Volume of tea production in Kenya, by region 2023
As of March 2023, tea production in Kenya amounted to approximately 20.4 million kilograms in the West of Rift region, while the East of Rift accounted for roughly 10 million kilograms. Kenyan tea growing areas are divided between the west and the east side of the Great Rift Valley, where climatic conditions are ideal for the plantation. Traditionally, the western part is where larger private plantation companies are located. Factories supplied by surrounding smallholder farmers are concentrated in the east.