Plums and sloes — Yield in Kenya
Kenya: Plums and sloes — Yield was 16,090 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Plums and sloes — Yield in Kenya, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for plums and sloes — yield in Kenya is 16,090 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
That represents a change of up 99.4% on the previous year and up 57.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — yield in Kenya peaked at 16,090 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4,224 kg/ha, in 1996.
That places Kenya 8th out of 88 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Plums and sloes — Yield in Kenya, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 10,026 kg/ha | — |
| 1993 | 7,542 kg/ha | -24.8% |
| 1994 | 7,143 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1995 | 5,897 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 1996 | 4,224 kg/ha | -28.4% |
| 1997 | 6,752 kg/ha | +59.8% |
| 1998 | 7,765 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1999 | 6,737 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 2000 | 5,198 kg/ha | -22.8% |
| 2001 | 8,101 kg/ha | +55.8% |
| 2002 | 6,979 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 2003 | 7,972 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 2004 | 10,000 kg/ha | +25.4% |
| 2005 | 12,346 kg/ha | +23.5% |
| 2006 | 16,000 kg/ha | +29.6% |
| 2007 | 16,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 14,748 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2009 | 13,858 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2010 | 12,914 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2011 | 12,169 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2012 | 11,942 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 10,952 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2014 | 10,203 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2015 | 10,494 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 9,251 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 2017 | 7,692 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 2018 | 6,624 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 2019 | 4,857 kg/ha | -26.7% |
| 2020 | 5,020 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 6,640 kg/ha | +32.3% |
| 2022 | 6,728 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 8,068 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 2024 | 16,090 kg/ha | +99.4% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 16,090 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 7,312 kg/ha, 2.2× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 16,090 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 5,497 kg/ha, 2.9× the median. (7 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Plums and sloes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | +99.4% | 8,068 kg/ha | 16,090 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7,011 kg/ha | 4,224 kg/ha | 10,026 kg/ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 11,120 kg/ha | 5,198 kg/ha | 16,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,710 kg/ha | 4,857 kg/ha | 12,914 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,509 kg/ha | 5,020 kg/ha | 16,090 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 5 Israel 24,737 kg/ha compare
- 5 United Republic of Tanzania 6,639 kg/ha compare
- 6 Jordan 18,437 kg/ha compare
- 6 Syrian Arab Republic 6,297 kg/ha compare
- 7 Republic of Moldova 5,560 kg/ha compare
- 7 Turkmenistan 18,162 kg/ha compare
- 9 Albania 15,705 kg/ha compare
- 10 Greece 15,286 kg/ha compare
- 11 Italy 15,073 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 plums and sloes — yield in Kenya?
- Plums and sloes — yield in Kenya was 16,090 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 16,090 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,224 kg/ha in 1996.
- How does Kenya rank for plums and sloes — yield?
- Kenya ranks 8th out of 88 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — yield rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 57.7%. 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 Plums and sloes — 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.