 50,144 t compare
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 millet — production in Kenya?
- Millet — production in Kenya was 65,763 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — production recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 153,000 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest millet — production recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,000 t in 1984.
- How does Kenya rank for millet — production?
- Kenya ranks 27th out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is millet — production rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 47.8%. 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 Millet — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.