Bomet County agriculture
Agriculture, forestry and fishing produced KSh 112.4 bn in Bomet County in 2024: 50.8% of the county economy, and the 13th-largest farm output of Kenya’s 47 counties. It is among Kenya’s top three counties for tea and pyrethrum.
The county economy
Agriculture, forestry & fishingKSh 112.4 bn2024 · 13th of 47 counties · 3.1% of their totalup 5.4% on 2023KNBS Gross County Product 2025 - Annexe I GCP by Economic Activity at Current Prices, 2024
Agriculture's share of the economy50.8%2024 · value added over Gross County ProductComputed from KNBS Gross County Product 2025
Gross County ProductKSh 221.4 bn2024 (provisional) · 20th of 47 counties · 1.5% of their totalup 6.0% on 2023KNBS Gross County Product 2025 - Table 8 Gross County Product at Current Prices+, 2020–2024
Population952,502 people2024 · 28th of 47 counties · 1.8% of their totalup 1.4% on 2023KNBS Gross County Product 2025 - Table 1 Population from 2019 Census and Projected Population for 2020-2024
Crops where Bomet ranks highest
Tea115.1 million kg of made tea2024 (provisional) · 1st of 15 counties · 19.4% of their totalup 4.0% on 2023KNBS National Agriculture Production Report 2025 - Table 5.2.1(b) Production of Made Tea by County, 2020-2024 (Kgs)
Pyrethrum165,794 kg of flowers2025 · 3rd of 16 counties · 14.8% of their totaldown 22.0% on 2024AFA Year Book of Statistics 2026 - Table 14 Pyrethrum Flower Production in Kilograms for 2021-2025
Millet4,860 tonnes2024 · 6th of 28 counties · 7.8% of their totalup 46.7% on 2023AFA Year Book of Statistics 2025 - Table 73 Area and Production of Millet, 2020-2024 by County
Livestock where Bomet ranks highest
Layer chicken96,343 birds2023 · 16th of 47 counties · 1.5% of their totalup 2.5% on 2022KNBS National Agriculture Production Report 2024 - Annex 15-25 Livestock population by county 2021-2023
Indigenous chicken961,090 birds2023 · 19th of 47 counties · 1.8% of their totalup 4.0% on 2022KNBS National Agriculture Production Report 2024 - Annex 15-25 Livestock population by county 2021-2023
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