Other pulses n.e.c. — Yield in Kenya
Kenya: Other pulses n.e.c. — Yield was 586.4 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Other pulses n.e.c. — Yield in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, other pulses n.e.c. — yield in Kenya stood at 586.4 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 24.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other pulses n.e.c. — yield in Kenya peaked at 831.1 kg/ha in 1983 and was at its lowest, 187.5 kg/ha, in 1993.
Kenya ranks 98th of 114 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Other pulses n.e.c. — Yield in Kenya, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 415.1 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 415.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 420.6 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1964 | 420.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 425.9 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1966 | 427.3 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1967 | 427.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 455.4 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1969 | 477.5 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1970 | 473.2 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1971 | 465.5 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1972 | 483.9 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1973 | 459.7 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1974 | 443.5 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1975 | 500 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1976 | 483.3 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1977 | 473.3 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1978 | 456.7 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1979 | 425.5 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1980 | 430.7 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1981 | 434.3 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 654.5 kg/ha | +50.7% |
| 1983 | 831.1 kg/ha | +27.0% |
| 1984 | 450 kg/ha | -45.9% |
| 1985 | 369.4 kg/ha | -17.9% |
| 1986 | 675 kg/ha | +82.7% |
| 1987 | 407.6 kg/ha | -39.6% |
| 1988 | 324.9 kg/ha | -20.3% |
| 1989 | 361.3 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1990 | 305.2 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 1991 | 270 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1992 | 263.6 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1993 | 187.5 kg/ha | -28.9% |
| 1994 | 362.6 kg/ha | +93.4% |
| 1995 | 335.1 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1996 | 289.3 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 1997 | 205.5 kg/ha | -29.0% |
| 1998 | 245 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 1999 | 439.9 kg/ha | +79.6% |
| 2000 | 338.3 kg/ha | -23.1% |
| 2001 | 355.1 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2002 | 463.9 kg/ha | +30.6% |
| 2003 | 399.6 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 2004 | 254.5 kg/ha | -36.3% |
| 2005 | 232 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2006 | 299.1 kg/ha | +28.9% |
| 2007 | 234.8 kg/ha | -21.5% |
| 2008 | 230.3 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 231.3 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 312 kg/ha | +34.9% |
| 2011 | 328.2 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2012 | 370.5 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 2013 | 397.7 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2014 | 469.9 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 2015 | 675.7 kg/ha | +43.8% |
| 2016 | 528.8 kg/ha | -21.7% |
| 2017 | 565.6 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2018 | 617.3 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2019 | 571 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2020 | 584.6 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 591 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 582.2 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 585.9 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 586.4 kg/ha | +0.1% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 586.4 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 859 kg/ha, 68% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 586.4 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 837.15 kg/ha, 70% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Other pulses n.e.c. — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +93.4% | 187.5 kg/ha | 362.6 kg/ha |
| 1986 | +82.7% | 369.4 kg/ha | 675 kg/ha |
| 1999 | +79.6% | 245 kg/ha | 439.9 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 431.64 kg/ha | 415.1 kg/ha | 477.5 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 466.46 kg/ha | 425.5 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 493.88 kg/ha | 324.9 kg/ha | 831.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 290.37 kg/ha | 187.5 kg/ha | 439.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 303.89 kg/ha | 230.3 kg/ha | 463.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 483.67 kg/ha | 312 kg/ha | 675.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 586.02 kg/ha | 582.2 kg/ha | 591 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 95 Sierra Leone 636.7 kg/ha compare
- 96 Albania 628.8 kg/ha compare
- 97 Indonesia 596.8 kg/ha compare
- 99 Benin 576.9 kg/ha compare
- 100 Papua New Guinea 537.7 kg/ha compare
- 101 Guinea-Bissau 536.9 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 pulses n.e.c. — yield in Kenya?
- Other pulses n.e.c. — yield in Kenya was 586.4 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest other pulses n.e.c. — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 831.1 kg/ha in 1983.
- What is the lowest other pulses n.e.c. — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 187.5 kg/ha in 1993.
- How does Kenya rank for other pulses n.e.c. — yield?
- Kenya ranks 98th out of 114 countries with data for 2024.
- Is other pulses n.e.c. — yield rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Other pulses n.e.c. — 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.