Other beans, green — Yield in Kenya
Kenya: Other beans, green — Yield was 10,825 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Other beans, green — Yield in Kenya, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, other beans, green — yield in Kenya stood at 10,825 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and down 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other beans, green — yield in Kenya peaked at 19,951 kg/ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 2,857 kg/ha, in 1991.
Kenya ranks 26th of 111 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Other beans, green — Yield in Kenya, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 3,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1991 | 2,857 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1992 | 3,597 kg/ha | +25.9% |
| 1993 | 3,379 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1994 | 4,160 kg/ha | +23.1% |
| 1995 | 3,329 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1996 | 3,844 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1997 | 3,710 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1998 | 5,348 kg/ha | +44.2% |
| 1999 | 5,349 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 4,341 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 2001 | 4,753 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2002 | 4,446 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2003 | 5,684 kg/ha | +27.8% |
| 2004 | 7,705 kg/ha | +35.6% |
| 2005 | 10,000 kg/ha | +29.8% |
| 2006 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 8,707 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 2008 | 19,951 kg/ha | +129.1% |
| 2009 | 13,938 kg/ha | -30.1% |
| 2010 | 9,616 kg/ha | -31.0% |
| 2011 | 9,574 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 9,125 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2013 | 9,429 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 10,974 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 2015 | 12,034 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 2016 | 11,038 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2017 | 11,059 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 11,358 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 10,817 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2020 | 10,952 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 10,772 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 10,847 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 10,857 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 10,825 kg/ha | -0.3% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 10,825 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 7,882 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 10,825 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 6,091 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Other beans, green — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +129.1% | 8,707 kg/ha | 19,951 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3,857 kg/ha | 2,857 kg/ha | 5,349 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,952 kg/ha | 4,341 kg/ha | 19,951 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,503 kg/ha | 9,125 kg/ha | 12,034 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,851 kg/ha | 10,772 kg/ha | 10,952 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 23 Germany 11,662 kg/ha compare
- 24 Cabo Verde 4,653 kg/ha compare
- 24 United Arab Emirates 11,235 kg/ha compare
- 25 New Zealand 11,023 kg/ha compare
- 27 Egypt 10,517 kg/ha compare
- 28 Guatemala 9,962 kg/ha compare
- 29 Côte d'Ivoire 2,936 kg/ha compare
- 29 Greece 9,848 kg/ha compare
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 other beans, green — yield in Kenya?
- Other beans, green — yield in Kenya was 10,825 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest other beans, green — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 19,951 kg/ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest other beans, green — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,857 kg/ha in 1991.
- How does Kenya rank for other beans, green — yield?
- Kenya ranks 26th out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is other beans, green — yield rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. 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 Other beans, green — 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.