Nakuru County agriculture
Agriculture, forestry and fishing produced KSh 227.5 bn in Nakuru County in 2024: 29.5% of the county economy, and the 2nd-largest farm output of Kenya’s 47 counties. It is among Kenya’s top three counties for pyrethrum, tree tomato and canola.
The county economy
Agriculture, forestry & fishingKSh 227.5 bn2024 · 2nd of 47 counties · 6.2% of their totaldown 6.1% on 2023KNBS Gross County Product 2025 - Annexe I GCP by Economic Activity at Current Prices, 2024
Agriculture's share of the economy29.5%2024 · value added over Gross County ProductComputed from KNBS Gross County Product 2025
Gross County ProductKSh 771.8 bn2024 (provisional) · 3rd of 47 counties · 5.2% of their totalup 2.1% on 2023KNBS Gross County Product 2025 - Table 8 Gross County Product at Current Prices+, 2020–2024
Population2.40 million people2024 · 3rd of 47 counties · 4.6% of their totalup 2.1% on 2023KNBS Gross County Product 2025 - Table 1 Population from 2019 Census and Projected Population for 2020-2024
Crops where Nakuru ranks highest
Pyrethrum511,890 kg of flowers2025 · 1st of 16 counties · 45.7% of their totaldown 33.5% on 2024AFA Year Book of Statistics 2026 - Table 14 Pyrethrum Flower Production in Kilograms for 2021-2025
Tree tomato13,010 tonnes2023 · 1st of 23 counties · 38.9% of their totalup 35.0% on 2022AFA Year Book of Statistics 2024 - Table 101 Summary of Tree Tomato Production 2020-2023 by County
Canola7,964 tonnes2025 · 1st of 12 counties · 36.4% of their totalup 109.5% on 2024AFA Year Book of Statistics 2026 - Table 44 Area under Canola, Production and Value by county 2024-2025
Livestock where Nakuru ranks highest
Rabbits66,376 head2023 · 2nd of 46 counties · 8.5% of their totalup 17.0% on 2022KNBS National Agriculture Production Report 2024 - Annex 15-25 Livestock population by county 2021-2023
Cattle717,929 head2023 · 5th of 47 counties · 3.3% of their totalup 2.4% on 2022KNBS National Agriculture Production Report 2024 - Annex 15-25 Livestock population by county 2021-2023
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