Uasin Gishu County agriculture
Agriculture, forestry and fishing produced KSh 115.1 bn in Uasin Gishu County in 2024: 30.1% of the county economy, and the 11th-largest farm output of Kenya’s 47 counties. It is among Kenya’s top three counties for maize, sunflower and wheat.
The county economy
Agriculture, forestry & fishingKSh 115.1 bn2024 · 11th of 47 counties · 3.2% of their totalup 22.1% on 2023KNBS Gross County Product 2025 - Annexe I GCP by Economic Activity at Current Prices, 2024
Agriculture's share of the economy30.1%2024 · value added over Gross County ProductComputed from KNBS Gross County Product 2025
Gross County ProductKSh 382.7 bn2024 (provisional) · 7th of 47 counties · 2.6% of their totalup 11.0% on 2023KNBS Gross County Product 2025 - Table 8 Gross County Product at Current Prices+, 2020–2024
Population1.28 million people2024 · 13th of 47 counties · 2.4% of their totalup 2.0% on 2023KNBS Gross County Product 2025 - Table 1 Population from 2019 Census and Projected Population for 2020-2024
Crops where Uasin Gishu ranks highest
Maize483,211 tonnes2024 · 1st of 47 counties · 12% of their totalup 1.4% on 2023AFA Year Book of Statistics 2025 - Table 63 Area and Production of Dry Maize, 2020-2024 by County
Sunflower4,470 tonnes2025 · 2nd of 33 counties · 17.6% of their totalup 111.1% on 2024AFA Year Book of Statistics 2026 - Table 46 Area under Sunflower, Production and Value 2024-2025 by County
Wheat47,463 tonnes2024 · 3rd of 14 counties · 15.2% of their totalup 22.3% on 2023AFA Year Book of Statistics 2025 - Table 65 Area and Production of Wheat, 2020-2024 by County
Livestock where Uasin Gishu ranks highest
Beehives (Langstroth)10,018 hives2023 · 11th of 47 counties · 3.1% of their totaldown 12.1% on 2022KNBS National Agriculture Production Report 2024 - Annex 15-25 Livestock population by county 2021-2023
Pigs17,251 head2023 · 14th of 43 counties · 2.1% of their totaldown 3.7% on 2022KNBS National Agriculture Production Report 2024 - Annex 15-25 Livestock population by county 2021-2023
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