Value Added (Manufacture of food, beverages and tobacco products) in Kenya
Kenya: Value Added (Manufacture of food, beverages and tobacco products) was 54.22 % in 2022. ▲ Rising
Value Added (Manufacture of food, beverages and tobacco products) in Kenya, 1999–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 54.22 % for value added (manufacture of food, beverages and tobacco products) in 2022.
That represents a change of up 39.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, value added (manufacture of food, beverages and tobacco products) in Kenya peaked at 56.71 % in 2019 and was at its lowest, 28.52 %, in 2008.
That places Kenya 6th out of 46 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Value Added (Manufacture of food, beverages and tobacco products) in Kenya, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 33.98 % | — |
| 2000 | 28.56 % | -16.0% |
| 2001 | 28.58 % | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 29.51 % | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 30.59 % | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 29.96 % | -2.1% |
| 2005 | 29.03 % | -3.1% |
| 2006 | 29.4 % | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 30.29 % | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 28.52 % | -5.8% |
| 2009 | 35.15 % | +23.2% |
| 2010 | 36.32 % | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 37.9 % | +4.4% |
| 2012 | 38.91 % | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 39.73 % | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 38.61 % | -2.8% |
| 2015 | 39.26 % | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 55.11 % | +40.4% |
| 2017 | 55.54 % | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 56.58 % | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 56.71 % | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 56.01 % | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 54.22 % | -3.2% |
| 2022 | 54.22 % | +0.0% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 54.22 % is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 40.67 %, 1.3× the median. (7 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 54.22 % is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 49.4 %, 1.1× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Value Added (Manufacture of food, beverages and tobacco products) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +40.4% | 39.26 % | 55.11 % |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 33.98 % | 33.98 % | 33.98 % | 1 |
| 2000s | 29.96 % | 28.52 % | 35.15 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 45.47 % | 36.32 % | 56.71 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 54.82 % | 54.22 % | 56.01 % | 3 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
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 value added (manufacture of food, beverages and tobacco products) in Kenya?
- Value added (manufacture of food, beverages and tobacco products) in Kenya was 54.22 % in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest value added (manufacture of food, beverages and tobacco products) recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 56.71 % in 2019.
- What is the lowest value added (manufacture of food, beverages and tobacco products) recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.52 % in 2008.
- How does Kenya rank for value added (manufacture of food, beverages and tobacco products)?
- Kenya ranks 6th out of 46 countries with data for 2022.
- Is value added (manufacture of food, beverages and tobacco products) rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.3%. 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 Value Added (Manufacture of food, beverages and tobacco products) — Share of Value Added (Total Manufacturing) US$. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Macro Indicators database provides a selection of country-level macro indicators relating to total economy (Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation); agriculture activity; agriculture, forestry and fishing activity; total manufacturing activity; manufacturing of food products and beverages activity; manufacturing activity of tobacco products; and manufacturing activity of food, beverage and tobacco products.It releases time series for a selection of National Accounts variables, including gross domestic product, gross fixed capital formation, industry-level value added and gross output. The database also proposes additional indicators such as gross domestic product per capita, year-on-year growth rates and measures of industry contribution to gross domestic product. All data relating to Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation, agriculture, forestry and fishing activity, and to total manufacturing activity originates from the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates database, which consists of a complete and consistent set of time series of the main National Accounts aggregates of all UN Members States and other territories in the world for which National Accounts information is available. The UNSD database's content is based on the countries' official National Accounts data reported to UNSD through the annual National Accounts Questionnaire, supplemented with data estimates for any years and countries with incomplete or inconsistent information (See http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/Introduction.asp). Data series relating to the sub-industry Agriculture activity are obtained from the UNSD national accounts Official Country Data databases while series on the Manufacturing activity of food and beverages products, manufacturing activity of tobacco products and manufacturing activity of food, beverages and tobacco products originates from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) INDSTAT2 database. In order to ensure that sub-industry series are consistent in levels with National Accounts based series, which is needed to support comparability across industries (agriculture vs. agro-industry and sub-industries), UNIDO originating series are rescaled on UNSD National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates data series (See Section 17.5 for a more detailed description of the data processing steps).