Kisumu County agriculture
Agriculture, forestry and fishing produced KSh 58.9 bn in Kisumu County in 2024: 15.9% of the county economy, and the 27th-largest farm output of Kenya’s 47 counties. It is among Kenya’s top three counties for pigs, rice and broiler chicken.
The county economy
Agriculture, forestry & fishingKSh 58.9 bn2024 · 27th of 47 counties · 1.6% of their totalup 9.8% 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 370.9 bn2024 (provisional) · 8th of 47 counties · 2.5% of their totalup 8.7% on 2023KNBS Gross County Product 2025 - Table 8 Gross County Product at Current Prices+, 2020–2024
Population1.27 million people2024 · 14th of 47 counties · 2.4% of their totalup 1.7% on 2023KNBS Gross County Product 2025 - Table 1 Population from 2019 Census and Projected Population for 2020-2024
Crops where Kisumu ranks highest
Rice63,002 tonnes2024 · 2nd of 16 counties · 21.7% of their totalup 38.8% on 2023AFA Year Book of Statistics 2025 - Table 69 Area and Production of Rice, 2020-2024 by County
Sugar91,190 tonnes of sugar2024 (provisional) · 3rd of 15 counties · 11.2% of their totalup 69.3% on 2023KNBS National Agriculture Production Report 2025 - Table 5.3.3 Sugar Production by County, 2020-2024 (Tonnes)
Sorghum24,246 tonnes2024 · 4th of 42 counties · 10% of their totaldown 10.0% on 2023AFA Year Book of Statistics 2025 - Table 71 Area and Production of Sorghum, 2020-2024 by County
Livestock where Kisumu ranks highest
Pigs159,290 head2023 · 1st of 43 counties · 19% of their totalup 3.0% on 2022KNBS National Agriculture Production Report 2024 - Annex 15-25 Livestock population by county 2021-2023
Broiler chicken676,403 birds2023 · 2nd of 46 counties · 12.3% of their totalup 5.0% on 2022KNBS National Agriculture Production Report 2024 - Annex 15-25 Livestock population by county 2021-2023
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