Kiambu County agriculture
Agriculture, forestry and fishing produced KSh 130.3 bn in Kiambu County in 2024: 15.9% of the county economy, and the 7th-largest farm output of Kenya’s 47 counties. It is among Kenya’s top three counties for layer chicken, coffee and kales.
The county economy
Agriculture, forestry & fishingKSh 130.3 bn2024 · 7th of 47 counties · 3.6% of their totalup 15.5% on 2023KNBS Gross County Product 2025 - Annexe I GCP by Economic Activity at Current Prices, 2024
Agriculture's share of the economy15.9%2024 · value added over Gross County ProductComputed from KNBS Gross County Product 2025
Gross County ProductKSh 819.8 bn2024 (provisional) · 2nd of 47 counties · 5.5% of their totalup 7.7% on 2023KNBS Gross County Product 2025 - Table 8 Gross County Product at Current Prices+, 2020–2024
Population2.70 million people2024 · 2nd of 47 counties · 5.2% of their totalup 1.9% on 2023KNBS Gross County Product 2025 - Table 1 Population from 2019 Census and Projected Population for 2020-2024
Crops where Kiambu ranks highest
Coffee8,521 tonnes of clean coffee2025 · 2nd of 33 counties · 16.9% of their totalAFA Year Book of Statistics 2026 - Table 3 Clean Coffee Production by County - 2024-2025
Kales81,357 tonnes2023 · 2nd of 46 counties · 11.1% of their totalup 1.8% on 2022AFA Year Book of Statistics 2024 - Table 105 Summary of Kales Production 2020-2023 by County
Avocado44,559 tonnes2023 · 4th of 38 counties · 7% of their totalup 31.1% on 2022AFA Year Book of Statistics 2024 - Table 98 Summary of Avocado Production 2020-2023 by County
Livestock where Kiambu ranks highest
Layer chicken1,605,513 birds2023 · 1st of 47 counties · 25.1% of their totaldown 4.9% on 2022KNBS National Agriculture Production Report 2024 - Annex 15-25 Livestock population by county 2021-2023
Pigs96,682 head2023 · 2nd of 43 counties · 11.5% of their totaldown 18.2% on 2022KNBS National Agriculture Production Report 2024 - Annex 15-25 Livestock population by county 2021-2023
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