Commodity Origins

What does Kenya produce and export?

Kenya ranks in the top ten producers of 4 commodities: sisal (#3, 9% of world output in 2024), tea (#3, 8.2% of world output in 2024), avocados (#6, 5.2% of world output in 2024), cloves (#6, 1.1% of world output in 2024). It is a top-ten exporter of tea (#1, 18% of world export value in 2024), sisal (#3, 7.2% of world export value in 2024), jute (#4, 4.3% of world export value in 2024), lamb (#8, 1.5% of world export value in 2024), pineapples (#8, 1.3% of world export value in 2024) and more.

Where kenya is produced, 2024World map shaded by share of kenya production in 2024. Darkest: Kenya 100%. 1 producing countries shown.Fiji: no reported productionTanzania: no reported productionWestern Sahara: no reported productionCanada: no reported productionUnited States: no reported productionKazakhstan: no reported productionUzbekistan: no reported productionPapua New Guinea: no reported productionIndonesia: no reported productionArgentina: no reported productionChile: no reported productionDR Congo: no reported productionSomalia: no reported productionKenya: 100% (1)Sudan: no reported productionChad: no reported productionHaiti: no reported productionDominican Republic: no reported productionRussia: no reported productionBahamas: no reported productionFalkland Isds (Malvinas): no reported productionNorway: no reported productionGreenland: no reported productionFr. South Antarctic Terr.: no reported productionTimor-Leste: no reported productionSouth Africa: no reported productionLesotho: no reported productionMexico: no reported productionUruguay: no reported productionBrazil: no reported productionBolivia: no reported productionPeru: no reported productionColombia: no reported productionPanama: no reported productionCosta Rica: no reported productionNicaragua: no reported productionHonduras: no reported productionEl Salvador: no reported productionGuatemala: no reported productionBelize: no reported productionVenezuela: no reported productionGuyana: no reported productionSuriname: no reported productionFrance: no reported productionEcuador: no reported productionPuerto Rico: no reported productionJamaica: no reported productionCuba: no reported productionZimbabwe: no reported productionBotswana: no reported productionNamibia: no reported productionSenegal: no reported productionMali: no reported productionMauritania: no reported productionBenin: no reported productionNiger: no reported productionNigeria: no reported productionCameroon: no reported productionTogo: no reported productionGhana: no reported productionIvory Coast: no reported productionGuinea: no reported productionGuinea-Bissau: no reported productionLiberia: no reported productionSierra Leone: no reported productionBurkina Faso: no reported productionCentral African Republic: no reported productionRepublic of the Congo: no reported productionGabon: no reported productionEquatorial Guinea: no reported productionZambia: no reported productionMalawi: no reported productionMozambique: no reported productionEswatini: no reported productionAngola: no reported productionBurundi: no reported productionIsrael: no reported productionLebanon: no reported productionMadagascar: no reported productionPalestine: no reported productionGambia: no reported productionTunisia: no reported productionAlgeria: no reported productionJordan: no reported productionUnited Arab Emirates: no reported productionQatar: no reported productionKuwait: no reported productionIraq: no reported productionOman: no reported productionVanuatu: no reported productionCambodia: no reported productionThailand: no reported productionLaos: no reported productionMyanmar: no reported productionVietnam: no reported productionNorth Korea: no reported productionSouth Korea: no reported productionMongolia: no reported productionIndia: no reported productionBangladesh: no reported productionBhutan: no reported productionNepal: no reported productionPakistan: no reported productionAfghanistan: no reported productionTajikistan: no reported productionKyrgyzstan: no reported productionTurkmenistan: no reported productionIran: no reported productionSyria: no reported productionArmenia: no reported productionSweden: no reported productionBelarus: no reported productionUkraine: no reported productionPoland: no reported productionAustria: no reported productionHungary: no reported productionMoldova: no reported productionRomania: no reported productionLithuania: no reported productionLatvia: no reported productionEstonia: no reported productionGermany: no reported productionBulgaria: no reported productionGreece: no reported productionTurkey: no reported productionAlbania: no reported productionCroatia: no reported productionSwitzerland: no reported productionLuxembourg: no reported productionBelgium: no reported productionNetherlands: no reported productionPortugal: no reported productionSpain: no reported productionIreland: no reported productionNew Caledonia: no reported productionSolomon Islands: no reported productionNew Zealand: no reported productionAustralia: no reported productionSri Lanka: no reported productionChina: no reported productionTaiwan: no reported productionItaly: no reported productionDenmark: no reported productionUnited Kingdom: no reported productionIceland: no reported productionAzerbaijan: no reported productionGeorgia: no reported productionPhilippines: no reported productionMalaysia: no reported productionBrunei: no reported productionSlovenia: no reported productionFinland: no reported productionSlovakia: no reported productionCzechia: no reported productionEritrea: no reported productionJapan: no reported productionParaguay: no reported productionYemen: no reported productionSaudi Arabia: no reported productionAntarcticaN. CyprusCyprus: no reported productionMorocco: no reported productionEgypt: no reported productionLibya: no reported productionEthiopia: no reported productionDjibouti: no reported productionSomalilandUganda: no reported productionRwanda: no reported productionBosnia and Herzegovina: no reported productionNorth Macedonia: no reported productionSerbia: no reported productionMontenegro: no reported productionKosovoTrinidad and Tobago: no reported productionSouth Sudan: no reported production<0.5%0.5–1%1–2.5%2.5–5%5–10%10–20%≥20%
Share of world production, 2024. Countries with no reported production are unshaded.

