Agricultural production in Kenya
According to FAOSTAT, Kenya produced 5.0 million t of cereals, 2.9 million t of vegetables, 4.5 million t of fruit, 656,460 t of meat and 7.0 million t of milk in 2024. Its largest crops by volume were sugar cane (9.4 million t), maize (4.0 million t) and tea leaves (2.7 million t).
- Products recorded
- 138
- World #1
- 1
- products
- World top 10
- 19
- products
- Year
- 2024
Kenya is the world’s largest producer of camel milk, and ranks second or third for 6 other products.
Among its twelve largest crops, the biggest ten-year change was in avocados (+168%), followed by cabbages (+61%).
Livestock numbers: 22.4 million cattle, 949,807 pigs, 26.2 million sheep and 38.4 million goats.
Totals by group
| Group | Tonnes | World rank | Share | 10-year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All sugar crops | 9,365,300 | 27 | 0.42% | +46% |
| All milk | 6,971,200 | 27 | 0.71% | +56% |
| All cereals | 4,978,020 | 58 | 0.16% | +18% |
| All fruit | 4,500,701 | 39 | 0.47% | +27% |
| All roots and tubers | 4,288,934 | 37 | 0.45% | +31% |
| All vegetables | 2,856,699 | 40 | 0.24% | +33% |
| All pulses | 1,199,970 | 16 | 1.24% | +7.0% |
| All meat | 656,460 | 63 | 0.18% | −3.7% |
| All citrus fruit | 392,803 | 40 | 0.24% | +49% |
| All eggs | 84,534 | 60 | 0.08% | +19% |
| All tree nuts | 32,176 | 49 | 0.17% | −29% |
All products by volume, 2024
| Product | Tonnes | World rank | Share | 10-year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sugar cane | 9,365,300 | 20 | 0.48% | +46% |
| Cow milk | 5,494,844 | 28 | 0.69% | +60% |
| Maize | 4,023,000 | 30 | 0.33% | +15% |
| Tea leaves | 2,687,200 | 3 | 8.21% | +39% |
| Potatoes | 2,188,110 | 31 | 0.56% | +35% |
| Bananas | 2,061,285 | 17 | 1.48% | +25% |
| Cassava | 1,207,537 | 34 | 0.35% | +41% |
| Camel milk | 1,098,082 | 1 | 26.22% | +50% |
| Cabbages | 904,452 | 12 | 1.2% | +61% |
| Beans, dry | 903,851 | 8 | 2.99% | +47% |
| Sweet potatoes | 862,724 | 16 | 0.95% | +13% |
| Skim milk of cows | 802,894 | 36 | 0.56% | +26% |
| Mangoes and guavas | 782,953 | 13 | 1.26% | +3.4% |
| Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. | 676,660 | 29 | 0.24% | +10% |
| Avocados | 585,000 | 6 | 5.21% | +168% |
| Tea, packed | 570,449 | 3 | 7.82% | +32% |
| Tomatoes | 510,902 | 43 | 0.27% | +15% |
| Raw sugar | 472,773 | 39 | 0.25% | −21% |
| Beer | 450,000 | 49 | 0.24% | −11% |
| Margarine and shortening | 371,024 | 8 | 2.82% | +36% |
| Wheat | 312,200 | 66 | 0.04% | +36% |
| Rice (paddy) | 282,152 | 60 | 0.03% | +151% |
| Goat milk | 279,198 | 18 | 1.37% | +9.5% |
| Beef (cattle meat) | 260,083 | 42 | 0.37% | −41% |
| Sorghum | 243,000 | 26 | 0.38% | +37% |
| Spinach | 242,720 | 3 | 0.79% | +152% |
| Pineapples | 196,039 | 26 | 0.67% | −6.0% |
| Onions, dry | 186,851 | 61 | 0.17% | +66% |
| Watermelons | 169,744 | 47 | 0.16% | +44% |
| Peas, green | 142,608 | 10 | 0.66% | +137% |
