Forest land — Area in Kenya
Kenya: Forest land — Area was 3,914 1000 ha in 2025. ▬ Flat
Forest land — Area in Kenya, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for forest land — area in Kenya is 3,914 1000 ha, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 15.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — area in Kenya peaked at 3,914 1000 ha in 2025 and was at its lowest, 3,384 1000 ha, in 2015.
Kenya ranks 81st of 231 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3,775 1000 ha | 3,741 1000 ha | 3,809 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,844 1000 ha | 3,816 1000 ha | 3,872 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,574 1000 ha | 3,384 1000 ha | 3,878 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,753 1000 ha | 3,591 1000 ha | 3,914 1000 ha | 6 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
More environment data for Kenya
- Standard Deviation 0.27 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.12 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 38,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 38,000 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 5,640 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 4,761 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 14,322 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 9,974 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 201,769 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 222,025 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — area in Kenya?
- Forest land — area in Kenya was 3,914 1000 ha in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — area recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 3,914 1000 ha in 2025.
- What is the lowest forest land — area recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,384 1000 ha in 2015.
- How does Kenya rank for forest land — area?
- Kenya ranks 81st out of 231 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest land — area rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Forest land — Area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.