Sesame seed — Food supply in Kenya
Kenya: Sesame seed — Food supply was 9,446 million Kcal in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sesame seed — Food supply in Kenya, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
In 2023, sesame seed — food supply in Kenya stood at 9,446 million Kcal. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.3% on the previous year and down 86.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — food supply in Kenya peaked at 83,041 million Kcal in 2016 and was at its lowest, 9,446 million Kcal, in 2023.
Kenya ranks 50th of 134 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Sesame seed — Food supply in Kenya, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 64,033 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 66,864 million Kcal | +4.4% |
| 2012 | 69,289 million Kcal | +3.6% |
| 2013 | 72,180 million Kcal | +4.2% |
| 2014 | 76,841 million Kcal | +6.5% |
| 2015 | 74,752 million Kcal | -2.7% |
| 2016 | 83,041 million Kcal | +11.1% |
| 2017 | 77,921 million Kcal | -6.2% |
| 2018 | 50,493 million Kcal | -35.2% |
| 2019 | 51,409 million Kcal | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 45,463 million Kcal | -11.6% |
| 2021 | 40,992 million Kcal | -9.8% |
| 2022 | 9,668 million Kcal | -76.4% |
| 2023 | 9,446 million Kcal | -2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 68,682 million Kcal | 50,493 million Kcal | 83,041 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 26,392 million Kcal | 9,446 million Kcal | 45,463 million Kcal | 4 |
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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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — food supply in Kenya?
- Sesame seed — food supply in Kenya was 9,446 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — food supply recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 83,041 million Kcal in 2016.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — food supply recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,446 million Kcal in 2023.
- How does Kenya rank for sesame seed — food supply?
- Kenya ranks 50th out of 134 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sesame seed — food supply rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 86.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sesame seed — Food supply (kcal). 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.