Millet — Yield in Kenya
Kenya: Millet — Yield was 586.7 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Millet — Yield in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, millet — yield in Kenya stood at 586.7 kg/ha.
The figure is down 12.1% on the previous year and down 35.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — yield in Kenya peaked at 1,880 kg/ha in 1967 and was at its lowest, 270 kg/ha, in 1996.
Kenya ranks 72nd of 86 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Millet — Yield in Kenya, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,733 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,733 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,733 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,733 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,733 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,838 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1967 | 1,880 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1968 | 1,757 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1969 | 1,600 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1970 | 1,733 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1971 | 1,710 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1972 | 1,753 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1973 | 1,753 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1,646 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1975 | 1,638 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1976 | 1,600 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1977 | 1,600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,605 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 1,358 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 1980 | 1,125 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 1981 | 656 kg/ha | -41.7% |
| 1982 | 638.7 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1983 | 638.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 344.8 kg/ha | -46.0% |
| 1985 | 1,080 kg/ha | +213.2% |
| 1986 | 572.6 kg/ha | -47.0% |
| 1987 | 600 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1988 | 649.8 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1989 | 663.2 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1990 | 647.7 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1991 | 518.5 kg/ha | -19.9% |
| 1992 | 540 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1993 | 681.7 kg/ha | +26.2% |
| 1994 | 694.8 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1995 | 595.1 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1996 | 270 kg/ha | -54.6% |
| 1997 | 420.8 kg/ha | +55.9% |
| 1998 | 430.7 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 656.9 kg/ha | +52.5% |
| 2000 | 479 kg/ha | -27.1% |
| 2001 | 427.9 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 2002 | 608.9 kg/ha | +42.3% |
| 2003 | 587.7 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2004 | 445.7 kg/ha | -24.2% |
| 2005 | 574.5 kg/ha | +28.9% |
| 2006 | 575.2 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 933.5 kg/ha | +62.3% |
| 2008 | 723.6 kg/ha | -22.5% |
| 2009 | 516.4 kg/ha | -28.6% |
| 2010 | 543.6 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2011 | 659.6 kg/ha | +21.3% |
| 2012 | 1,168 kg/ha | +77.1% |
| 2013 | 824.9 kg/ha | -29.4% |
| 2014 | 907.6 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2015 | 1,097 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 2016 | 611.1 kg/ha | -44.3% |
| 2017 | 427.5 kg/ha | -30.0% |
| 2018 | 625 kg/ha | +46.2% |
| 2019 | 927.2 kg/ha | +48.4% |
| 2020 | 1,292 kg/ha | +39.4% |
| 2021 | 469.7 kg/ha | -63.6% |
| 2022 | 548.3 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 2023 | 667.8 kg/ha | +21.8% |
| 2024 | 586.7 kg/ha | -12.1% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 586.7 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,099 kg/ha, 53% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 586.7 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 815.8 kg/ha, 72% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Millet — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +213.2% | 344.8 kg/ha | 1,080 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,749 kg/ha | 1,600 kg/ha | 1,880 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,640 kg/ha | 1,358 kg/ha | 1,753 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 696.88 kg/ha | 344.8 kg/ha | 1,125 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 545.62 kg/ha | 270 kg/ha | 694.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 587.24 kg/ha | 427.9 kg/ha | 933.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 779.17 kg/ha | 427.5 kg/ha | 1,168 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 712.92 kg/ha | 469.7 kg/ha | 1,292 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 millet — yield in Kenya?
- Millet — yield in Kenya was 586.7 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 1,880 kg/ha in 1967.
- What is the lowest millet — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 270 kg/ha in 1996.
- How does Kenya rank for millet — yield?
- Kenya ranks 72nd out of 86 countries with data for 2024.
- Is millet — yield rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.4%. 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 Millet — Yield. 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.