Oranges — Yield in Kenya
Kenya: Oranges — Yield was 9,375 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oranges — Yield in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oranges — yield in Kenya is 9,375 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 21.0% on the previous year and down 37.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oranges — yield in Kenya peaked at 16,189 kg/ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 2,500 kg/ha, in 1961.
Kenya ranks 73rd of 117 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.
Oranges — Yield in Kenya, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,500 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,750 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1963 | 3,000 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1964 | 3,250 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1965 | 3,500 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1966 | 3,750 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1967 | 3,200 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1968 | 3,400 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1969 | 3,600 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1970 | 3,167 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1971 | 3,333 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1972 | 3,500 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1973 | 3,667 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1974 | 3,286 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1975 | 3,429 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1976 | 3,571 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1977 | 3,714 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1978 | 3,375 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1979 | 3,500 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1980 | 3,625 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1981 | 3,750 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1982 | 3,556 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1983 | 3,778 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1984 | 4,000 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1985 | 4,222 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1986 | 4,444 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1987 | 4,889 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1988 | 5,111 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1989 | 5,333 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1990 | 4,148 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 1991 | 3,076 kg/ha | -25.8% |
| 1992 | 3,589 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1993 | 4,101 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1994 | 4,614 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1995 | 5,126 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1996 | 5,687 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1997 | 6,106 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1998 | 6,087 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 6,000 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2000 | 6,892 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 2001 | 7,164 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2002 | 7,443 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2003 | 7,776 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2004 | 7,836 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 8,518 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2006 | 8,478 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 12,745 kg/ha | +50.3% |
| 2008 | 12,308 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2009 | 13,046 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2010 | 16,189 kg/ha | +24.1% |
| 2011 | 12,096 kg/ha | -25.3% |
| 2012 | 10,273 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 2013 | 13,268 kg/ha | +29.2% |
| 2014 | 14,969 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 2015 | 15,169 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 11,727 kg/ha | -22.7% |
| 2017 | 9,456 kg/ha | -19.4% |
| 2018 | 9,962 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2019 | 8,297 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 2020 | 11,540 kg/ha | +39.1% |
| 2021 | 10,054 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 2022 | 10,773 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2023 | 11,862 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2024 | 9,375 kg/ha | -21.0% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 9,375 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10,696 kg/ha, 88% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 9,375 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7,416 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oranges — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +50.3% | 8,478 kg/ha | 12,745 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,217 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha | 3,750 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,454 kg/ha | 3,167 kg/ha | 3,714 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,271 kg/ha | 3,556 kg/ha | 5,333 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,853 kg/ha | 3,076 kg/ha | 6,106 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,221 kg/ha | 6,892 kg/ha | 13,046 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,140 kg/ha | 8,297 kg/ha | 16,189 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,721 kg/ha | 9,375 kg/ha | 11,862 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 oranges — yield in Kenya?
- Oranges — yield in Kenya was 9,375 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oranges — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 16,189 kg/ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest oranges — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,500 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Kenya rank for oranges — yield?
- Kenya ranks 73rd out of 117 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oranges — yield rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.4%. 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 Oranges — 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.