Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in Kenya
Kenya: Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield was 581.6 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Kenya is 581.6 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.9% on the previous year and down 17.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Kenya peaked at 2,648 kg/ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 106 kg/ha, in 1967.
That places Kenya 118th out of 128 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in Kenya, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,106 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 890 kg/ha | -19.5% |
| 1963 | 1,270 kg/ha | +42.7% |
| 1964 | 1,330 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1965 | 800.8 kg/ha | -39.8% |
| 1966 | 119 kg/ha | -85.1% |
| 1967 | 106 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1968 | 160 kg/ha | +50.9% |
| 1969 | 246 kg/ha | +53.8% |
| 1970 | 246 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 322 kg/ha | +30.9% |
| 1972 | 334 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1973 | 274 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 1974 | 260.3 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1975 | 401.1 kg/ha | +54.1% |
| 1976 | 585.6 kg/ha | +46.0% |
| 1977 | 859.9 kg/ha | +46.8% |
| 1978 | 900 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1979 | 965.8 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1980 | 786.1 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 1981 | 983.5 kg/ha | +25.1% |
| 1982 | 1,180 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1983 | 1,251 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1984 | 1,711 kg/ha | +36.8% |
| 1985 | 1,176 kg/ha | -31.3% |
| 1986 | 1,177 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 1,750 kg/ha | +48.7% |
| 1988 | 2,000 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1989 | 2,648 kg/ha | +32.4% |
| 1990 | 1,956 kg/ha | -26.1% |
| 1991 | 1,818 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1992 | 1,684 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1993 | 1,667 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 1,013 kg/ha | -39.2% |
| 1995 | 1,470 kg/ha | +45.1% |
| 1996 | 1,503 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 1,568 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1998 | 786.7 kg/ha | -49.8% |
| 1999 | 1,200 kg/ha | +52.5% |
| 2000 | 1,268 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2001 | 1,345 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2002 | 1,333 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 1,242 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2004 | 1,333 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2005 | 1,351 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 1,446 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2007 | 833.6 kg/ha | -42.3% |
| 2008 | 567.9 kg/ha | -31.9% |
| 2009 | 603.5 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2010 | 753.8 kg/ha | +24.9% |
| 2011 | 823.6 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2012 | 808.6 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 780.9 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2014 | 708.8 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2015 | 663.8 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2016 | 724.3 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2017 | 680.8 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2018 | 707.4 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 696.1 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 644 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2021 | 613.3 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2022 | 616 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 598.8 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2024 | 581.6 kg/ha | -2.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 669.76 kg/ha | 106 kg/ha | 1,330 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 514.87 kg/ha | 246 kg/ha | 965.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,466 kg/ha | 786.1 kg/ha | 2,648 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,467 kg/ha | 786.7 kg/ha | 1,956 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,132 kg/ha | 567.9 kg/ha | 1,446 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 734.81 kg/ha | 663.8 kg/ha | 823.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 610.74 kg/ha | 581.6 kg/ha | 644 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Kenya?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Kenya was 581.6 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 2,648 kg/ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 106 kg/ha in 1967.
- How does Kenya rank for unmanufactured tobacco — yield?
- Kenya ranks 118th out of 128 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — yield rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.9%. 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 Unmanufactured tobacco — 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.