Samburu County agriculture
Agriculture, forestry and fishing produced KSh 8.7 bn in Samburu County in 2024: 19.3% of the county economy, and the 45th-largest farm output of Kenya’s 47 counties.
The county economy
Agriculture, forestry & fishingKSh 8.7 bn2024 · 45th of 47 counties · 0.2% of their totalup 13.1% on 2023KNBS Gross County Product 2025 - Annexe I GCP by Economic Activity at Current Prices, 2024
Agriculture's share of the economy19.3%2024 · value added over Gross County ProductComputed from KNBS Gross County Product 2025
Gross County ProductKSh 44.8 bn2024 (provisional) · 47th of 47 counties · 0.3% of their totalup 13.9% on 2023KNBS Gross County Product 2025 - Table 8 Gross County Product at Current Prices+, 2020–2024
Population357,628 people2024 · 45th of 47 counties · 0.7% of their totalup 2.7% on 2023KNBS Gross County Product 2025 - Table 1 Population from 2019 Census and Projected Population for 2020-2024
Crops where Samburu ranks highest
Wheat4,790 tonnes2024 · 7th of 14 counties · 1.5% of their totaldown 45.7% on 2023AFA Year Book of Statistics 2025 - Table 65 Area and Production of Wheat, 2020-2024 by County
Canola469 tonnes2025 · 9th of 12 counties · 2.1% of their totalup 6.6% on 2024AFA Year Book of Statistics 2026 - Table 44 Area under Canola, Production and Value by county 2024-2025
Tree tomato3.0 tonnes2023 · 21st of 23 counties · under 0.1% of their totalAFA Year Book of Statistics 2024 - Table 101 Summary of Tree Tomato Production 2020-2023 by County
Livestock where Samburu ranks highest
Camels60,018 head2023 · 9th of 26 counties · 1.4% of their totalup 10.4% on 2022KNBS National Agriculture Production Report 2024 - Annex 15-25 Livestock population by county 2021-2023
Sheep526,317 head2023 · 12th of 47 counties · 2.3% of their totaldown 5.0% on 2022KNBS National Agriculture Production Report 2024 - Annex 15-25 Livestock population by county 2021-2023
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Figures are the latest each source publishes for most counties: KNBS Gross County Product, the KNBS National Agriculture Production Report and the AFA Year Book of Statistics. Ranks are among the counties the source reports that year. Published errors we have found are corrected and marked.