Pomelos and grapefruits — Yield in Kenya
Kenya: Pomelos and grapefruits — Yield was 7,173 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pomelos and grapefruits — Yield in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pomelos and grapefruits — yield in Kenya stood at 7,173 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 16.6% on the previous year and down 44.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pomelos and grapefruits — yield in Kenya peaked at 17,943 kg/ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 6,000 kg/ha, in 1981.
Kenya ranks 60th of 73 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pomelos and grapefruits — Yield in Kenya, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,250 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,500 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1963 | 7,750 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1964 | 6,400 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 1965 | 6,600 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1966 | 6,800 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1967 | 7,000 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1968 | 7,200 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1969 | 7,400 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1970 | 7,600 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1971 | 7,091 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1972 | 7,273 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1973 | 6,833 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1974 | 7,000 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1975 | 7,312 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1976 | 7,475 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1977 | 6,200 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 1978 | 6,500 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1979 | 6,182 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1980 | 6,364 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1981 | 6,000 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1982 | 6,818 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1983 | 7,143 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1984 | 8,000 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1985 | 8,842 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1986 | 9,111 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1987 | 9,111 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 9,176 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1989 | 9,375 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 9,294 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1991 | 9,625 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1992 | 9,867 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1993 | 9,867 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 10,143 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1995 | 10,154 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 10,333 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1997 | 10,546 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1998 | 10,364 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1999 | 11,000 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2000 | 11,111 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 12,000 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2002 | 12,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 12,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 12,667 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2005 | 12,857 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 14,000 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2007 | 14,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 16,400 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 2009 | 17,053 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 17,943 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2011 | 13,182 kg/ha | -26.5% |
| 2012 | 14,000 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2013 | 14,166 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 12,923 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2015 | 13,299 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 13,369 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 13,046 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2018 | 13,555 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 14,279 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2020 | 12,743 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 2021 | 17,429 kg/ha | +36.8% |
| 2022 | 11,024 kg/ha | -36.7% |
| 2023 | 6,150 kg/ha | -44.2% |
| 2024 | 7,173 kg/ha | +16.6% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 7,173 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 13,776 kg/ha, 52% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 7,173 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 10,427 kg/ha, 69% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pomelos and grapefruits — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | -44.2% | 11,024 kg/ha | 6,150 kg/ha |
| 2022 | -36.7% | 17,429 kg/ha | 11,024 kg/ha |
| 2021 | +36.8% | 12,743 kg/ha | 17,429 kg/ha |
| 2011 | -26.5% | 17,943 kg/ha | 13,182 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,100 kg/ha | 6,400 kg/ha | 7,750 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,947 kg/ha | 6,182 kg/ha | 7,600 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,994 kg/ha | 6,000 kg/ha | 9,375 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,119 kg/ha | 9,294 kg/ha | 11,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,409 kg/ha | 11,111 kg/ha | 17,053 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,976 kg/ha | 12,923 kg/ha | 17,943 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,904 kg/ha | 6,150 kg/ha | 17,429 kg/ha | 5 |
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- 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 pomelos and grapefruits — yield in Kenya?
- Pomelos and grapefruits — yield in Kenya was 7,173 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pomelos and grapefruits — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 17,943 kg/ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest pomelos and grapefruits — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,000 kg/ha in 1981.
- How does Kenya rank for pomelos and grapefruits — yield?
- Kenya ranks 60th out of 73 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pomelos and grapefruits — yield rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 44.5%. 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 Pomelos and grapefruits — 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.