Treenuts, Total — Yield in Kenya
Kenya: Treenuts, Total — Yield was 1,127 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Treenuts, Total — Yield in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for treenuts, total — yield in Kenya is 1,127 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 3.3% on the previous year and down 36.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, treenuts, total — yield in Kenya peaked at 1,850 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 335.3 kg/ha, in 1970.
That places Kenya 71st out of 114 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Treenuts, Total — Yield in Kenya, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 357.1 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 377.4 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1963 | 377.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 382.4 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1965 | 367.6 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1966 | 373.3 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1967 | 363.6 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1968 | 377 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1969 | 386.8 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1970 | 335.3 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1971 | 394.5 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 1972 | 358.5 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1973 | 350.3 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1974 | 367.3 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1975 | 341.4 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1976 | 390.8 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1977 | 417.6 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1978 | 429.2 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1979 | 362.6 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 1980 | 364.9 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 369.7 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1982 | 379.5 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1983 | 394.2 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1984 | 495.6 kg/ha | +25.7% |
| 1985 | 410.4 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 1986 | 399.4 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1987 | 410.4 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1988 | 402.1 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1989 | 395.8 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1990 | 376.5 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1991 | 387.3 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1992 | 413.5 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1993 | 437.3 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1994 | 460.7 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1995 | 626.9 kg/ha | +36.1% |
| 1996 | 417.5 kg/ha | -33.4% |
| 1997 | 398.9 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1998 | 759.8 kg/ha | +90.5% |
| 1999 | 667 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 2000 | 647.5 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2001 | 707.8 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2002 | 778.4 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2003 | 756 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2004 | 815.6 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2005 | 817.9 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 836 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 950.9 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 2008 | 1,014 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2009 | 1,114 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2010 | 1,134 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 1,224 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2012 | 1,457 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 2013 | 1,697 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 2014 | 1,769 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2015 | 1,850 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2016 | 1,422 kg/ha | -23.2% |
| 2017 | 1,502 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2018 | 1,410 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2019 | 1,360 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2020 | 1,391 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 1,215 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 2022 | 1,194 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 1,165 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2024 | 1,127 kg/ha | -3.3% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 1,127 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,127 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 1,127 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,046 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Treenuts, Total — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +90.5% | 398.9 kg/ha | 759.8 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 373.62 kg/ha | 357.1 kg/ha | 386.8 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 374.75 kg/ha | 335.3 kg/ha | 429.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 402.2 kg/ha | 364.9 kg/ha | 495.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 494.54 kg/ha | 376.5 kg/ha | 759.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 843.79 kg/ha | 647.5 kg/ha | 1,114 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,482 kg/ha | 1,134 kg/ha | 1,850 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,219 kg/ha | 1,127 kg/ha | 1,391 kg/ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2316 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 12.9% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is treenuts, total — yield in Kenya?
- Treenuts, total — yield in Kenya was 1,127 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest treenuts, total — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 1,850 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest treenuts, total — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 335.3 kg/ha in 1970.
- How does Kenya rank for treenuts, total — yield?
- Kenya ranks 71st out of 114 countries with data for 2024.
- Is treenuts, total — yield rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.3%. 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 Treenuts, Total — Yield. 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.