Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Kenya
Kenya: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 11,283 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for roots and tubers, total — yield in Kenya is 11,283 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and down 16.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Kenya peaked at 17,884 kg/ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 4,876 kg/ha, in 1984.
That places Kenya 130th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Kenya, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,028 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,114 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1963 | 7,175 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1964 | 7,240 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1965 | 7,320 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1966 | 7,455 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1967 | 7,481 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1968 | 7,523 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1969 | 7,636 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1970 | 7,665 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1971 | 7,773 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1972 | 7,799 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1973 | 7,823 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 7,825 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 7,916 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1976 | 7,601 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1977 | 7,440 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1978 | 7,905 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1979 | 8,051 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1980 | 7,420 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1981 | 8,509 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1982 | 6,932 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 1983 | 7,935 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1984 | 4,876 kg/ha | -38.5% |
| 1985 | 8,983 kg/ha | +84.2% |
| 1986 | 7,987 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1987 | 8,044 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 8,423 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1989 | 9,507 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1990 | 9,660 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1991 | 10,828 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1992 | 9,038 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 1993 | 10,562 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 1994 | 9,522 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1995 | 9,656 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 8,887 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1997 | 8,344 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1998 | 7,859 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1999 | 9,732 kg/ha | +23.8% |
| 2000 | 7,068 kg/ha | -27.4% |
| 2001 | 8,690 kg/ha | +23.0% |
| 2002 | 7,691 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 2003 | 9,327 kg/ha | +21.3% |
| 2004 | 9,276 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 15,683 kg/ha | +69.1% |
| 2006 | 14,271 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2007 | 15,075 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2008 | 17,884 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 2009 | 15,366 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 2010 | 14,484 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2011 | 15,374 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2012 | 16,518 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2013 | 13,919 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 2014 | 13,469 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2015 | 15,170 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 2016 | 10,830 kg/ha | -28.6% |
| 2017 | 10,318 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2018 | 10,718 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 11,478 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2020 | 11,705 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 10,467 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 2022 | 9,954 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2023 | 11,243 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 2024 | 11,283 kg/ha | +0.4% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 11,283 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 13,513 kg/ha, 84% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 11,283 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 9,054 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Roots and Tubers, Total — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +84.2% | 4,876 kg/ha | 8,983 kg/ha |
| 2005 | +69.1% | 9,276 kg/ha | 15,683 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,330 kg/ha | 7,028 kg/ha | 7,636 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,780 kg/ha | 7,440 kg/ha | 8,051 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,862 kg/ha | 4,876 kg/ha | 9,507 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,409 kg/ha | 7,859 kg/ha | 10,828 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,033 kg/ha | 7,068 kg/ha | 17,884 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,228 kg/ha | 10,318 kg/ha | 16,518 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,930 kg/ha | 9,954 kg/ha | 11,705 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 roots and tubers, total — yield in Kenya?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Kenya was 11,283 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 17,884 kg/ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,876 kg/ha in 1984.
- How does Kenya rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Kenya ranks 130th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.2%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.