Sisal, raw — Yield in Kenya
Kenya: Sisal, raw — Yield was 633.4 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sisal, raw — Yield in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 633.4 kg/ha for sisal, raw — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.7% on the previous year and down 30.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sisal, raw — yield in Kenya peaked at 1,625 kg/ha in 1974 and was at its lowest, 496.2 kg/ha, in 2008.
Kenya ranks 13th of 24 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sisal, raw — Yield in Kenya, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 841.3 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 851.4 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1963 | 891.3 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1964 | 864.1 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1965 | 831.2 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1966 | 787.1 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1967 | 772.2 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1968 | 899.8 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 1969 | 957.7 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1970 | 844.8 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1971 | 862 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1972 | 792.5 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1973 | 1,116 kg/ha | +40.9% |
| 1974 | 1,625 kg/ha | +45.6% |
| 1975 | 907.3 kg/ha | -44.2% |
| 1976 | 832.6 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1977 | 818.4 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1978 | 714.9 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1979 | 838.1 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 1980 | 987.6 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 1981 | 1,033 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1982 | 1,191 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1983 | 1,242 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1984 | 1,285 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1985 | 1,286 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 1,122 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1987 | 1,057 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1988 | 1,054 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1989 | 1,066 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 1,200 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 1991 | 1,141 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1992 | 1,137 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 1,178 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1994 | 1,218 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1995 | 1,324 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1996 | 1,338 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 1,342 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 900 kg/ha | -33.0% |
| 1999 | 700 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 2000 | 754.9 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2001 | 745.4 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 1,200 kg/ha | +61.0% |
| 2003 | 977.9 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 2004 | 941.4 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2005 | 992.3 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2006 | 1,057 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2007 | 771.6 kg/ha | -27.0% |
| 2008 | 496.2 kg/ha | -35.7% |
| 2009 | 648.9 kg/ha | +30.8% |
| 2010 | 815 kg/ha | +25.6% |
| 2011 | 942.1 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 2012 | 1,000 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2013 | 975.7 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 914.1 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2015 | 860.3 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2016 | 918.8 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2017 | 593.4 kg/ha | -35.4% |
| 2018 | 595.9 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 654.6 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 2020 | 749.9 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 2021 | 812.9 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2022 | 872.6 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2023 | 701.8 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 2024 | 633.4 kg/ha | -9.7% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 633.4 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 462.4 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (6 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 633.4 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 624.8 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 855.12 kg/ha | 772.2 kg/ha | 957.7 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 935.24 kg/ha | 714.9 kg/ha | 1,625 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,132 kg/ha | 987.6 kg/ha | 1,286 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,148 kg/ha | 700 kg/ha | 1,342 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 858.53 kg/ha | 496.2 kg/ha | 1,200 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 826.99 kg/ha | 593.4 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 754.12 kg/ha | 633.4 kg/ha | 872.6 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sisal, raw — yield in Kenya?
- Sisal, raw — yield in Kenya was 633.4 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sisal, raw — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 1,625 kg/ha in 1974.
- What is the lowest sisal, raw — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 496.2 kg/ha in 2008.
- How does Kenya rank for sisal, raw — yield?
- Kenya ranks 13th out of 24 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sisal, raw — yield rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.7%. 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 Sisal, raw — 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.