Tomatoes — Yield in Kenya
Kenya: Tomatoes — Yield was 18,363 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tomatoes — Yield in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 18,363 kg/ha for tomatoes — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.9% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tomatoes — yield in Kenya peaked at 30,582 kg/ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 2,207 kg/ha, in 1983.
Kenya ranks 109th of 169 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Tomatoes — Yield in Kenya, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,238 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 15,349 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1963 | 15,454 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1964 | 15,695 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1965 | 15,790 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1966 | 16,017 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1967 | 16,034 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1968 | 16,049 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1969 | 16,000 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1970 | 16,016 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1971 | 16,000 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 16,045 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1973 | 16,000 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1974 | 16,014 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1975 | 15,917 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1976 | 16,097 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1977 | 15,625 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1978 | 14,286 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1979 | 12,791 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1980 | 12,791 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 12,037 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1982 | 11,225 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1983 | 2,207 kg/ha | -80.3% |
| 1984 | 2,857 kg/ha | +29.5% |
| 1985 | 4,286 kg/ha | +50.0% |
| 1986 | 7,143 kg/ha | +66.7% |
| 1987 | 11,429 kg/ha | +60.0% |
| 1988 | 10,588 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1989 | 11,579 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1990 | 12,500 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1991 | 13,044 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1992 | 16,013 kg/ha | +22.8% |
| 1993 | 15,009 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1994 | 12,505 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1995 | 13,738 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1996 | 14,239 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1997 | 14,061 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 15,285 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1999 | 15,916 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2000 | 17,063 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2001 | 16,690 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2002 | 16,343 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2003 | 18,558 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 2004 | 14,418 kg/ha | -22.3% |
| 2005 | 26,175 kg/ha | +81.5% |
| 2006 | 25,777 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 30,434 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 2008 | 24,516 kg/ha | -19.4% |
| 2009 | 30,582 kg/ha | +24.7% |
| 2010 | 29,180 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2011 | 19,265 kg/ha | -34.0% |
| 2012 | 20,338 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2013 | 20,700 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 18,070 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2015 | 21,155 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 2016 | 18,705 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 2017 | 18,351 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 21,210 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 2019 | 21,739 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 29,343 kg/ha | +35.0% |
| 2021 | 23,700 kg/ha | -19.2% |
| 2022 | 21,764 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2023 | 18,720 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 2024 | 18,363 kg/ha | -1.9% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 18,363 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 17,073 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 18,363 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 13,225 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tomatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +81.5% | 14,418 kg/ha | 26,175 kg/ha |
| 1983 | -80.3% | 11,225 kg/ha | 2,207 kg/ha |
| 1986 | +66.7% | 4,286 kg/ha | 7,143 kg/ha |
| 1987 | +60.0% | 7,143 kg/ha | 11,429 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,736 kg/ha | 15,238 kg/ha | 16,049 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,479 kg/ha | 12,791 kg/ha | 16,097 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,614 kg/ha | 2,207 kg/ha | 12,791 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,231 kg/ha | 12,500 kg/ha | 16,013 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 22,056 kg/ha | 14,418 kg/ha | 30,582 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,871 kg/ha | 18,070 kg/ha | 29,180 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 22,378 kg/ha | 18,363 kg/ha | 29,343 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 tomatoes — yield in Kenya?
- Tomatoes — yield in Kenya was 18,363 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tomatoes — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 30,582 kg/ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest tomatoes — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,207 kg/ha in 1983.
- How does Kenya rank for tomatoes — yield?
- Kenya ranks 109th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tomatoes — yield rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. 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 Tomatoes — 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.