Tea leaves — Production in Kenya
Kenya: Tea leaves — Production was 2.69 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Tea leaves — Production in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, tea leaves — production in Kenya stood at 2.69 million t.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.2% on the previous year and up 38.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea leaves — production in Kenya peaked at 3.05 million t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 12,641 t, in 1961.
Kenya ranks 4th of 45 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Tea leaves — Production in Kenya, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,641 t | — |
| 1962 | 16,428 t | +30.0% |
| 1963 | 18,082 t | +10.1% |
| 1964 | 20,241 t | +11.9% |
| 1965 | 19,823 t | -2.1% |
| 1966 | 25,419 t | +28.2% |
| 1967 | 22,812 t | -10.3% |
| 1968 | 29,764 t | +30.5% |
| 1969 | 36,060 t | +21.2% |
| 1970 | 41,077 t | +13.9% |
| 1971 | 36,290 t | -11.7% |
| 1972 | 53,322 t | +46.9% |
| 1973 | 56,578 t | +6.1% |
| 1974 | 53,440 t | -5.5% |
| 1975 | 56,730 t | +6.2% |
| 1976 | 61,984 t | +9.3% |
| 1977 | 86,291 t | +39.2% |
| 1978 | 93,373 t | +8.2% |
| 1979 | 99,275 t | +6.3% |
| 1980 | 89,893 t | -9.5% |
| 1981 | 90,941 t | +1.2% |
| 1982 | 95,600 t | +5.1% |
| 1983 | 119,300 t | +24.8% |
| 1984 | 116,200 t | -2.6% |
| 1985 | 147,100 t | +26.6% |
| 1986 | 143,317 t | -2.6% |
| 1987 | 155,808 t | +8.7% |
| 1988 | 164,030 t | +5.3% |
| 1989 | 180,602 t | +10.1% |
| 1990 | 197,000 t | +9.1% |
| 1991 | 885,000 t | +349.2% |
| 1992 | 818,000 t | -7.6% |
| 1993 | 918,000 t | +12.2% |
| 1994 | 911,000 t | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 1.06 million t | +16.7% |
| 1996 | 1.12 million t | +5.2% |
| 1997 | 960,000 t | -14.1% |
| 1998 | 1.28 million t | +33.2% |
| 1999 | 1.08 million t | -15.5% |
| 2000 | 1.03 million t | -5.0% |
| 2001 | 1.28 million t | +24.7% |
| 2002 | 1.25 million t | -2.6% |
| 2003 | 1.28 million t | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 1.41 million t | +10.5% |
| 2005 | 1.43 million t | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 1.35 million t | -5.5% |
| 2007 | 1.61 million t | +19.0% |
| 2008 | 1.50 million t | -6.5% |
| 2009 | 1.37 million t | -9.1% |
| 2010 | 1.74 million t | +27.0% |
| 2011 | 1.64 million t | -5.3% |
| 2012 | 1.61 million t | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 1.88 million t | +17.1% |
| 2014 | 1.94 million t | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 1.74 million t | -10.3% |
| 2016 | 2.06 million t | +18.6% |
| 2017 | 1.91 million t | -7.0% |
| 2018 | 2.14 million t | +12.1% |
| 2019 | 2.00 million t | -6.9% |
| 2020 | 3.05 million t | +52.9% |
| 2021 | 2.43 million t | -20.3% |
| 2022 | 2.42 million t | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 2.58 million t | +6.6% |
| 2024 | 2.69 million t | +4.2% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 2.69 million t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 121,765 t, 22.1× the median. (9 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 2.69 million t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 24,684 t, 108.9× the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tea leaves — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +349.2% | 197,000 t | 885,000 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22,363 t | 12,641 t | 36,060 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 63,836 t | 36,290 t | 99,275 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 130,279 t | 89,893 t | 180,602 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 923,000 t | 197,000 t | 1.28 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.35 million t | 1.03 million t | 1.61 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.86 million t | 1.61 million t | 2.14 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.63 million t | 2.42 million t | 3.05 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 1 China 16.30 million t compare
- 2 China, mainland 16.26 million t compare
- 3 India 6.16 million t compare
- 3 Türkiye 1.41 million t compare
- 4 Viet Nam 1.15 million t compare
- 5 Sri Lanka 1.51 million t compare
- 5 United Republic of Tanzania 128,783 t compare
- 6 Indonesia 658,000 t compare
- 6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 79,997 t compare
- 7 Bangladesh 437,652 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 tea leaves — production in Kenya?
- Tea leaves — production in Kenya was 2.69 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea leaves — production recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 3.05 million t in 2020.
- What is the lowest tea leaves — production recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,641 t in 1961.
- How does Kenya rank for tea leaves — production?
- Kenya ranks 4th out of 45 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tea leaves — production rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.9%. 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 Tea leaves — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.