Papayas — Yield in Kenya
Kenya: Papayas — Yield was 13,020 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Papayas — Yield in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, papayas — yield in Kenya stood at 13,020 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.3% on the previous year and down 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, papayas — yield in Kenya peaked at 15,700 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 9,974 kg/ha, in 1994.
Kenya ranks 43rd of 64 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Papayas — Yield in Kenya, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,345 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,345 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 10,345 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 10,345 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 10,345 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 10,345 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 10,345 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 10,345 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 10,345 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 10,345 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 10,323 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 10,323 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 10,323 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 10,303 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1975 | 10,303 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 10,303 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 10,286 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1978 | 10,286 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 10,286 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 10,278 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 10,263 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1982 | 10,263 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 10,263 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 10,556 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1985 | 10,256 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1986 | 10,256 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 10,250 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1988 | 10,476 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1989 | 10,476 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 10,630 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1991 | 10,045 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1992 | 12,963 kg/ha | +29.1% |
| 1993 | 11,137 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 1994 | 9,974 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1995 | 12,337 kg/ha | +23.7% |
| 1996 | 10,520 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1997 | 11,366 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1998 | 11,157 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1999 | 10,283 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2000 | 10,002 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2001 | 11,045 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2002 | 11,731 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2003 | 10,450 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 2004 | 10,750 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 11,386 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2006 | 11,736 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2007 | 12,005 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 12,338 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2009 | 13,149 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2010 | 11,825 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 2011 | 13,511 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 2012 | 15,700 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 2013 | 14,204 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2014 | 14,147 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 13,857 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 13,600 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 12,367 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2018 | 14,765 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 2019 | 11,937 kg/ha | -19.2% |
| 2020 | 14,605 kg/ha | +22.3% |
| 2021 | 14,991 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 12,629 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 2023 | 12,246 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2024 | 13,020 kg/ha | +6.3% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 13,020 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 14,114 kg/ha, 92% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 13,020 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 10,009 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Papayas — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +29.1% | 10,045 kg/ha | 12,963 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,345 kg/ha | 10,345 kg/ha | 10,345 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,308 kg/ha | 10,286 kg/ha | 10,345 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,334 kg/ha | 10,250 kg/ha | 10,556 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,041 kg/ha | 9,974 kg/ha | 12,963 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,459 kg/ha | 10,002 kg/ha | 13,149 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,591 kg/ha | 11,825 kg/ha | 15,700 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,498 kg/ha | 12,246 kg/ha | 14,991 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 papayas — yield in Kenya?
- Papayas — yield in Kenya was 13,020 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest papayas — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 15,700 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest papayas — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,974 kg/ha in 1994.
- How does Kenya rank for papayas — yield?
- Kenya ranks 43rd out of 64 countries with data for 2024.
- Is papayas — yield rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.0%. 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 Papayas — 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.