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 67th of 124 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.
Wheat — Yield in Kenya, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,091 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 921.2 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 1963 | 1,120 kg/ha | +21.5% |
| 1964 | 1,197 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1965 | 1,513 kg/ha | +26.4% |
| 1966 | 1,183 kg/ha | -21.8% |
| 1967 | 1,341 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1968 | 1,625 kg/ha | +21.1% |
| 1969 | 1,728 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1970 | 1,613 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1971 | 1,695 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1972 | 1,445 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1973 | 1,363 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1974 | 1,641 kg/ha | +20.4% |
| 1975 | 1,520 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1976 | 1,673 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1977 | 1,485 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1978 | 1,472 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1979 | 1,772 kg/ha | +20.4% |
| 1980 | 2,157 kg/ha | +21.7% |
| 1981 | 2,146 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1982 | 2,083 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1983 | 2,108 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 1,377 kg/ha | -34.7% |
| 1985 | 1,890 kg/ha | +37.3% |
| 1986 | 1,867 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1987 | 1,482 kg/ha | -20.6% |
| 1988 | 1,633 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1989 | 1,584 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1990 | 1,655 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1991 | 1,848 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1992 | 1,936 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1993 | 1,380 kg/ha | -28.7% |
| 1994 | 2,216 kg/ha | +60.7% |
| 1995 | 2,106 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1996 | 2,011 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1997 | 1,613 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 1998 | 1,895 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 1999 | 1,653 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 2000 | 1,549 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2001 | 1,989 kg/ha | +28.4% |
| 2002 | 2,122 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2003 | 2,506 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 2004 | 2,483 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 2,313 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2006 | 2,188 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2007 | 3,094 kg/ha | +41.4% |
| 2008 | 2,584 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 2009 | 1,666 kg/ha | -35.5% |
| 2010 | 3,199 kg/ha | +92.0% |
| 2011 | 2,042 kg/ha | -36.2% |
| 2012 | 2,972 kg/ha | +45.6% |
| 2013 | 2,760 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2014 | 1,555 kg/ha | -43.7% |
| 2015 | 1,984 kg/ha | +27.6% |
| 2016 | 1,402 kg/ha | -29.3% |
| 2017 | 1,258 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2018 | 2,528 kg/ha | +100.9% |
| 2019 | 2,629 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2020 | 3,061 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 2021 | 2,796 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2022 | 3,084 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2023 | 2,963 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2024 | 3,044 kg/ha | +2.7% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 3,044 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,768 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 3,044 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,725 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (25 countries reporting)
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 |
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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 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 67th out of 124 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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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.