Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β€” Area in Kenya

Kenya: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β€” Area was 190.86 1000 ha in 2019. β–¬ Flat

Latest (2019)
190.86 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.9%
World rank
75th
of 213 countries
All-time high
190.86 1000 ha
in 2019
All-time low
187.57 1000 ha
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β€” Area in Kenya, 2015–2019

0501001502002015201720192015: 187.6 1000 ha2016: 188 1000 ha2017: 188.6 1000 ha2018: 189.1 1000 ha2019: 190.9 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

The most recent figure for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β€” area in Kenya is 190.86 1000 ha, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 1.8% over five years.

That places Kenya 75th out of 213 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

Countries ranked near Kenya

  1. 72 Peru 200.55 1000 ha compare
  2. 73 Burkina Faso 200.39 1000 ha compare
  3. 74 Malawi 194.47 1000 ha compare
  4. 76 Sri Lanka 184.88 1000 ha compare
  5. 77 Croatia 179.4 1000 ha compare
  6. 78 Uganda 177.43 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 241 places β†’

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Frequently asked questions

What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β€” area in Kenya?
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β€” area in Kenya was 190.86 1000 ha in 2019, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β€” area recorded in Kenya?
The highest recorded value was 190.86 1000 ha in 2019.
What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β€” area recorded in Kenya?
The lowest recorded value was 187.57 1000 ha in 2015.
How does Kenya rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β€” area?
Kenya ranks 75th out of 213 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Kenya data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β€” Area from CGLS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β€” Area from CGLS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
241 places, 1,205 data points, 2015–2019
Last refreshed

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 UniversitΓ© 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.