Key indicators

Socio-demographic Indicators Total Population (number of inhabitants) (2009)
38,610,097
Population growth (1999-2009) 3.0%
Agricultural Population (number of inhabitants) (2008) 9,681,000
Agricultural Population (annual growth rate) (1998-2008) 1.61%
Rural Population (% on Total Population) (2009) 67,7%
Unemployment (% of total labor force-(2010)) 12,5%
 Ratio of economically active male to female population in agriculture (2008) 1.05
 
Poverty and Hunger Indicators  Rural poor as a percent of total poor population (2009)
 84.6%
 Rural hungry as a percent of total hungry population (2009)
  64.8%
 Rural extreme poor as a percent of total extreme poor population   71.9%
 Undernourished people on total population (%) (2004-2006) 30.0%
 
 Dietary Energy Supply (DES) (kcal/person/day) 2007 2008 2009 2010*
1,885
1,983 1,954
2,153
 
 Annual Growth of Dietary Energy Supply (DES) 2007
2008 2009 2010*
 -5.7% 5.2%
-1.5%
 10.2%
 
 Economic Indicators GDP (current US$) (2009)
32,692,941,538
 GNI per capita (current US$) (2010)
817
Agricultural GDP on total GDP (%) (2010) 21.5%
 National budget spent on agriculture (%) (2008)  n.a.
 National budget spent on rural development (%) (2008)  n.a.
 
 Trade Indicators  Imports of major agricultural commodities (2010)  Quantity (tonnes) Value (current US$)  
Palm Oil (2007)
415,970 314,210,000
Wheat (2010)
848,081
223,633,288.1
 Sugar, refined (2007)
203,924 94,809,000
 Exports of major agricultural commodities (2010)    
Tea 410,035
1,174,065,151
Vegetables fresh nes
60,100
   175,564,497.5
 Coffee, green
43,135
   208,165,671.4
 
 Merchandise imports (current US$) (2008) 12,140,631,007
 Merchandise exports (current US$) (2010) 4,942,281,569.6
 Share of agriculture imports on total merchandise (%) (2010) 10.9%
 Share of agriculture exports on total merchandise (%) (2010) 54.9%
 
 Land and Inputs  Total land area (ha) (2010) 58,100,000
 Agricultural Land  Area (ha) (2007) 27,000,000
 Arable land (% of Agricultural Land  Area) (2007) 19.3%
 Irrigated land (% on Agricultural Land  Area) (2010)
0.204%
 Forest area (% of land area) (2010)  6.0%
Agric.Water Withdrawal (% of total freshwater withdrawal) (2002) 79.2%
 Fertilizer Consumption (tonnes) (2010) 503,784
 Pesticides consumption (metric tonnes) (2011) 9,000
 Tractor in use (numbers) (2007) 14,000
 
 Production quantity of major agricultural national commodities Major Crops (2010) Quantity (tonnes)  Yield (hg/ha)  Yield Annual Growth
1987-1997 1997-2007
Sugar Cane
5,709,596   830,630
-0.6%
1.1%
Maize 3,464,541 17,251 -1.4%
2.3%
 Potatoes 2,725,936
224,279 4.2% 0.1%
Sweet Potatoes
820,971 194,028
1.3% 1.9%

 

 Livestock - Number of Live Animals (2009)  
 Chickens
            31,827,800
Goats
 27,740,200
 
Cattle
17,467,774
 
Sheep
17,129,606
 
 
Meat Production (tonnes) (2009)  
Cattle meat
483,000
Goat meat
46,300
 Sheep meat
40,800
 Camel meat -
 
Fish Production (tonnes) (2010)
2009 2010 Annual Growth
1991-2000 2001-2010
 Capture fish production 128,705 128,598 2.04% -21.2%
 Aquaculture fish production 4,895
12,153 -4.2% 1,117.7%
Annual Growth in Value added livestock sector
n.a.
 Food Production Index (base 1999-2001) (2007) 136
 
Sources

Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, KNBS-Economic Survey, 2011.

Economic Review of Agriculture (ERA).

 

FAOSTAT  
FishSTAT  
Aquastat  
World Bank  
IFAD  



Copyright © CountrySTAT Kenya, 2012