Kenya vs Panama: Forest area
Kenya
3.91 million hectares
in 2025
Panama
4.61 million hectares
in 2025
Kenya rank
78th
Panama rank
76th
Forest area over time
- Kenya
- Panama
How they compare
Panama currently reports 4.61 million hectares against 3.91 million hectares in Kenya, a difference of 700,800 hectares.
That makes Panama's figure about 1.2 times Kenya's.
Across all 36 years both countries report, Panama has been ahead every year.
Kenya ranks 78th and Panama ranks 76th of 235 countries.
Panama has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Panama | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.77 million hectares | 4.88 million hectares | 1.11 million hectares | Panama |
| 2000s | 3.84 million hectares | 4.74 million hectares | 895,185 hectares | Panama |
| 2010s | 3.57 million hectares | 4.65 million hectares | 1.08 million hectares | Panama |
| 2020s | 3.75 million hectares | 4.62 million hectares | 869,510 hectares | Panama |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher forest area, Kenya or Panama?
- Panama, at 4.61 million hectares against 3.91 million hectares in Kenya as of 2025.
- What is the difference in forest area between Kenya and Panama?
- 700,800 hectares, with Panama ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Panama?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
- How do Kenya and Panama rank globally for forest area?
- Kenya ranks 78th and Panama ranks 76th of 235 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 Forest area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems.