Skim milk and whey powder — Production in Kenya
Kenya: Skim milk and whey powder — Production was 3,231 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Skim milk and whey powder — Production in Kenya, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2023, skim milk and whey powder — production in Kenya stood at 3,231 t.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 29.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, skim milk and whey powder — production in Kenya peaked at 4,080 t in 1972 and was at its lowest, 80 t, in 1980.
Kenya ranks 40th of 61 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Skim milk and whey powder — Production in Kenya, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 1,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 2,440 t | +144.0% |
| 1971 | 3,228 t | +32.3% |
| 1972 | 4,080 t | +26.4% |
| 1973 | 3,814 t | -6.5% |
| 1974 | 3,019 t | -20.8% |
| 1975 | 2,772 t | -8.2% |
| 1976 | 1,489 t | -46.3% |
| 1977 | 3,440 t | +131.0% |
| 1978 | 2,956 t | -14.1% |
| 1979 | 1,218 t | -58.8% |
| 1980 | 80 t | -93.4% |
| 1981 | 469 t | +486.2% |
| 1982 | 1,715 t | +265.7% |
| 1983 | 1,921 t | +12.0% |
| 1984 | 206 t | -89.3% |
| 1985 | 766 t | +271.8% |
| 1986 | 2,733 t | +256.8% |
| 1987 | 2,040 t | -25.4% |
| 1988 | 2,387 t | +17.0% |
| 1989 | 3,200 t | +34.1% |
| 1990 | 2,992 t | -6.5% |
| 1991 | 3,035 t | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 3,015 t | -0.7% |
| 1993 | 1,961 t | -35.0% |
| 1994 | 2,120 t | +8.1% |
| 1995 | 3,101 t | +46.3% |
| 1996 | 2,349 t | -24.3% |
| 1997 | 2,400 t | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 2,500 t | +4.2% |
| 1999 | 2,500 t | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 2,500 t | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 2,500 t | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 2,500 t | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 2,500 t | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 2,500 t | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 2,500 t | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 2,500 t | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 2,500 t | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 2,500 t | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 2,500 t | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 2,500 t | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 2,500 t | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 2,500 t | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 2,500 t | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2,500 t | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 2,366 t | -5.4% |
| 2016 | 2,787 t | +17.8% |
| 2017 | 2,452 t | -12.0% |
| 2018 | 2,626 t | +7.1% |
| 2019 | 2,789 t | +6.2% |
| 2020 | 2,782 t | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 3,174 t | +14.1% |
| 2022 | 3,249 t | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 3,231 t | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,000 t | 1,000 t | 1,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,846 t | 1,218 t | 4,080 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,552 t | 80 t | 3,200 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,597 t | 1,961 t | 3,101 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,500 t | 2,500 t | 2,500 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,552 t | 2,366 t | 2,789 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,109 t | 2,782 t | 3,249 t | 4 |
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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)
- Agriculture share gdp 23.16 (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 12.9% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is skim milk and whey powder — production in Kenya?
- Skim milk and whey powder — production in Kenya was 3,231 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest skim milk and whey powder — production recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 4,080 t in 1972.
- What is the lowest skim milk and whey powder — production recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 80 t in 1980.
- How does Kenya rank for skim milk and whey powder — production?
- Kenya ranks 40th out of 61 countries with data for 2023.
- Is skim milk and whey powder — production rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.2%. 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 Skim milk and whey powder — Production. 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.