Sorghum and products — Food supply in Kenya
Kenya: Sorghum and products — Food supply was 541,386 million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sorghum and products — Food supply in Kenya, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
In 2023, sorghum and products — food supply in Kenya stood at 541,386 million Kcal.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 31.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum and products — food supply in Kenya peaked at 875,823 million Kcal in 2019 and was at its lowest, 174,904 million Kcal, in 2010.
That places Kenya 13th out of 69 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Sorghum and products — Food supply in Kenya, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 174,904 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 272,246 million Kcal | +55.7% |
| 2012 | 265,239 million Kcal | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 411,520 million Kcal | +55.2% |
| 2014 | 409,293 million Kcal | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 543,395 million Kcal | +32.8% |
| 2016 | 329,821 million Kcal | -39.3% |
| 2017 | 324,841 million Kcal | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 250,409 million Kcal | -22.9% |
| 2019 | 875,823 million Kcal | +249.8% |
| 2020 | 329,493 million Kcal | -62.4% |
| 2021 | 293,893 million Kcal | -10.8% |
| 2022 | 537,797 million Kcal | +83.0% |
| 2023 | 541,386 million Kcal | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 385,749 million Kcal | 174,904 million Kcal | 875,823 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 425,642 million Kcal | 293,893 million Kcal | 541,386 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)
- 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 sorghum and products — food supply in Kenya?
- Sorghum and products — food supply in Kenya was 541,386 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum and products — food supply recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 875,823 million Kcal in 2019.
- What is the lowest sorghum and products — food supply recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 174,904 million Kcal in 2010.
- How does Kenya rank for sorghum and products — food supply?
- Kenya ranks 13th out of 69 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sorghum and products — food supply rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.6%. 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 Sorghum and products — 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.