Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in Kenya
Kenya: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield was 278 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 278 kg/ha for oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 3.0% on the previous year and down 8.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Kenya peaked at 376.1 kg/ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 107.3 kg/ha, in 1984.
Kenya ranks 152nd of 183 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in Kenya, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 160 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 122.3 kg/ha | -23.6% |
| 1963 | 157.5 kg/ha | +28.8% |
| 1964 | 139.4 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1965 | 155.1 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1966 | 157.7 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1967 | 160 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1968 | 158.1 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1969 | 160.2 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1970 | 136.2 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 1971 | 179.8 kg/ha | +32.0% |
| 1972 | 191.9 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1973 | 192.8 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1974 | 187.9 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1975 | 155.4 kg/ha | -17.3% |
| 1976 | 159.2 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1977 | 186.3 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 1978 | 154.9 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 1979 | 192.6 kg/ha | +24.3% |
| 1980 | 147.3 kg/ha | -23.5% |
| 1981 | 151.9 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1982 | 144.8 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1983 | 127.1 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1984 | 107.3 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1985 | 114 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1986 | 125.1 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1987 | 164.8 kg/ha | +31.7% |
| 1988 | 233.9 kg/ha | +41.9% |
| 1989 | 228 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1990 | 223 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1991 | 240 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1992 | 211.4 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1993 | 216.4 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1994 | 239.2 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1995 | 243.3 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 298.5 kg/ha | +22.7% |
| 1997 | 249.5 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 1998 | 279 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1999 | 297.4 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2000 | 289.4 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2001 | 275.1 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2002 | 273.7 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 267.8 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2004 | 262 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2005 | 265.7 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 219.1 kg/ha | -17.5% |
| 2007 | 218.7 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 226 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2009 | 228.1 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 220.3 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 244.6 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2012 | 255.9 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2013 | 376.1 kg/ha | +47.0% |
| 2014 | 305.2 kg/ha | -18.9% |
| 2015 | 267.3 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 2016 | 242 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2017 | 220.7 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2018 | 222.8 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 217.8 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 218.3 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 242.5 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2022 | 277.7 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 2023 | 269.8 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2024 | 278 kg/ha | +3.0% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 278 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 485.9 kg/ha, 57% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 278 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 332.5 kg/ha, 84% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 152.26 kg/ha | 122.3 kg/ha | 160.2 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 173.7 kg/ha | 136.2 kg/ha | 192.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 154.42 kg/ha | 107.3 kg/ha | 233.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 249.77 kg/ha | 211.4 kg/ha | 298.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 252.56 kg/ha | 218.7 kg/ha | 289.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 257.27 kg/ha | 217.8 kg/ha | 376.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 257.26 kg/ha | 218.3 kg/ha | 278 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 oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Kenya?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Kenya was 278 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 376.1 kg/ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 107.3 kg/ha in 1984.
- How does Kenya rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield?
- Kenya ranks 152nd out of 183 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.9%. 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 Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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.