Unmanufactured tobacco — Production in Kenya
Kenya: Unmanufactured tobacco — Production was 12,446 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Unmanufactured tobacco — Production in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for unmanufactured tobacco — production in Kenya is 12,446 t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 15.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — production in Kenya peaked at 25,000 t in 2005 and was at its lowest, 53 t, in 1967.
Kenya ranks 30th of 139 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Unmanufactured tobacco — Production in Kenya, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 448 t | — |
| 1962 | 356 t | -20.5% |
| 1963 | 508 t | +42.7% |
| 1964 | 504 t | -0.8% |
| 1965 | 382 t | -24.2% |
| 1966 | 69 t | -81.9% |
| 1967 | 53 t | -23.2% |
| 1968 | 80 t | +50.9% |
| 1969 | 123 t | +53.8% |
| 1970 | 123 t | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 161 t | +30.9% |
| 1972 | 167 t | +3.7% |
| 1973 | 137 t | -18.0% |
| 1974 | 139 t | +1.5% |
| 1975 | 296 t | +112.9% |
| 1976 | 807 t | +172.6% |
| 1977 | 1,700 t | +110.7% |
| 1978 | 1,800 t | +5.9% |
| 1979 | 2,905 t | +61.4% |
| 1980 | 2,738 t | -5.7% |
| 1981 | 3,701 t | +35.2% |
| 1982 | 5,212 t | +40.8% |
| 1983 | 6,628 t | +27.2% |
| 1984 | 8,555 t | +29.1% |
| 1985 | 5,072 t | -40.7% |
| 1986 | 5,076 t | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 7,000 t | +37.9% |
| 1988 | 8,000 t | +14.3% |
| 1989 | 10,590 t | +32.4% |
| 1990 | 8,800 t | -16.9% |
| 1991 | 10,000 t | +13.6% |
| 1992 | 9,000 t | -10.0% |
| 1993 | 10,000 t | +11.1% |
| 1994 | 8,920 t | -10.8% |
| 1995 | 13,000 t | +45.7% |
| 1996 | 15,980 t | +22.9% |
| 1997 | 21,878 t | +36.9% |
| 1998 | 11,000 t | -49.7% |
| 1999 | 16,800 t | +52.7% |
| 2000 | 17,960 t | +6.9% |
| 2001 | 19,500 t | +8.6% |
| 2002 | 20,000 t | +2.6% |
| 2003 | 19,375 t | -3.1% |
| 2004 | 22,000 t | +13.6% |
| 2005 | 25,000 t | +13.6% |
| 2006 | 17,605 t | -29.6% |
| 2007 | 11,153 t | -36.6% |
| 2008 | 8,519 t | -23.6% |
| 2009 | 10,260 t | +20.4% |
| 2010 | 14,156 t | +38.0% |
| 2011 | 15,345 t | +8.4% |
| 2012 | 11,756 t | -23.4% |
| 2013 | 10,538 t | -10.4% |
| 2014 | 10,767 t | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 10,914 t | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 10,896 t | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 10,424 t | -4.3% |
| 2018 | 10,744 t | +3.1% |
| 2019 | 10,567 t | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 10,533 t | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 10,415 t | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 9,980 t | -4.2% |
| 2023 | 12,323 t | +23.5% |
| 2024 | 12,446 t | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 280.33 t | 53 t | 508 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 823.5 t | 123 t | 2,905 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,257 t | 2,738 t | 10,590 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,538 t | 8,800 t | 21,878 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,137 t | 8,519 t | 25,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,611 t | 10,424 t | 15,345 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,139 t | 9,980 t | 12,446 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 27 Mexico 18,579 t compare
- 28 Dominican Republic 14,651 t compare
- 29 Cuba 12,482 t compare
- 31 Cambodia 12,410 t compare
- 32 Serbia and Montenegro 11,752 t compare
- 33 Czechoslovakia 11,557 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 unmanufactured tobacco — production in Kenya?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — production in Kenya was 12,446 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — production recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 25,000 t in 2005.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — production recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 53 t in 1967.
- How does Kenya rank for unmanufactured tobacco — production?
- Kenya ranks 30th out of 139 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — production rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.6%. 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 Unmanufactured tobacco — Production. 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.