Value Added (Manufacture of food, beverages and tobacco products) in Kenya
Kenya: Value Added (Manufacture of food, beverages and tobacco products) was 4,541 million USD 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 million USD.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 4,541 million USD for value added (manufacture of food, beverages and tobacco products) in 2022. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.6% on the previous year and up 88.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, value added (manufacture of food, beverages and tobacco products) in Kenya peaked at 4,541 million USD in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1,222 million USD, in 2000.
That places Kenya 19th out of 46 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 | million USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1,439 million USD | — |
| 2000 | 1,222 million USD | -15.1% |
| 2001 | 1,243 million USD | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 1,284 million USD | +3.4% |
| 2003 | 1,410 million USD | +9.8% |
| 2004 | 1,443 million USD | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 1,463 million USD | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 1,575 million USD | +7.6% |
| 2007 | 1,694 million USD | +7.5% |
| 2008 | 1,613 million USD | -4.7% |
| 2009 | 1,902 million USD | +17.9% |
| 2010 | 2,075 million USD | +9.1% |
| 2011 | 2,333 million USD | +12.4% |
| 2012 | 2,404 million USD | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 2,577 million USD | +7.2% |
| 2014 | 2,551 million USD | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 2,746 million USD | +7.6% |
| 2016 | 3,928 million USD | +43.1% |
| 2017 | 3,986 million USD | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 4,206 million USD | +5.5% |
| 2019 | 4,327 million USD | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 4,261 million USD | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 4,426 million USD | +3.9% |
| 2022 | 4,541 million USD | +2.6% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 4,541 million USD is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,124 million USD, 4.0× the median. (7 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 4,541 million USD is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 721.23 million USD, 6.3× 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 | +43.1% | 2,746 million USD | 3,928 million USD |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,439 million USD | 1,439 million USD | 1,439 million USD | 1 |
| 2000s | 1,485 million USD | 1,222 million USD | 1,902 million USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,113 million USD | 2,075 million USD | 4,327 million USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,410 million USD | 4,261 million USD | 4,541 million USD | 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 4,541 million USD 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 4,541 million USD in 2022.
- What is the lowest value added (manufacture of food, beverages and tobacco products) recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,222 million USD in 2000.
- How does Kenya rank for value added (manufacture of food, beverages and tobacco products)?
- Kenya ranks 19th 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 88.9%. 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) — Value US$, 2015 prices. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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).