# Potato production in Kenya

Potato production in Kenya was 2,188,110 tonnes in 2024. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

- Indicator id: `potato_production`
- Place id: `ke`
- Unit: tonnes
- Definition: Quantity of potatoes produced in the calendar year, in tonnes, as published in FAOSTAT's crops and livestock products domain. Countries report to FAO through its annual production questionnaire; FAO fills gaps with official publications and its own estimates.
- Note: FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.
- Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510) (https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip)
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- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
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- Citation: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.
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| Period | tonnes |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 2,188,110 |
| 2023 | 2,309,913 |
| 2022 | 1,831,809 |
| 2021 | 2,107,824 |
| 2020 | 1,859,776 |
| 2019 | 1,978,952 |
| 2018 | 1,870,375 |
| 2017 | 1,519,870 |
| 2016 | 1,335,883 |
| 2015 | 1,963,495 |
| 2014 | 1,626,027 |
| 2013 | 2,192,885 |
| 2012 | 2,915,067 |
| 2011 | 2,365,263 |
| 2010 | 2,725,936 |
| 2009 | 2,299,086 |
| 2008 | 2,900,000 |
| 2007 | 2,192,280 |
| 2006 | 2,415,080 |
| 2005 | 2,640,600 |
| 2004 | 1,084,412 |
| 2003 | 1,223,531 |
| 2002 | 861,566 |
| 2001 | 1,112,849 |
| 2000 | 670,303 |
| 1999 | 1,047,572 |
| 1998 | 679,738 |
| 1997 | 835,208 |
| 1996 | 744,000 |
| 1995 | 928,744 |
| 1994 | 806,000 |
| 1993 | 654,123 |
| 1992 | 632,572 |
| 1991 | 987,828 |
| 1990 | 779,190 |
| 1989 | 815,920 |
| 1988 | 208,208 |
| 1987 | 198,410 |
| 1986 | 498,882 |
| 1985 | 481,735 |
| 1984 | 211,473 |
| 1983 | 416,415 |
| 1982 | 498,065 |
| 1981 | 346,196 |
| 1980 | 195,960 |
| 1979 | 380,000 (estimated) |
| 1978 | 360,756 |
| 1977 | 340,800 |
| 1976 | 342,000 |
| 1975 | 333,120 |
| 1974 | 280,000 (estimated) |
| 1973 | 260,000 (estimated) |
| 1972 | 230,000 (estimated) |
| 1971 | 200,000 |
| 1970 | 218,000 |
| 1969 | 200,000 |
| 1968 | 195,000 |
| 1967 | 195,000 |
| 1966 | 195,000 |
| 1965 | 190,000 |
| 1964 | 190,000 |
| 1963 | 195,000 |
| 1962 | 194,000 |
| 1961 | 194,000 |