Wheat — Yield in Kenya
Kenya: Wheat — Yield was 3,044 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, wheat — yield in Kenya stood at 3,044 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 2.7% on the previous year and up 95.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Kenya peaked at 3,199 kg/ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 921.2 kg/ha, in 1962.
Kenya ranks 68th of 133 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,302 kg/ha | 921.2 kg/ha | 1,728 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,568 kg/ha | 1,363 kg/ha | 1,772 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,833 kg/ha | 1,377 kg/ha | 2,157 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,831 kg/ha | 1,380 kg/ha | 2,216 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,249 kg/ha | 1,549 kg/ha | 3,094 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,233 kg/ha | 1,258 kg/ha | 3,199 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,989 kg/ha | 2,796 kg/ha | 3,084 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 65 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3,078 kg/ha compare
- 66 Niger 3,069 kg/ha compare
- 67 Russian Federation 3,064 kg/ha compare
- 69 Türkiye 3,004 kg/ha compare
- 70 United Arab Emirates 3,000 kg/ha compare
- 71 Nepal 2,985 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Kenya
- Agriculture share gdp 23.16 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 23.16 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 12.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2024)
- Rural population 67.8% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.5% (2025)
- Rural population 39.00 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 23.2% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 31.48 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 2.06 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — yield in Kenya?
- Wheat — yield in Kenya was 3,044 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 3,199 kg/ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 921.2 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Kenya rank for wheat — yield?
- Kenya ranks 68th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 95.8%. 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 Wheat — 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.