Israel vs Kenya: Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area
Israel
1.3%
in 2025
Kenya
1.6%
in 2025
Israel rank
6th
Kenya rank
3rd
Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area over time
- Israel
- Kenya
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 1.6% against 1.3% in Israel, a difference of 0.3%.
That makes Kenya's figure about 1.2 times Israel's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Israel ahead.
Israel ranks 6th and Kenya ranks 3rd of 228 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Israel averaged higher in 3 and Kenya in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Israel | Kenya | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.5% | 0.2% | 1.3% | Israel |
| 2000s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Israel |
| 2010s | -0.6% | -0.9% | 0.3% | Israel |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 1.6% | 1.1% | Kenya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual change in forest area as a share of forest area, Israel or Kenya?
- Kenya, at 1.6% against 1.3% in Israel as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual change in forest area as a share of forest area between Israel and Kenya?
- 0.3%, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and Kenya?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Israel and Kenya rank globally for annual change in forest area as a share of forest area?
- Israel ranks 6th and Kenya ranks 3rd of 228 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 Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.