Oats — Yield in Kenya
Kenya: Oats — Yield was 1,006 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oats — Yield in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oats — yield in Kenya stood at 1,006 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oats — yield in Kenya peaked at 1,267 kg/ha in 1983 and was at its lowest, 131.8 kg/ha, in 1962.
Kenya ranks 71st of 78 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oats — Yield in Kenya, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 421.4 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 131.8 kg/ha | -68.7% |
| 1963 | 212.8 kg/ha | +61.5% |
| 1964 | 149.8 kg/ha | -29.6% |
| 1965 | 255 kg/ha | +70.2% |
| 1966 | 234.1 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1967 | 229.8 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1968 | 737.5 kg/ha | +220.9% |
| 1969 | 801.9 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1970 | 740 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1971 | 740 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 810 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1973 | 1,000 kg/ha | +23.5% |
| 1974 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 944.4 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1976 | 1,000 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1977 | 1,098 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1978 | 957.1 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1979 | 1,000 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1980 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,267 kg/ha | +26.7% |
| 1984 | 1,267 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,022 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 1986 | 1,250 kg/ha | +22.3% |
| 1987 | 1,021 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 1988 | 1,053 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1989 | 1,176 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1990 | 1,058 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1991 | 1,108 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1992 | 1,111 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 1,088 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1994 | 1,086 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 1,059 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1996 | 1,087 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1997 | 1,092 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 1,143 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1999 | 1,059 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2000 | 1,167 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 2001 | 1,101 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2002 | 1,100 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 1,102 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 1,143 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 1,049 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2006 | 1,011 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2007 | 986.2 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 976.6 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 968.1 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 888.9 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2011 | 897.4 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 1,000 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 2013 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 969.7 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2015 | 956.1 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 1,019 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2017 | 1,001 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 990.3 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 987.9 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 983.5 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 992.1 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 1,001 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 1,004 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 1,006 kg/ha | +0.2% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 1,006 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,232 kg/ha, 82% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 1,006 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,461 kg/ha, 69% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oats — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | +220.9% | 229.8 kg/ha | 737.5 kg/ha |
| 1965 | +70.2% | 149.8 kg/ha | 255 kg/ha |
| 1962 | -68.7% | 421.4 kg/ha | 131.8 kg/ha |
| 1963 | +61.5% | 131.8 kg/ha | 212.8 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 352.68 kg/ha | 131.8 kg/ha | 801.9 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 928.91 kg/ha | 740 kg/ha | 1,098 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,106 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,267 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,089 kg/ha | 1,058 kg/ha | 1,143 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,060 kg/ha | 968.1 kg/ha | 1,167 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 970.98 kg/ha | 888.9 kg/ha | 1,019 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 997.24 kg/ha | 983.5 kg/ha | 1,006 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 oats — yield in Kenya?
- Oats — yield in Kenya was 1,006 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oats — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 1,267 kg/ha in 1983.
- What is the lowest oats — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 131.8 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Kenya rank for oats — yield?
- Kenya ranks 71st out of 78 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oats — yield rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. 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 Oats — 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.