Sweet potatoes — Production in Kenya
Kenya: Sweet potatoes — Production was 862,724 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Production in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — production in Kenya is 862,724 t, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 28.9% on the previous year and up 13.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production in Kenya peaked at 1.23 million t in 2015 and was at its lowest, 140,000 t, in 1961.
Kenya ranks 14th of 113 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Production in Kenya, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 140,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 150,000 t | +7.1% |
| 1963 | 160,000 t | +6.7% |
| 1964 | 170,000 t | +6.2% |
| 1965 | 180,000 t | +5.9% |
| 1966 | 199,000 t | +10.6% |
| 1967 | 200,000 t | +0.5% |
| 1968 | 210,000 t | +5.0% |
| 1969 | 220,000 t | +4.8% |
| 1970 | 230,000 t | +4.5% |
| 1971 | 240,000 t | +4.3% |
| 1972 | 250,000 t | +4.2% |
| 1973 | 260,000 t | +4.0% |
| 1974 | 270,000 t | +3.8% |
| 1975 | 280,000 t | +3.7% |
| 1976 | 235,000 t | -16.1% |
| 1977 | 258,000 t | +9.8% |
| 1978 | 329,700 t | +27.8% |
| 1979 | 340,000 t | +3.1% |
| 1980 | 350,000 t | +2.9% |
| 1981 | 364,000 t | +4.0% |
| 1982 | 530,000 t | +45.6% |
| 1983 | 265,000 t | -50.0% |
| 1984 | 280,000 t | +5.7% |
| 1985 | 487,958 t | +74.3% |
| 1986 | 505,312 t | +3.6% |
| 1987 | 523,281 t | +3.6% |
| 1988 | 541,885 t | +3.6% |
| 1989 | 262,280 t | -51.6% |
| 1990 | 241,884 t | -7.8% |
| 1991 | 405,444 t | +67.6% |
| 1992 | 249,863 t | -38.4% |
| 1993 | 315,000 t | +26.1% |
| 1994 | 285,000 t | -9.5% |
| 1995 | 315,461 t | +10.7% |
| 1996 | 266,000 t | -15.7% |
| 1997 | 380,290 t | +43.0% |
| 1998 | 397,469 t | +4.5% |
| 1999 | 543,089 t | +36.6% |
| 2000 | 527,954 t | -2.8% |
| 2001 | 598,680 t | +13.4% |
| 2002 | 513,485 t | -14.2% |
| 2003 | 587,700 t | +14.5% |
| 2004 | 571,293 t | -2.8% |
| 2005 | 671,709 t | +17.6% |
| 2006 | 724,646 t | +7.9% |
| 2007 | 811,531 t | +12.0% |
| 2008 | 894,781 t | +10.3% |
| 2009 | 1.03 million t | +15.6% |
| 2010 | 820,971 t | -20.6% |
| 2011 | 759,471 t | -7.5% |
| 2012 | 859,549 t | +13.2% |
| 2013 | 729,645 t | -15.1% |
| 2014 | 763,643 t | +4.7% |
| 2015 | 1.23 million t | +61.4% |
| 2016 | 697,364 t | -43.4% |
| 2017 | 769,389 t | +10.3% |
| 2018 | 871,010 t | +13.2% |
| 2019 | 976,691 t | +12.1% |
| 2020 | 685,687 t | -29.8% |
| 2021 | 777,141 t | +13.3% |
| 2022 | 597,900 t | -23.1% |
| 2023 | 669,100 t | +11.9% |
| 2024 | 862,724 t | +28.9% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 862,724 t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 106,808 t, 8.1× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 862,724 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 179,140 t, 4.8× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Production 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +74.3% | 280,000 t | 487,958 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 181,000 t | 140,000 t | 220,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 269,270 t | 230,000 t | 340,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 410,972 t | 262,280 t | 541,885 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 339,950 t | 241,884 t | 543,089 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 693,598 t | 513,485 t | 1.03 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 848,006 t | 697,364 t | 1.23 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 718,510 t | 597,900 t | 862,724 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 11 Uganda 1.03 million t compare
- 11 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 22,666 t compare
- 12 Brazil 970,050 t compare
- 12 Polynesia 7,334 t compare
- 13 Burundi 944,229 t compare
- 13 Timor-Leste 4,825 t compare
- 14 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 4,635 t compare
- 15 Micronesia (Federated States of) 3,120 t compare
- 15 Papua New Guinea 732,422 t compare
- 15 Micronesia 3,120 t compare
- 16 Japan 717,000 t compare
- 17 Cameroon 633,125 t compare
- 17 Caribbean 498,450 t compare
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 sweet potatoes — production in Kenya?
- Sweet potatoes — production in Kenya was 862,724 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 1.23 million t in 2015.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 140,000 t in 1961.
- How does Kenya rank for sweet potatoes — production?
- Kenya ranks 14th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — production rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sweet potatoes — Production. 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.