What does Kenya produce?

Commodities where Kenya is a top-ten producer
CommodityWorld rankShare of worldProductionYearSource
Sisal Fibres & other raw materials39%20,940 t2024FAOSTAT
Tea Softs38.2%2.7 million t2024FAOSTAT
Avocados Fruit & vegetables65.2%585,000 t2024FAOSTAT
Cloves Softs61.1%2,136 t2024FAOSTAT

What does Kenya export?

Top 9 Kenya commodity exports, 2024Bar chart of top 9 Kenya commodity exports in 2024: Tea 18%, Avocados 2.8%, Lamb 1.5%, Titanium 3.3%, Sisal 7.2%, Pineapples 1.3%, Zirconium 1.8%, Jute 4.3%, Fluorspar 1.3%; rest of world 58%.TeaTea: 18%, $1.4 billion18%AvocadosAvocados: 2.8%, $263.8 million2.8%LambLamb: 1.5%, $131.5 million1.5%TitaniumTitanium: 3.3%, $103.9 million3.3%SisalSisal: 7.2%, $49.2 million7.2%PineapplesPineapples: 1.3%, $35.1 million1.3%ZirconiumZirconium: 1.8%, $31 million1.8%JuteJute: 4.3%, $9.1 million4.3%FluorsparFluorspar: 1.3%, $7 million1.3%Rest of worldRest of world: 58%, $058%
Kenya's largest commodity exports by value. Each bar's share is that commodity's share of world trade in it, not its share of Kenya's own exports — the two are unrelated and shown so a bar near 100% marks a commodity Kenya dominates globally rather than one it merely exports a lot of.
Top 9 Kenya commodity exports in 2024
RankCommodityExport value (US$)Share of world
1Tea$1.4 billion18%
2Avocados$263.8 million2.8%
3Lamb$131.5 million1.5%
4Titanium$103.9 million3.3%
5Sisal$49.2 million7.2%
6Pineapples$35.1 million1.3%
7Zirconium$31 million1.8%
8Jute$9.1 million4.3%
9Fluorspar$7 million1.3%
Rest of world$058%

Kenya's own tracked-export mix

Unlike the chart above, this treemap sizes each commodity by its share of Kenya's own $2.5 billion of tracked exports, not by world trade. Tea alone is 56% of it. See the full export dependency report for how Kenya compares with other countries.

Kenya's tracked export mix by commodityTea: 56.5%; Coffee: 12.0%; Other tracked commodities: 11.1%; Avocados: 10.7%; Lamb: 5.3%; Palm oil: 4.3%.Tea: 56.5%Tea56.5%Coffee: 12.0%Coffee12.0%Other tracked commodities: 11.1%Other tracked co…11.1%Avocados: 10.7%Avocados10.7%Lamb: 5.3%Lamb5.3%Palm oil: 4.3%Palm oil4.3%
Commodities where Kenya is a top-ten exporter
CommodityWorld rankShare of world exportsExport valueYear
Tea118%$1.4 billion2024
Sisal37.2%$49.2 million2024
Jute44.3%$9.1 million2024
Lamb81.5%$131.5 million2024
Pineapples81.3%$35.1 million2024
Avocados92.8%$263.8 million2024
Fluorspar91.3%$7 million2024
Zirconium91.8%$31 million2024
Titanium103.3%$103.9 million2024

Top-ten importer of

Sources: FAOSTAT (crops and livestock), USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries (minerals), Energy Institute Statistical Review (energy) for production; CEPII BACI for trade. Ranks count only the commodities on this site.

Kenya commodity by commodity

One page for each commodity where Kenya is a top-five producer or exporter with at least 3% of the world total.

Kenya in the pattern reports

What the cross-commodity reports under Patterns say about Kenya, computed from the same data as this page.

What Kenya uses

Kenya had about 55 million people and a food supply of 2,146 kilocalories per person a day in FAO's 2023 food balance sheets. Its eight largest supplies among the commodities tracked there:

Largest domestic supplies of tracked commodities in Kenya, 2023
CommodityDomestic supplyShare of worldkg per personSelf-sufficiencyImported
Milk6.3 million tonnes0.6%88 (#79 of 142)97%3.1%
Corn4.3 million tonnes0.4%61 (#20 of 140)88%12%
Bananas2.9 million tonnes2.2%48 (#5 of 140)100%<0.1%
Potatoes2.2 million tonnes0.6%30 (#78 of 143)105%0.1%
Tea2.0 million tonnes6%35 (#2 of 138)127%0.3%
Wheat1.8 million tonnes0.2%26 (#118 of 143)13%95%
Rice1.7 million tonnes0.2%31 (#63 of 141)13%87%
Cassava1.2 million tonnes0.4%21 (#28 of 112)100%0.1%

FAO reports a negative domestic supply for Kenya's pepper (−1 thousand tonnes; production 1 thousand tonnes, imports 0 tonnes, exports 2 thousand tonnes); barley (−15 thousand tonnes; production 33 thousand tonnes, imports 3 thousand tonnes, exports 35 thousand tonnes), meaning exports exceed production plus imports in the year. These are not counted as use and are left out of the table above.

FAOSTAT Food Balance Sheets. Per-person rank counts countries of at least 1 million people. See consumption and self-sufficiency.

Who supplies Kenya

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Data updated 22 October 2026.

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