| Lemons and limes | 135,248 | 18 | 0.58% | +777% |
| Oranges | 131,282 | 39 | 0.2% | −2.9% |
| Other fruits, n.e.c. | 126,456 | 40 | 0.32% | +11% |
| Molasses | 123,011 | 45 | 0.17% | −48% |
| Other pulses n.e.c. | 118,004 | 11 | 2.65% | +34% |
| Chicken meat | 102,529 | 87 | 0.08% | +366% |
| Papayas | 100,537 | 17 | 0.69% | −20% |
| Sheep milk | 99,076 | 19 | 1.01% | +58% |
| Goat meat | 97,436 | 11 | 1.26% | +43% |
| Pigeon peas, dry | 96,800 | 5 | 2.08% | −65% |
| Other citrus fruit, n.e.c. | 88,643 | 13 | 0.66% | −3.5% |
| Coconuts, in shell | 87,155 | 30 | 0.13% | +36% |
| Hen eggs | 84,534 | 60 | 0.09% | +19% |
| Carrots and turnips | 81,871 | 48 | 0.18% | −59% |
| Cow peas, dry | 78,122 | 15 | 0.77% | −44% |
| Camel meat | 71,490 | 2 | 10.81% | +20% |
| Millet | 65,763 | 24 | 0.21% | −48% |
| Sheep meat | 56,528 | 34 | 0.49% | +39% |
| Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen | 49,936 | 31 | 0.52% | −41% |
| Coffee, green | 49,500 | 24 | 0.44% | 0.0% |
| Barley | 48,237 | 71 | 0.03% | −26% |
| Other beans, green | 45,425 | 22 | 0.18% | +0.9% |
| Raw hides and skins of cattle | 42,133 | 31 | 0.48% | −41% |
| Other tropical fruits, n.e.c. | 41,565 | 31 | 0.17% | +3.9% |
| Other oil seeds, n.e.c. | 39,818 | 15 | 1.64% | +6.4% |
| Tangerines and mandarins | 36,633 | 40 | 0.07% | +108% |
| Plantains | 34,533 | 35 | 0.08% | +8.5% |
| Pork (pig meat) | 34,493 | 76 | 0.03% | +93% |
| Game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen | 33,246 | 15 | 1.62% | +19% |
| Raw hides and skins of goats or kids | 31,097 | 7 | 2.04% | +43% |
| Cream, fresh | 28,274 | 27 | 0.76% | +26% |
| Other nuts | 24,373 | 12 | 2.24% | +5.2% |
| Okra | 22,106 | 27 | 0.17% | +145% |
| Sisal | 20,940 | 3 | 8.95% | −9.6% |
| Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen | 20,731 | 11 | 1.4% | +43% |
| Butter of cow milk | 19,505 | 43 | 0.33% | +30% |
| Honey | 19,462 | 22 | 0.98% | −35% |
| Other starchy roots and tubers | 18,264 | 32 | 0.19% | −0.7% |
| Soybeans | 17,417 | 62 | 0% | +636% |
| Broad beans and horse beans, green | 16,756 | 24 | 1.15% | +1,112% |
| Chillies and peppers, green | 16,472 | 76 | 0.04% | +642% |
| Castor oil seeds | 15,000 | 5 | 0.83% | +400% |
| Rapeseed | 14,385 | 47 | 0.02% | — |
| Groundnuts (peanuts) | 13,695 | 59 | 0.02% | −76% |
| Tobacco, unmanufactured | 12,446 | 34 | 0.21% | +16% |
| Yams | 12,298 | 38 | 0.01% | −39% |
| Anise, coriander, cumin and fennel | 11,915 | 13 | 0.45% | +88% |
| Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen | 11,777 | 31 | 0.59% | +39% |
| Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs | 11,306 | 33 | 0.52% | +39% |
| Oil of maize | 8,925 | 32 | 0.29% | −44% |
| Cattle fat, unrendered | 8,843 | 35 | 0.26% | −41% |
| Cashew nuts, in shell | 7,803 | 23 | 0.18% | −65% |
| Seed cotton | 6,234 | 54 | 0.01% | −54% |
| Sesame seed | 6,005 | 44 | 0.09% | −51% |
