Vegetables Primary — Yield in Kenya
Kenya: Vegetables Primary — Yield was 14,004 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, vegetables primary — yield in Kenya stood at 14,004 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.4% on the previous year and up 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — yield in Kenya peaked at 17,559 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 5,805 kg/ha, in 1983.
That places Kenya 101st out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Kenya, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,046 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,050 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1963 | 6,050 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1964 | 6,067 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1965 | 6,095 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1966 | 6,007 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1967 | 6,010 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 6,015 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1969 | 6,010 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1970 | 6,008 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1971 | 5,985 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1972 | 5,932 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1973 | 6,103 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1974 | 6,019 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1975 | 6,022 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1976 | 6,005 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1977 | 6,100 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1978 | 6,140 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1979 | 6,261 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1980 | 6,332 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 6,502 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1982 | 6,714 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1983 | 5,805 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1984 | 5,857 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 5,854 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1986 | 6,313 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1987 | 6,771 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1988 | 7,251 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1989 | 7,708 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1990 | 7,671 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1991 | 9,303 kg/ha | +21.3% |
| 1992 | 10,607 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1993 | 10,482 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 10,186 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1995 | 10,530 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1996 | 10,418 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1997 | 10,318 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 10,534 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 10,637 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 10,776 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 11,112 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2002 | 10,772 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2003 | 11,695 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2004 | 10,868 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2005 | 13,996 kg/ha | +28.8% |
| 2006 | 13,950 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 14,411 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 13,646 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2009 | 14,766 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2010 | 14,962 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 12,680 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 2012 | 13,251 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2013 | 14,932 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 2014 | 13,477 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 2015 | 13,573 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 13,302 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 15,315 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 2018 | 14,584 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2019 | 16,032 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 2020 | 17,559 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2021 | 15,773 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 2022 | 15,801 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 14,355 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2024 | 14,004 kg/ha | -2.4% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 14,004 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 12,200 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 14,004 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 8,414 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vegetables Primary — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +28.8% | 10,868 kg/ha | 13,996 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,039 kg/ha | 6,007 kg/ha | 6,095 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,058 kg/ha | 5,932 kg/ha | 6,261 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,511 kg/ha | 5,805 kg/ha | 7,708 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,069 kg/ha | 7,671 kg/ha | 10,637 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,599 kg/ha | 10,772 kg/ha | 14,766 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,211 kg/ha | 12,680 kg/ha | 16,032 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,498 kg/ha | 14,004 kg/ha | 17,559 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 vegetables primary — yield in Kenya?
- Vegetables primary — yield in Kenya was 14,004 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 17,559 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,805 kg/ha in 1983.
- How does Kenya rank for vegetables primary — yield?
- Kenya ranks 101st out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — yield rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. 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 Vegetables Primary — 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.