Kenya vs Malaysia: Land use

Kenya
7.47 million hectares
in 2023
Malaysia
8.24 million hectares
in 2023
Kenya rank
43rd
Malaysia rank
40th

Land use over time

  • Kenya
  • Malaysia
2.0M4.0M6.0M8.0M196119922023

How they compare

Malaysia currently reports 8.24 million hectares against 7.47 million hectares in Kenya, a difference of 775,630 hectares.

That makes Malaysia's figure about 1.1 times Kenya's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Kenya ahead.

Kenya ranks 43rd and Malaysia ranks 40th of 223 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Land use
Unit
hectares
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
225 places, 13,015 data points, 1961–2023
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