Sweets and sugars — Energy supply — Value in Kenya
Kenya: Sweets and sugars — Energy supply — Value was 264 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweets and sugars — Energy supply — Value in Kenya, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 264 kcal/cap/d for sweets and sugars — energy supply — value in 2023.
That represents a change of down 9.9% on the previous year and up 15.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweets and sugars — energy supply — value in Kenya peaked at 308 kcal/cap/d in 2021 and was at its lowest, 221 kcal/cap/d, in 2011.
That places Kenya 119th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Sweets and sugars — Energy supply — Value in Kenya, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 229 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 221 kcal/cap/d | -3.5% |
| 2012 | 227 kcal/cap/d | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 228 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 235 kcal/cap/d | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 244 kcal/cap/d | +3.8% |
| 2016 | 248 kcal/cap/d | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 241 kcal/cap/d | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 246 kcal/cap/d | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 269 kcal/cap/d | +9.3% |
| 2020 | 303 kcal/cap/d | +12.6% |
| 2021 | 308 kcal/cap/d | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 293 kcal/cap/d | -4.9% |
| 2023 | 264 kcal/cap/d | -9.9% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 264 kcal/cap/d is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 206 kcal/cap/d, 1.3× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 264 kcal/cap/d is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 160 kcal/cap/d, 1.6× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 238.8 kcal/cap/d | 221 kcal/cap/d | 269 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 292 kcal/cap/d | 264 kcal/cap/d | 308 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
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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 sweets and sugars — energy supply — value in Kenya?
- Sweets and sugars — energy supply — value in Kenya was 264 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweets and sugars — energy supply — value recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 308 kcal/cap/d in 2021.
- What is the lowest sweets and sugars — energy supply — value recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 221 kcal/cap/d in 2011.
- How does Kenya rank for sweets and sugars — energy supply — value?
- Kenya ranks 119th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweets and sugars — energy supply — value rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.8%. 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 Sweets and sugars — Energy supply — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics can be found in the Supply Utilization Accounts (SUA) dataset of FAOSTAT, as Total Population. Food availability quantities are derived from the SUA dataset. SUAs present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply and utilization during a specified reference period. The SUA 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 capita 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.