Tea leaves — Yield in Kenya
Kenya: Tea leaves — Yield was 11,765 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Tea leaves — Yield in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, tea leaves — yield in Kenya stood at 11,765 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.0% on the previous year and up 23.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea leaves — yield in Kenya peaked at 11,765 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 711.9 kg/ha, in 1961.
Kenya ranks 3rd 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 — Yield in Kenya, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 711.9 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 825.8 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 1963 | 843.1 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1964 | 877.7 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1965 | 800.7 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1966 | 929.7 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 1967 | 758.4 kg/ha | -18.4% |
| 1968 | 886.8 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 1969 | 987.3 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1970 | 1,020 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1971 | 836.2 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 1972 | 1,072 kg/ha | +28.1% |
| 1973 | 1,032 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1974 | 914.8 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1975 | 921.8 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1976 | 939.8 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1977 | 1,262 kg/ha | +34.3% |
| 1978 | 1,296 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1979 | 1,336 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1980 | 1,174 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1981 | 1,153 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1982 | 1,179 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1983 | 1,452 kg/ha | +23.2% |
| 1984 | 1,394 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1985 | 1,757 kg/ha | +26.0% |
| 1986 | 1,698 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1987 | 1,824 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1988 | 1,890 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1989 | 2,065 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1990 | 2,031 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1991 | 8,795 kg/ha | +333.0% |
| 1992 | 8,032 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1993 | 8,754 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1994 | 8,265 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1995 | 9,444 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1996 | 9,835 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1997 | 8,429 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1998 | 10,780 kg/ha | +27.9% |
| 1999 | 9,119 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 2000 | 8,531 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2001 | 10,306 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 2002 | 9,494 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2003 | 9,715 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 10,322 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2005 | 10,106 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 9,179 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2007 | 10,772 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 2008 | 9,531 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 2009 | 8,630 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2010 | 10,092 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 2011 | 8,746 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 2012 | 8,426 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2013 | 9,466 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 2014 | 9,532 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 8,286 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 2016 | 9,414 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 2017 | 8,217 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2018 | 9,073 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2019 | 7,405 kg/ha | -18.4% |
| 2020 | 11,322 kg/ha | +52.9% |
| 2021 | 11,100 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2022 | 10,710 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2023 | 11,316 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2024 | 11,765 kg/ha | +4.0% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 11,765 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 9,144 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (9 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 11,765 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 6,489 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tea leaves — Yield 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 | +333.0% | 2,031 kg/ha | 8,795 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 846.82 kg/ha | 711.9 kg/ha | 987.3 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,063 kg/ha | 836.2 kg/ha | 1,336 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,559 kg/ha | 1,153 kg/ha | 2,065 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,348 kg/ha | 2,031 kg/ha | 10,780 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,658 kg/ha | 8,531 kg/ha | 10,772 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,866 kg/ha | 7,405 kg/ha | 10,092 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,242 kg/ha | 10,710 kg/ha | 11,765 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 1 Malawi 12,456 kg/ha compare
- 1 Türkiye 17,455 kg/ha compare
- 2 Argentina 11,944 kg/ha compare
- 2 Viet Nam 10,214 kg/ha compare
- 4 Zimbabwe 11,149 kg/ha compare
- 4 Melanesia 9,144 kg/ha compare
- 5 Ethiopia 10,755 kg/ha compare
- 5 United Republic of Tanzania 7,494 kg/ha compare
- 6 Cameroon 10,418 kg/ha compare
- 6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 6,031 kg/ha 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 — yield in Kenya?
- Tea leaves — yield in Kenya was 11,765 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea leaves — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 11,765 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest tea leaves — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 711.9 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Kenya rank for tea leaves — yield?
- Kenya ranks 3rd out of 45 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tea leaves — yield rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.4%. 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 — Yield. 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.