Sugar cane — Yield in Kenya
Kenya: Sugar cane — Yield was 69,424 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar cane — Yield in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar cane — yield in Kenya stood at 69,424 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and down 21.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — yield in Kenya peaked at 121,184 kg/ha in 1980 and was at its lowest, 29,755 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Kenya 37th out of 113 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 38,281 kg/ha | 29,755 kg/ha | 58,431 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 74,176 kg/ha | 54,959 kg/ha | 99,935 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 99,541 kg/ha | 77,594 kg/ha | 121,184 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 87,179 kg/ha | 66,211 kg/ha | 117,301 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 83,810 kg/ha | 68,856 kg/ha | 93,858 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 76,340 kg/ha | 64,031 kg/ha | 92,057 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 74,164 kg/ha | 68,849 kg/ha | 82,102 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 34 Pakistan 70,603 kg/ha compare
- 35 Uganda 69,970 kg/ha compare
- 36 Sierra Leone 69,709 kg/ha compare
- 38 United Republic of Tanzania 69,383 kg/ha compare
- 39 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 68,316 kg/ha compare
- 40 Viet Nam 67,750 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Kenya
- Agriculture share gdp 23.16 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 23.16 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 12.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2024)
- Rural population 67.8% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.5% (2025)
- Rural population 39.00 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 23.2% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 31.48 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 2.06 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar cane — yield in Kenya?
- Sugar cane — yield in Kenya was 69,424 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 121,184 kg/ha in 1980.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 29,755 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Kenya rank for sugar cane — yield?
- Kenya ranks 37th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — yield rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.8%. 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 cane — Yield. 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.