Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita in Kenya
Kenya: Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita was 0.0153 t per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — production, per capita in Kenya is 0.0153 t per person, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 26.4% on the previous year and down 7.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production, per capita in Kenya peaked at 0.0308 t per person in 1982 and was at its lowest, 0.0097 t per person, in 1996.
Kenya ranks 23rd of 99 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita in Kenya, year by year
| Year | t per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0175 t per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0181 t per person | +3.1% |
| 1963 | 0.0185 t per person | +2.6% |
| 1964 | 0.0189 t per person | +2.2% |
| 1965 | 0.0193 t per person | +1.7% |
| 1966 | 0.0205 t per person | +6.2% |
| 1967 | 0.0198 t per person | -3.4% |
| 1968 | 0.02 t per person | +0.9% |
| 1969 | 0.0201 t per person | +0.7% |
| 1970 | 0.0202 t per person | +0.6% |
| 1971 | 0.0204 t per person | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 0.0205 t per person | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 0.0206 t per person | +0.5% |
| 1974 | 0.0207 t per person | +0.4% |
| 1975 | 0.0207 t per person | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 0.0168 t per person | -18.8% |
| 1977 | 0.0179 t per person | +6.2% |
| 1978 | 0.0221 t per person | +23.5% |
| 1979 | 0.022 t per person | -0.4% |
| 1980 | 0.0218 t per person | -0.6% |
| 1981 | 0.0219 t per person | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 0.0308 t per person | +40.5% |
| 1983 | 0.0148 t per person | -51.8% |
| 1984 | 0.0151 t per person | +1.8% |
| 1985 | 0.0254 t per person | +68.0% |
| 1986 | 0.0254 t per person | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 0.0254 t per person | -0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.0254 t per person | -0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.0119 t per person | -53.3% |
| 1990 | 0.0106 t per person | -10.9% |
| 1991 | 0.0171 t per person | +62.3% |
| 1992 | 0.0102 t per person | -40.2% |
| 1993 | 0.0125 t per person | +22.4% |
| 1994 | 0.011 t per person | -12.1% |
| 1995 | 0.0119 t per person | +7.6% |
| 1996 | 0.0097 t per person | -18.0% |
| 1997 | 0.0135 t per person | +39.1% |
| 1998 | 0.0138 t per person | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 0.0183 t per person | +32.8% |
| 2000 | 0.0172 t per person | -5.7% |
| 2001 | 0.0189 t per person | +9.9% |
| 2002 | 0.0157 t per person | -16.9% |
| 2003 | 0.0175 t per person | +11.0% |
| 2004 | 0.0165 t per person | -5.8% |
| 2005 | 0.0188 t per person | +14.0% |
| 2006 | 0.0196 t per person | +4.6% |
| 2007 | 0.0213 t per person | +8.7% |
| 2008 | 0.0228 t per person | +7.0% |
| 2009 | 0.0256 t per person | +12.1% |
| 2010 | 0.0197 t per person | -22.9% |
| 2011 | 0.0178 t per person | -10.0% |
| 2012 | 0.0196 t per person | +10.3% |
| 2013 | 0.0162 t per person | -17.2% |
| 2014 | 0.0166 t per person | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 0.0262 t per person | +57.8% |
| 2016 | 0.0145 t per person | -44.6% |
| 2017 | 0.0156 t per person | +8.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0173 t per person | +10.9% |
| 2019 | 0.0191 t per person | +10.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0131 t per person | -31.2% |
| 2021 | 0.0146 t per person | +11.2% |
| 2022 | 0.011 t per person | -24.5% |
| 2023 | 0.0121 t per person | +9.7% |
| 2024 | 0.0153 t per person | +26.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0192 t per person | 0.0175 t per person | 0.0205 t per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0202 t per person | 0.0168 t per person | 0.0221 t per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0218 t per person | 0.0119 t per person | 0.0308 t per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0129 t per person | 0.0097 t per person | 0.0183 t per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0194 t per person | 0.0157 t per person | 0.0256 t per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0183 t per person | 0.0145 t per person | 0.0262 t per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0132 t per person | 0.011 t per person | 0.0153 t per person | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — production, per capita in Kenya?
- Sweet potatoes — production, per capita in Kenya was 0.0153 t per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production, per capita recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0308 t per person in 1982.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production, per capita recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0097 t per person in 1996.
- How does Kenya rank for sweet potatoes — production, per capita?
- Kenya ranks 23rd out of 99 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — production, per capita rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Sweet potatoes — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sweet potatoes — Production ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Sweet potatoes — Production Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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About this data
Sweet potatoes — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.