Okra — Yield in Kenya
Kenya: Okra — Yield was 15,277 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Okra — Yield in Kenya, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, okra — yield in Kenya stood at 15,277 kg/ha.
The figure is down 5.9% on the previous year and up 18.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, okra — yield in Kenya peaked at 17,366 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 2,055 kg/ha, in 1995.
Kenya ranks 10th of 53 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Okra — Yield in Kenya, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 6,185 kg/ha | — |
| 1993 | 11,431 kg/ha | +84.8% |
| 1994 | 7,166 kg/ha | -37.3% |
| 1995 | 2,055 kg/ha | -71.3% |
| 1996 | 5,159 kg/ha | +151.0% |
| 1997 | 6,565 kg/ha | +27.3% |
| 1998 | 5,724 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1999 | 4,096 kg/ha | -28.4% |
| 2000 | 4,384 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2001 | 4,978 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 2002 | 5,070 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 6,203 kg/ha | +22.3% |
| 2004 | 6,250 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 8,000 kg/ha | +28.0% |
| 2006 | 8,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 8,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 8,466 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2009 | 8,056 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2010 | 8,718 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2011 | 11,771 kg/ha | +35.0% |
| 2012 | 13,873 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 2013 | 12,873 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2014 | 12,886 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 17,366 kg/ha | +34.8% |
| 2016 | 7,638 kg/ha | -56.0% |
| 2017 | 9,357 kg/ha | +22.5% |
| 2018 | 4,768 kg/ha | -49.0% |
| 2019 | 9,815 kg/ha | +105.9% |
| 2020 | 8,514 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 2021 | 13,115 kg/ha | +54.1% |
| 2022 | 10,585 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 2023 | 16,242 kg/ha | +53.4% |
| 2024 | 15,277 kg/ha | -5.9% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 15,277 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 7,830 kg/ha, 2.0× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 15,277 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 6,327 kg/ha, 2.4× the median. (16 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6,048 kg/ha | 2,055 kg/ha | 11,431 kg/ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 6,741 kg/ha | 4,384 kg/ha | 8,466 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,906 kg/ha | 4,768 kg/ha | 17,366 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,746 kg/ha | 8,514 kg/ha | 16,242 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
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 okra — yield in Kenya?
- Okra — yield in Kenya was 15,277 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest okra — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 17,366 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest okra — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,055 kg/ha in 1995.
- How does Kenya rank for okra — yield?
- Kenya ranks 10th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is okra — yield rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.6%. 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 Okra — 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.