Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Kenya
Kenya: Seed cotton, unginned — Yield was 378.5 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for seed cotton, unginned — yield in Kenya is 378.5 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 19.0% on the previous year and down 31.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — yield in Kenya peaked at 1,002 kg/ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 101.2 kg/ha, in 1962.
That places Kenya 88th out of 94 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Kenya, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 233.4 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 101.2 kg/ha | -56.6% |
| 1963 | 187.4 kg/ha | +85.2% |
| 1964 | 169.4 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1965 | 237.5 kg/ha | +40.2% |
| 1966 | 239.3 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1967 | 221.6 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1968 | 224.5 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1969 | 264.3 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 1970 | 173.2 kg/ha | -34.5% |
| 1971 | 316.3 kg/ha | +82.6% |
| 1972 | 320.4 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1973 | 305.2 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1974 | 283.5 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1975 | 201.5 kg/ha | -28.9% |
| 1976 | 200 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1977 | 259.9 kg/ha | +29.9% |
| 1978 | 215.8 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 1979 | 306.8 kg/ha | +42.2% |
| 1980 | 238.3 kg/ha | -22.3% |
| 1981 | 210.6 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1982 | 229.8 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1983 | 230.4 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 156.2 kg/ha | -32.2% |
| 1985 | 200 kg/ha | +28.0% |
| 1986 | 182.9 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1987 | 238 kg/ha | +30.1% |
| 1988 | 413 kg/ha | +73.5% |
| 1989 | 440.3 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1990 | 413.6 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1991 | 507.2 kg/ha | +22.6% |
| 1992 | 300 kg/ha | -40.9% |
| 1993 | 262.9 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1994 | 364 kg/ha | +38.5% |
| 1995 | 488 kg/ha | +34.1% |
| 1996 | 1,002 kg/ha | +105.3% |
| 1997 | 584.3 kg/ha | -41.7% |
| 1998 | 601.6 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1999 | 600 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 500 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 2001 | 490 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2002 | 476.2 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2003 | 444.4 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2004 | 400 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2005 | 444.4 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2006 | 286.9 kg/ha | -35.4% |
| 2007 | 287.3 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 350.7 kg/ha | +22.1% |
| 2009 | 372.5 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2010 | 481.5 kg/ha | +29.3% |
| 2011 | 686.5 kg/ha | +42.6% |
| 2012 | 292.8 kg/ha | -57.3% |
| 2013 | 526.4 kg/ha | +79.8% |
| 2014 | 553.9 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2015 | 549.3 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 550.5 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 699.9 kg/ha | +27.1% |
| 2018 | 441 kg/ha | -37.0% |
| 2019 | 441 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 441 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 122.2 kg/ha | -72.3% |
| 2022 | 438.2 kg/ha | +258.6% |
| 2023 | 318 kg/ha | -27.4% |
| 2024 | 378.5 kg/ha | +19.0% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 378.5 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,339 kg/ha, 28% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 378.5 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 972 kg/ha, 39% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Seed cotton, unginned — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +258.6% | 122.2 kg/ha | 438.2 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 208.73 kg/ha | 101.2 kg/ha | 264.3 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 258.26 kg/ha | 173.2 kg/ha | 320.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 253.95 kg/ha | 156.2 kg/ha | 440.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 512.35 kg/ha | 262.9 kg/ha | 1,002 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 405.24 kg/ha | 286.9 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 522.28 kg/ha | 292.8 kg/ha | 699.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 339.58 kg/ha | 122.2 kg/ha | 441 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 seed cotton, unginned — yield in Kenya?
- Seed cotton, unginned — yield in Kenya was 378.5 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 1,002 kg/ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 101.2 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Kenya rank for seed cotton, unginned — yield?
- Kenya ranks 88th out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — yield rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.7%. 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 Seed cotton, unginned — 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.