Sorghum — Yield in Kenya
Kenya: Sorghum — Yield was 970.3 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sorghum — Yield in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum — yield in Kenya is 970.3 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Kenya peaked at 1,434 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 291.7 kg/ha, in 1983.
Kenya ranks 82nd of 111 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.
Sorghum — Yield in Kenya, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,093 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,098 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1963 | 1,094 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1964 | 1,105 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1965 | 1,087 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1966 | 1,100 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1967 | 1,138 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1968 | 1,073 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1969 | 1,025 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1970 | 1,094 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1971 | 1,089 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1972 | 1,122 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1973 | 1,122 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1,062 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1975 | 1,063 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1976 | 1,069 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 1,058 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1978 | 1,052 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1979 | 885.7 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 1980 | 952.4 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1981 | 1,113 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 1982 | 644.3 kg/ha | -42.1% |
| 1983 | 291.7 kg/ha | -54.7% |
| 1984 | 630.7 kg/ha | +116.2% |
| 1985 | 750 kg/ha | +18.9% |
| 1986 | 920.6 kg/ha | +22.7% |
| 1987 | 802.9 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1988 | 1,001 kg/ha | +24.6% |
| 1989 | 965.2 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1990 | 847.3 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1991 | 957.2 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1992 | 1,122 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 1993 | 745.4 kg/ha | -33.5% |
| 1994 | 864 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 1995 | 598.4 kg/ha | -30.7% |
| 1996 | 595.4 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 744.7 kg/ha | +25.1% |
| 1998 | 752.8 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 777.5 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2000 | 665.6 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 2001 | 856.9 kg/ha | +28.7% |
| 2002 | 801 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2003 | 853.9 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2004 | 564.4 kg/ha | -33.9% |
| 2005 | 1,223 kg/ha | +116.7% |
| 2006 | 800.6 kg/ha | -34.5% |
| 2007 | 947.4 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 2008 | 522.1 kg/ha | -44.9% |
| 2009 | 571.7 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2010 | 726.7 kg/ha | +27.1% |
| 2011 | 629.1 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 2012 | 744.5 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 2013 | 755 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 831.6 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2015 | 966.7 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 2016 | 633.6 kg/ha | -34.5% |
| 2017 | 707.3 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 2018 | 786.2 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 2019 | 1,199 kg/ha | +52.5% |
| 2020 | 1,434 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 2021 | 668.4 kg/ha | -53.4% |
| 2022 | 582.1 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 2023 | 957.6 kg/ha | +64.5% |
| 2024 | 970.3 kg/ha | +1.3% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 970.3 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,088 kg/ha, 89% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 970.3 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 955.6 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,090 kg/ha | 1,025 kg/ha | 1,138 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,062 kg/ha | 885.7 kg/ha | 1,122 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 807.16 kg/ha | 291.7 kg/ha | 1,113 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 800.43 kg/ha | 595.4 kg/ha | 1,122 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 780.66 kg/ha | 522.1 kg/ha | 1,223 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 797.97 kg/ha | 629.1 kg/ha | 1,199 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 922.5 kg/ha | 582.1 kg/ha | 1,434 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 sorghum — yield in Kenya?
- Sorghum — yield in Kenya was 970.3 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 1,434 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 291.7 kg/ha in 1983.
- How does Kenya rank for sorghum — yield?
- Kenya ranks 82nd out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.7%. 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 Sorghum — 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.