| Socio-demographic Indicators |
Total Population (number of inhabitants) (2009) |
|
 |
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$) (2009) |
|
 |
GNI per capita (current US$) (2010) |
|
| 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 |
|
Goats
|
|
| Cattle |
|
Sheep
|
|
| |
| 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).
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| FAOSTAT |
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| FishSTAT |
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| Aquastat |
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| World Bank |
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| IFAD |
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