Rice — Yield in Kenya
Kenya: Rice — Yield was 6,553 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Rice — Yield in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 6,553 kg/ha for rice — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 11.4% on the previous year and up 65.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in Kenya peaked at 6,553 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,308 kg/ha, in 2008.
Kenya ranks 21st of 114 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Rice — Yield in Kenya, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,270 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,621 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1963 | 2,441 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1964 | 2,464 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1965 | 5,681 kg/ha | +130.6% |
| 1966 | 5,866 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1967 | 5,632 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1968 | 5,450 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1969 | 4,611 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 1970 | 4,877 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1971 | 4,739 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1972 | 5,079 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1973 | 4,877 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1974 | 5,062 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1975 | 5,093 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1976 | 5,775 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1977 | 6,181 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1978 | 5,670 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1979 | 4,306 kg/ha | -24.1% |
| 1980 | 3,940 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1981 | 3,940 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 3,940 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1983 | 3,940 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 4,049 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1985 | 2,670 kg/ha | -34.1% |
| 1986 | 3,149 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 1987 | 3,103 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1988 | 3,571 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 1989 | 3,986 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1990 | 3,098 kg/ha | -22.3% |
| 1991 | 3,885 kg/ha | +25.4% |
| 1992 | 3,536 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1993 | 4,148 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 1994 | 4,356 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1995 | 4,000 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1996 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 3,972 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 4,842 kg/ha | +21.9% |
| 1999 | 3,984 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 2000 | 3,771 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2001 | 3,409 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2002 | 3,462 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 3,757 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2004 | 3,728 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 3,932 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2006 | 2,806 kg/ha | -28.6% |
| 2007 | 2,872 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 1,308 kg/ha | -54.5% |
| 2009 | 1,933 kg/ha | +47.9% |
| 2010 | 4,238 kg/ha | +119.2% |
| 2011 | 3,968 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2012 | 4,664 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 2013 | 3,996 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 2014 | 3,954 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 3,957 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 3,460 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 2017 | 2,672 kg/ha | -22.8% |
| 2018 | 4,337 kg/ha | +62.3% |
| 2019 | 6,426 kg/ha | +48.2% |
| 2020 | 6,397 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 5,807 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2022 | 4,345 kg/ha | -25.2% |
| 2023 | 5,882 kg/ha | +35.4% |
| 2024 | 6,553 kg/ha | +11.4% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 6,553 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3,692 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 6,553 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,000 kg/ha, 3.3× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rice — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | +130.6% | 2,464 kg/ha | 5,681 kg/ha |
| 2010 | +119.2% | 1,933 kg/ha | 4,238 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,115 kg/ha | 2,270 kg/ha | 5,866 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,166 kg/ha | 4,306 kg/ha | 6,181 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,629 kg/ha | 2,670 kg/ha | 4,049 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,982 kg/ha | 3,098 kg/ha | 4,842 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,098 kg/ha | 1,308 kg/ha | 3,932 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,167 kg/ha | 2,672 kg/ha | 6,426 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,797 kg/ha | 4,345 kg/ha | 6,553 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 18 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,052 kg/ha compare
- 18 Guyana 6,654 kg/ha compare
- 19 Argentina 6,624 kg/ha compare
- 19 Caribbean 4,192 kg/ha compare
- 20 China, Taiwan Province of 6,572 kg/ha compare
- 22 Côte d'Ivoire 2,935 kg/ha compare
- 22 Morocco 6,500 kg/ha compare
- 23 Italy 6,407 kg/ha compare
- 24 Portugal 6,209 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 rice — yield in Kenya?
- Rice — yield in Kenya was 6,553 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 6,553 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,308 kg/ha in 2008.
- How does Kenya rank for rice — yield?
- Kenya ranks 21st out of 114 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 65.7%. 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 Rice — 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.