| Sunflower seed | 6,000 | 54 | 0.01% | −57% |
| Edible offals of camels and other camelids, fresh, chilled or frozen | 5,906 | 7 | 6.23% | +20% |
| Cucumbers | 5,282 | 94 | 0.01% | +167% |
| Tallow | 4,422 | 42 | 0.05% | −44% |
| Beeswax | 4,041 | 5 | 6.26% | +62% |
| Plums | 3,749 | 63 | 0.03% | +73% |
| Oats | 3,668 | 57 | 0.02% | −4.1% |
| Skim milk and whey powder | 3,231 | 40 | 0.07% | +29% |
| Chillies and peppers, dry | 3,035 | 41 | 0.06% | +1.6% |
| Green garlic | 3,004 | 65 | 0.01% | +258% |
| Whole milk powder | 2,839 | 47 | 0.06% | +29% |
| Goat fat, unrendered | 2,695 | 15 | 0.86% | +43% |
| Cotton seed | 2,550 | 60 | 0.01% | −70% |
| Coconut oil | 2,524 | 32 | 0.08% | −24% |
| Buttermilk, dry | 2,397 | 40 | 0.37% | — |
| Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen | 2,385 | 54 | 0.03% | +93% |
| Cloves (whole stems) | 2,136 | 6 | 1.07% | +8.3% |
| Fat of pigs | 2,129 | 53 | 0.02% | +93% |
| Wool, greasy | 2,064 | 48 | 0.12% | −2.5% |
| Sunflower-seed oil, crude | 2,000 | 69 | 0.01% | −62% |
| Pig fat, rendered | 1,870 | 58 | 0.03% | +129% |
| Lentils, dry | 1,771 | 24 | 0.02% | −43% |
| Pears | 1,725 | 71 | 0.01% | −46% |
| Peaches and nectarines | 1,655 | 70 | 0.01% | +184% |
| Pyrethrum, dried flowers | 1,634 | 2 | 22.4% | +356% |
| Chick peas, dry | 1,422 | 35 | 0.01% | −0.6% |
| Sheep fat, unrendered | 1,413 | 44 | 0.22% | +39% |
| Fat of camels | 1,399 | 6 | 4.74% | +20% |
| Cotton lint | 1,296 | 62 | 0.01% | −69% |
| Other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. | 1,221 | 34 | 0.04% | +1.5% |
| Dates | 1,097 | 30 | 0.01% | −0.1% |
| Grapefruit and pomelos | 997 | 61 | 0.01% | −65% |
| Linseed | 968 | 32 | 0.03% | −0.7% |
| Whole milk, condensed | 968 | 43 | 0.05% | +29% |
| Cauliflower and broccoli | 839 | 80 | 0% | −21% |
| Pepper (black, white) | 770 | 25 | 0.08% | +175% |
| Apples | 744 | 90 | 0% | +23% |
| Ghee from cow milk | 710 | 21 | 0.11% | +29% |
| Rabbit meat | 655 | 24 | 0.08% | −75% |
| Other berries and fruits of the genus vaccinium n.e.c. | 623 | 43 | 0.06% | +3.1% |
| Cottonseed oil | 600 | 54 | 0.01% | −54% |
| Ginger | 531 | 32 | 0.01% | +86% |
| Cheese from whole cow milk | 413 | 92 | 0% | +29% |
| Leeks | 315 | 49 | 0.01% | −3.4% |
| Oil of linseed | 294 | 46 | 0.04% | +2.8% |
| Asparagus | 213 | 40 | 0% | +78% |
| Whole milk, evaporated | 213 | 54 | 0.01% | +26% |
| Lettuce and chicory | 195 | 92 | 0% | −93% |
| Strawberries | 110 | 79 | 0% | −97% |
| Apricots | 83 | 64 | 0% | +12% |
| Nutmeg, mace and cardamom | 61 | 15 | 0.03% | +7.0% |
| Abaca, manila hemp | 52 | 6 | 0.05% | +2.0% |
| Artichokes | 27 | 28 | 0% | −10% |
| Vanilla | 15 | 12 | 0.21% | 0.0% |
Live animals, 2024
Kenya among the world’s producers, 2024
Share of world production by country for the largest crops of Kenya, which is outlined on the map.
Small island states are not drawn at this scale.
