Which has higher bean production, Kenya or United States?

United States, at 1.41 million tonnes against 903,851 tonnes in Kenya as of 2024.

What is the difference in bean production between Kenya and United States?

505,109 tonnes, with United States ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and United States?

64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Bean production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Kenya vs United States: Bean production

Kenya

903,851 tonnes

in 2024

United States

1.41 million tonnes

in 2024

Kenya rank

8th

United States rank

5th

Bean production over time

Kenya
United States

How they compare

United States currently reports 1.41 million tonnes against 903,851 tonnes in Kenya, a difference of 505,109 tonnes.

That makes United States's figure about 1.6 times Kenya's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, United States has been ahead every year.

Kenya ranks 8th and United States ranks 5th of 135 countries.

United States has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kenya	United States	Difference	Ahead
1960s	56,667 tonnes	823,412 tonnes	766,746 tonnes	United States
1970s	151,000 tonnes	813,037 tonnes	662,037 tonnes	United States
1980s	308,224 tonnes	1.07 million tonnes	761,810 tonnes	United States
1990s	345,884 tonnes	1.32 million tonnes	974,276 tonnes	United States
2000s	392,426 tonnes	1.11 million tonnes	714,045 tonnes	United States
2010s	684,468 tonnes	1.22 million tonnes	536,182 tonnes	United States
2020s	791,645 tonnes	1.22 million tonnes	430,663 tonnes	United States

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher bean production, Kenya or United States?: United States, at 1.41 million tonnes against 903,851 tonnes in Kenya as of 2024.
What is the difference in bean production between Kenya and United States?: 505,109 tonnes, with United States ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and United States?: 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Kenya and United States rank globally for bean production?: Kenya ranks 8th and United States ranks 5th of 135 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Bean production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Bean production
Unit: tonnes
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 135 places, 6,758 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Bean (dry) production is measured in tonnes.