Pulses — Food in Kenya
Kenya: Pulses — Food was 1,109 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Pulses — Food in Kenya, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pulses — food in Kenya is 1,109 1000 t, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 13.4% on the previous year and up 40.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses — food in Kenya peaked at 1,281 1000 t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 503 1000 t, in 2010.
Kenya ranks 13th of 182 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 770.4 1000 t | 503 1000 t | 944 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,082 1000 t | 939 1000 t | 1,281 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
More agriculture & rural data for Kenya
- Agriculture share gdp 23.16 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 23.16 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 12.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2024)
- Rural population 67.8% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.5% (2025)
- Rural population 39.00 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 23.2% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 31.48 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 2.06 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pulses — food in Kenya?
- Pulses — food in Kenya was 1,109 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses — food recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 1,281 1000 t in 2022.
- What is the lowest pulses — food recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 503 1000 t in 2010.
- How does Kenya rank for pulses — food?
- Kenya ranks 13th out of 182 countries with data for 2023.
- Is pulses — food rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.4%. 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 Pulses — Food. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.