Production per person, 2024
Kenya had 56.4 million inhabitants in 2024 (FAOSTAT estimate). Production of its largest products per inhabitant, compared with the world average:
| Product | kg per person | World, kg per person | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugar cane | 166 | 238 | 0.7× |
| Cow milk | 97.4 | 97.7 | 1.0× |
| Maize | 71.3 | 149 | 0.5× |
| Tea leaves | 47.6 | 4.01 | 11.9× |
| Potatoes | 38.8 | 47.8 | 0.8× |
| Bananas | 36.5 | 17.1 | 2.1× |
| Cassava | 21.4 | 41.9 | 0.5× |
| Camel milk | 19.5 | 0.51 | 37.9× |
| Cabbages | 16.0 | 9.25 | 1.7× |
| Beans, dry | 16.0 | 3.71 | 4.3× |
| Sweet potatoes | 15.3 | 11.1 | 1.4× |
| Skim milk of cows | 14.2 | 17.5 | 0.8× |
Production divided by population; it is not consumption, because crops are traded and used for feed, processing and industry.
Trade in agricultural products, 2024
Kenya reported exports of 127 and imports of 140 of the products covered here; it was the world’s largest exporter of okra; tea leaves.
Largest exports by value
| Product | Tonnes | Value | USD/kg | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tea leaves | 466,670 | USD 1.08 bn | 2.32 | 1 of 143 |
| Coffee, green | 54,378 | USD 283 m | 5.21 | 19 of 131 |
| Avocados | 100,463 | USD 229 m | 2.28 | 8 of 94 |
| Palm oil | 88,498 | USD 106 m | 1.20 | 21 of 118 |
| Meat of goat, fresh or chilled | 17,433 | USD 89.1 m | 5.11 | 2 of 41 |
| Other beans, green | 22,645 | USD 80.7 m | 3.56 | 7 of 106 |
| Other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell, n.e.c. | 23,320 | USD 68.5 m | 2.94 | 4 of 88 |
| Pigeon peas, dry | 69,335 | USD 60.9 m | 0.88 | 5 of 43 |
| Okra | 18,828 | USD 53.6 m | 2.85 | 1 of 5 |
| Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled | 7,753 | USD 41.3 m | 5.33 | 16 of 82 |
Largest imports by value
| Product | Tonnes | Value | USD/kg | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palm oil | 874,758 | USD 905 m | 1.03 | 10 of 191 |
| Wheat | 2,315,035 | USD 637 m | 0.28 | 25 of 176 |
| Maize (corn) | 314,649 | USD 85.7 m | 0.27 | 59 of 190 |
| Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) | 98,651 | USD 69.7 m | 0.71 | 39 of 183 |
| Raw milk of cattle | 67,160 | USD 41.2 m | 0.61 | 25 of 188 |
| Beans, dry | 44,002 | USD 35.6 m | 0.81 | 27 of 185 |
| Wine | 9,035 | USD 23.5 m | 2.61 | 68 of 192 |
| Oil of palm kernel | 16,431 | USD 22.7 m | 1.38 | 22 of 132 |
| Sorghum | 48,958 | USD 19.1 m | 0.39 | 11 of 130 |
| Rape or colza seed | 37,560 | USD 17.3 m | 0.46 | 32 of 91 |
FAOSTAT detailed trade data, release of 23 July 2026: quantities in tonnes and values in current US dollars as reported; exports include re-exports. Only the FAO trade items that match Husfarm production pages are included: meat covers fresh or chilled meat only (frozen meat is a separate item), and processed goods such as milled rice or flour are not listed.
Questions and answers
What are the main crops produced in Kenya?
By volume, the largest products of Kenya in 2024 were sugar cane (9.4 million t), cow milk (5.5 million t), maize (4.0 million t), according to FAOSTAT.
Is Kenya the world’s largest producer of anything?
Yes. In 2024 Kenya was the world’s largest producer of 1 product: camel milk.
How much sugar cane does Kenya produce per person?
About 166 kg per inhabitant in 2024, compared with a world average of 238 kg (production divided by population, FAOSTAT).
What does Kenya export most?
By value, its largest agricultural exports in 2024 among the products covered here were tea leaves (USD 1.08 bn), coffee, green (USD 283 m), avocados (USD 229 m), according to FAOSTAT.
What does Kenya import most?
By value, its largest agricultural imports in 2024 among the products covered here were palm oil (USD 905 m), wheat (USD 637 m), maize (corn) (USD 85.7 m).
Where does this data come from?
Production, trade and population figures are from FAOSTAT, the statistics database of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rankings, shares and per-person figures are calculated by Husfarm.
Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 4 November 2026. fao.org/faostat. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Charts, rankings and changes calculated by Husfarm.