Vihiga County agriculture
Agriculture, forestry and fishing produced KSh 51.1 bn in Vihiga County in 2024: 44% of the county economy, and the 29th-largest farm output of Kenya’s 47 counties.
The county economy
Agriculture, forestry & fishingKSh 51.1 bn2024 · 29th of 47 counties · 1.4% of their totalup 21.7% on 2023KNBS Gross County Product 2025 - Annexe I GCP by Economic Activity at Current Prices, 2024
Agriculture's share of the economy44%2024 · value added over Gross County ProductComputed from KNBS Gross County Product 2025
Gross County ProductKSh 116.1 bn2024 (provisional) · 36th of 47 counties · 0.8% of their totalup 5.2% on 2023KNBS Gross County Product 2025 - Table 8 Gross County Product at Current Prices+, 2020–2024
Population631,045 people2024 · 38th of 47 counties · 1.2% 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 Vihiga ranks highest
Bambara nuts44.3 tonnes2025 · 6th of 8 counties · 7.8% of their totalup 2.5% on 2024AFA Year Book of Statistics 2026 - Table 42 Area under Bambara nuts, Production and Value by County - 2024-2025
Chillies (bird's eye)0.9 tonnes2023 · 13th of 13 counties · under 0.1% of their totalAFA Year Book of Statistics 2024 - Table 112 Summary of African Birds Eye Chillies Production 2020-2023 by County
Groundnuts70.0 tonnes2025 · 16th of 19 counties · 0.5% of their totaldown 29.3% on 2024AFA Year Book of Statistics 2026 - Table 41 Area under Peanuts, Production and Value by County in 2024-2025
Livestock where Vihiga ranks highest
Indigenous chicken924,100 birds2023 · 20th of 47 counties · 1.7% of their totalup 2.7% on 2022KNBS National Agriculture Production Report 2024 - Annex 15-25 Livestock population by county 2021-2023
Pigs3,670 head2023 · 24th of 43 counties · 0.4% of their totaldown 4.2% on 2022KNBS National Agriculture Production Report 2024 - Annex 15-25 Livestock population by county 2021-2023
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