Which has higher shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc, Kenya or Namibia?

Kenya, at 20,127 1000 ha against 17,607 1000 ha in Namibia as of 2022.

What is the difference in shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc between Kenya and Namibia?

2,520 1000 ha, with Kenya ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Namibia?

31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Kenya vs Namibia: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC

Kenya

20,127 1000 ha

in 2022

Namibia

17,607 1000 ha

in 2022

Kenya rank

18th

Namibia rank

19th

Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC over time

Kenya
Namibia

How they compare

Kenya currently reports 20,127 1000 ha against 17,607 1000 ha in Namibia, a difference of 2,520 1000 ha.

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

Across all 31 years both countries report, Kenya has been ahead every year.

Kenya ranks 18th and Namibia ranks 19th of 241 countries.

Kenya has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kenya	Namibia	Difference	Ahead
1990s	20,473 1000 ha	17,755 1000 ha	2,718 1000 ha	Kenya
2000s	20,466 1000 ha	17,715 1000 ha	2,750 1000 ha	Kenya
2010s	20,391 1000 ha	17,677 1000 ha	2,715 1000 ha	Kenya
2020s	20,161 1000 ha	17,635 1000 ha	2,526 1000 ha	Kenya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc, Kenya or Namibia?: Kenya, at 20,127 1000 ha against 17,607 1000 ha in Namibia as of 2022.
What is the difference in shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc between Kenya and Namibia?: 2,520 1000 ha, with Kenya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Namibia?: 31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
How do Kenya and Namibia rank globally for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?: Kenya ranks 18th and Namibia ranks 19th of 241 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC
Unit: 1000 ha
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 270 places, 8,231 data points, 1992–2022
Last refreshed: 12 August 2026

The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.