Molasses — Production in Kenya
Kenya: Molasses — Production was 123,011 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Molasses — Production in Kenya, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 123,011 t for molasses — production in 2023.
The figure is down 40.6% on the previous year and down 47.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, molasses — production in Kenya peaked at 355,000 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 11,700 t, in 1961.
Kenya ranks 51st of 149 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,654 t | 11,700 t | 42,920 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 57,727 t | 35,060 t | 96,700 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 126,186 t | 103,856 t | 143,433 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 142,911 t | 129,551 t | 166,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 136,300 t | 132,000 t | 149,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 253,700 t | 199,000 t | 340,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 214,901 t | 123,011 t | 355,000 t | 4 |
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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 molasses — production in Kenya?
- Molasses — production in Kenya was 123,011 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest molasses — production recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 355,000 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest molasses — production recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,700 t in 1961.
- How does Kenya rank for molasses — production?
- Kenya ranks 51st out of 149 countries with data for 2023.
- Is molasses — production rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 47.7%. 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 Molasses — 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.