Kirinyaga County agriculture
Agriculture, forestry and fishing produced KSh 75.8 bn in Kirinyaga County in 2024: 40.8% of the county economy, and the 20th-largest farm output of Kenya’s 47 counties. It is among Kenya’s top three counties for rice, coffee and tomato.
The county economy
Agriculture, forestry & fishingKSh 75.8 bn2024 · 20th of 47 counties · 2.1% of their totalup 7.1% on 2023KNBS Gross County Product 2025 - Annexe I GCP by Economic Activity at Current Prices, 2024
Agriculture's share of the economy40.8%2024 · value added over Gross County ProductComputed from KNBS Gross County Product 2025
Gross County ProductKSh 186.0 bn2024 (provisional) · 25th of 47 counties · 1.2% of their totalup 7.1% on 2023KNBS Gross County Product 2025 - Table 8 Gross County Product at Current Prices+, 2020–2024
Population658,436 people2024 · 36th of 47 counties · 1.3% of their totalup 0.8% on 2023KNBS Gross County Product 2025 - Table 1 Population from 2019 Census and Projected Population for 2020-2024
Crops where Kirinyaga ranks highest
Rice180,809 tonnes2024 · 1st of 16 counties · 62.3% of their totalup 17.7% on 2023AFA Year Book of Statistics 2025 - Table 69 Area and Production of Rice, 2020-2024 by County
Coffee8,999 tonnes of clean coffee2025 · 1st of 33 counties · 17.8% of their totalAFA Year Book of Statistics 2026 - Table 3 Clean Coffee Production by County - 2024-2025
Tomato63,362 tonnes2023 · 1st of 45 counties · 11.8% of their totaldown 18.3% on 2022AFA Year Book of Statistics 2024 - Table 103 Summary of Tomato Production from 2020-2023 by County
Livestock where Kirinyaga ranks highest
Broiler chicken499,050 birds2023 · 3rd of 46 counties · 9.1% of their totalup 120.5% on 2022KNBS National Agriculture Production Report 2024 - Annex 15-25 Livestock population by county 2021-2023
Rabbits21,099 head2023 · 13th of 46 counties · 2.7% of their totalup 0.5% on 2022KNBS National Agriculture Production Report 2024 - Annex 15-25 Livestock population by county 2021-2023
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