Yields of key staple crops in Kenya
Kenya: Yields of key staple crops was 3.04 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yields of key staple crops in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 3.04 tonnes per hectare for yields of key staple crops in 2024.
The figure is up 2.7% on the previous year and up 95.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yields of key staple crops in Kenya peaked at 3.2 tonnes per hectare in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.9212 tonnes per hectare, in 1962.
Kenya ranks 65th of 125 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 | 1.3 tonnes per hectare | 0.9212 tonnes per hectare | 1.73 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.57 tonnes per hectare | 1.36 tonnes per hectare | 1.77 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.83 tonnes per hectare | 1.38 tonnes per hectare | 2.16 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.83 tonnes per hectare | 1.38 tonnes per hectare | 2.22 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.25 tonnes per hectare | 1.55 tonnes per hectare | 3.09 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.23 tonnes per hectare | 1.26 tonnes per hectare | 3.2 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.99 tonnes per hectare | 2.8 tonnes per hectare | 3.08 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
More agriculture & rural data for Kenya
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 31.48 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 23.2% (2025)
- Rural population 39.00 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.5% (2025)
- Rural population 67.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 12.9% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.2% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.2% (2025)
- Land under cereal production 2.93 million hectares (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yields of key staple crops in Kenya?
- Yields of key staple crops in Kenya was 3.04 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest yields of key staple crops recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 3.2 tonnes per hectare in 2010.
- What is the lowest yields of key staple crops recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9212 tonnes per hectare in 1962.
- How does Kenya rank for yields of key staple crops?
- Kenya ranks 65th out of 125 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yields of key staple crops 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 (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Yields of key staple crops. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.