Soya beans — Yield in Kenya
Kenya: Soya beans — Yield was 1,007 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Soya beans — Yield in Kenya, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, soya beans — yield in Kenya stood at 1,007 kg/ha.
The figure is up 12.8% on the previous year and down 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — yield in Kenya peaked at 1,500 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 715.3 kg/ha, in 2009.
That places Kenya 81st out of 98 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Soya beans — Yield in Kenya, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 800 kg/ha | — |
| 1991 | 803.6 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 805.7 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 808 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 810.2 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 812.6 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 815 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 817.6 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 820.2 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 822.5 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 859.5 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2001 | 860 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 860.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 860.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 860 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 858.6 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 826.5 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2007 | 840 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 816.5 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2009 | 715.3 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 2010 | 950 kg/ha | +32.8% |
| 2011 | 1,258 kg/ha | +32.4% |
| 2012 | 1,500 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 2013 | 1,222 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 2014 | 1,064 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 2015 | 942.8 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 2016 | 906.1 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2017 | 1,047 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 2018 | 1,003 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2019 | 999.4 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 999.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1,128 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 2022 | 1,376 kg/ha | +22.0% |
| 2023 | 892.8 kg/ha | -35.1% |
| 2024 | 1,007 kg/ha | +12.8% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 1,007 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,170 kg/ha, 86% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 1,007 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,022 kg/ha, 98% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Soya beans — Yield in Kenya changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | -35.1% | 1,376 kg/ha | 892.8 kg/ha |
| 2010 | +32.8% | 715.3 kg/ha | 950 kg/ha |
| 2011 | +32.4% | 950 kg/ha | 1,258 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 811.54 kg/ha | 800 kg/ha | 822.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 835.7 kg/ha | 715.3 kg/ha | 860.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,089 kg/ha | 906.1 kg/ha | 1,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,081 kg/ha | 892.8 kg/ha | 1,376 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 soya beans — yield in Kenya?
- Soya beans — yield in Kenya was 1,007 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 1,500 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest soya beans — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 715.3 kg/ha in 2009.
- How does Kenya rank for soya beans — yield?
- Kenya ranks 81st out of 98 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — yield rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.4%. 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 Soya beans — 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.