Agriculture & Rural in Kenya

31 indicators covering agriculture & rural for Kenya.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Agricultural raw materials exports 12.9% 2024 up 8.0% 12th
Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% 2024 up 49.1% 22nd
Rural population 67.8% 2025 down 0.7% 27th
Rural population growth 1.5% 2025 down 36.9% 36th
Rural population 39.00 million 2025 up 21.3% 14th
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 23.2% 2025 up 19.0% 27th
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 31.48 billion current US$ 2025 up 130.6% 30th
Land under cereal production 2.93 million hectares 2023 up 7.2% 45th
Cereal yield 1,758 kg per hectare 2023 up 5.8% 133rd
Cereal production 5.15 million metric tons 2023 up 13.4% 56th
Fertilizer consumption 50.46 kilograms per hectare of arable land 2023 down 1.0% 123rd
Land area 580,876 sq. km 2023 up 2.1% 45th
Agricultural land 287,687 sq. km 2023 up 1.5% 39th
Agricultural land 49.5% 2023 down 0.5% 63rd
Arable land 6.63 million hectares 2023 up 3.0% 39th
Permanent cropland 1.4% 2023 up 36.5% 107th
Arable land 11.4% 2023 up 0.9% 91st
Arable land 0.1198 hectares per person 2023 down 16.3% 97th
Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) 53.4% 2025 down 9.9% 27th
Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) 39.1% 2025 down 15.3% 39th
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) 45.8% 2025 down 12.8% 28th
Average precipitation in depth 630 mm per year 2022 unchanged 126th
Crop production index 116.97 2014-2016 = 100 2022 up 26.4% 56th
Food production index 112.38 2014-2016 = 100 2022 up 16.6% 71st
Livestock production index 103.71 2014-2016 = 100 2022 up 0.3% 115th
Forest area 6.2% 2023 down 0.6% 177th
Forest area 36,111 sq. km 2023 up 1.4% 81st
Fertilizer consumption 5,550.0% 1967 up 200.0% 7th
Annual freshwater withdrawals, agriculture 80.2% 2022 up 35.3% 50th
Surface area 591,969 sq. km 2023 up 2.0% 47th
Access to electricity, rural 67.1% 2024 up 167.3% 170th