Health What share of Kenyan children younger than five are stunted? Source Global Nutrition Report 2022: The burden of malnutrition at a glance Short answer What share of Kenyan children younger than five are stunted? In Kenya, 26.2% of children under the age of five are stunted. This rate is considered lower than the African regional average of 30.7%. Kenya is on track to meet the target for reducing the prevalence of stunting in children under five, indicating progress in improving child nutrition and health ou... Back Full answer
#YouAsked Health How many people die from malaria in Nigeria in a year? Source Severe Malaria Observatory: Nigeria Short answer How many people die from malaria in Nigeria in a year? In 2021, Nigeria had the highest number of global malaria cases, accounting for 26.6% of global cases, and the highest number of malaria deaths, accounting for 31% of global malaria deaths. This equates to 189,100 deaths. ... Back Full answer
#YouAsked Health How many people live with HIV in Africa? Source UNAIDS Fact Sheet: Global HIV statistics Short answer How many people live with HIV in Africa? More than two thirds of people living with HIV live in Africa. In 2022, there were 20.8 million people living with HIV in eastern and southern Africa. ... Back Full answer
Agriculture How much grain does Zimbabwe produce each year? Source GIEWS Country Brief Zimbabwe Short answer How much grain does Zimbabwe produce each year? The total cereal production was 1,984,000 tonnes in 2022, which is 4.1% below the five year average. ... Back Full answer
Agriculture Which agricultural commodity has the highest trade value in Nigeria? Source Foreign Trade in Goods Statistics (Q3 2023) (Nigeria National Bureau of Statistics) Short answer Which agricultural commodity has the highest trade value in Nigeria? In the third quarter of 2023 ‘superior quality Cocoa beans’ had the highest export value in Nigeria at N42.24 billion. This was followed by other cut flowers and flower buds’ with N36.32 billion and ‘Sesamum seeds’ with N23.22 billion. Topagriculturalimports in the third quarter of 2023 in... Back Full answer
Agriculture What is Nigeria’s biggest agricultural export? Source Foreign Trade in Goods Statistics (Q3 2023) (Nigeria National Bureau of Statistics) Short answer What is Nigeria’s biggest agricultural export? Raw cocoa beans are Nigeria's largest agricultural export commodity. The crop accounts for N42.24 billion of the country’s total agricultural exports as of the third quarter of 2023. ... Back Full answer
Agriculture How much does agriculture contribute to Kenya’s GDP? Source Economic Survey 2023 (Kenya National Bureau of Statistics) Short answer How much does agriculture contribute to Kenya’s GDP? In 2022, the growing of crops, animal rearing and support activities to agriculture contributed KSh2.527 trillion. (21.2 % of nominal GDP). ... Back Full answer
Agriculture What is Kenya’s largest farming sector? Source Economic Survey 2023 (Kenya National Bureau of Statistics) Short answer What is Kenya’s largest farming sector? In 2022, cut flowers had the largest recorded marketed agricultural production in Kenya at KSh 103.5 billion, followed by tea at KSh 156.7 billion and cattle and calves at KSh 84.7 billion. ... Back Full answer
Agriculture How much wheat does Kenya produce and consume? Source Economic Survey 2023 (Kenya National Bureau of Statistics) Short answer How much wheat does Kenya produce and consume? Wheat production fell by 13% from 349,000 tonnes in 2021 to 271,000 tonnes in 2022, according to the Economic Survey 2023. The country consumed 2.1 million tonnes of wheat as food. A total of 11 tonnes were used as seed and 122 tonnes had “other” uses. Another 40 tonnes were lost. ... Back Full answer