Bungoma County agriculture
Agriculture, forestry and fishing produced KSh 133.4 bn in Bungoma County in 2024: 43.7% of the county economy, and the 6th-largest farm output of Kenya’s 47 counties. It is among Kenya’s top three counties for sugarcane, sugar and bambara nuts.
The county economy
Agriculture, forestry & fishingKSh 133.4 bn2024 · 6th of 47 counties · 3.7% of their totalup 25.6% on 2023KNBS Gross County Product 2025 - Annexe I GCP by Economic Activity at Current Prices, 2024
Agriculture's share of the economy43.7%2024 · value added over Gross County ProductComputed from KNBS Gross County Product 2025
Gross County ProductKSh 305.3 bn2024 (provisional) · 11th of 47 counties · 2% of their totalup 15.5% on 2023KNBS Gross County Product 2025 - Table 8 Gross County Product at Current Prices+, 2020–2024
Population1.82 million people2024 · 5th of 47 counties · 3.5% of their totalup 1.6% on 2023KNBS Gross County Product 2025 - Table 1 Population from 2019 Census and Projected Population for 2020-2024
Crops where Bungoma ranks highest
Sugarcane92,409 tonnes2023 · 1st of 13 counties · 22.1% of their totaldown 31.6% on 2022Crop stats data
Sugar152,650 tonnes of sugar2024 (provisional) · 2nd of 15 counties · 18.7% of their totalup 65.2% on 2023KNBS National Agriculture Production Report 2025 - Table 5.3.3 Sugar Production by County, 2020-2024 (Tonnes)
Bambara nuts94.3 tonnes2025 · 2nd of 8 counties · 16.6% of their totalup 524.2% on 2024AFA Year Book of Statistics 2026 - Table 42 Area under Bambara nuts, Production and Value by County - 2024-2025
Livestock where Bungoma ranks highest
Indigenous chicken3,123,769 birds2023 · 6th of 47 counties · 5.7% of their totalup 6.6% on 2022KNBS National Agriculture Production Report 2024 - Annex 15-25 Livestock population by county 2021-2023
Rabbits40,541 head2023 · 6th of 46 counties · 5.2% of their totaldown 11.8% on 2022KNBS National Agriculture Production Report 2024 - Annex 15-25 Livestock population by county 2021-2023
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