Sugar & Sweeteners — Food in Kenya
Kenya: Sugar & Sweeteners — Food was 1,175 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sugar & Sweeteners — Food in Kenya, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar & sweeteners — food in Kenya is 1,175 1000 t, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.0% on the previous year and up 49.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar & sweeteners — food in Kenya peaked at 1,250 1000 t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 721 1000 t, in 2010.
Kenya ranks 43rd of 194 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Sugar & Sweeteners — Food in Kenya, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 721 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 756 1000 t | +4.9% |
| 2012 | 774 1000 t | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 785 1000 t | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 861 1000 t | +9.7% |
| 2015 | 903 1000 t | +4.9% |
| 2016 | 927 1000 t | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 943 1000 t | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 951 1000 t | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 1,122 1000 t | +18.0% |
| 2020 | 1,159 1000 t | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 1,225 1000 t | +5.7% |
| 2022 | 1,250 1000 t | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 1,175 1000 t | -6.0% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 1,175 1000 t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 336 1000 t, 3.5× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 1,175 1000 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 218.5 1000 t, 5.4× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 874.3 1000 t | 721 1000 t | 1,122 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,202 1000 t | 1,159 1000 t | 1,250 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
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 sugar & sweeteners — food in Kenya?
- Sugar & sweeteners — food in Kenya was 1,175 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar & sweeteners — food recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 1,250 1000 t in 2022.
- What is the lowest sugar & sweeteners — food recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 721 1000 t in 2010.
- How does Kenya rank for sugar & sweeteners — food?
- Kenya ranks 43rd out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sugar & sweeteners — food rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 49.7%. 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 Sugar & Sweeteners — Food. 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.