Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Kenya
Kenya: Grassland — Area from CCI_LC was 14,904 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Kenya, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for grassland — area from cci_lc in Kenya is 14,904 1000 ha, measured in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from cci_lc in Kenya peaked at 15,184 1000 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 14,147 1000 ha, in 1994.
That places Kenya 25th out of 224 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Kenya, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 14,147 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 14,147 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 14,147 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 14,152 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 14,224 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 14,354 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 14,451 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 14,610 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 14,870 1000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 14,934 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 14,974 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 15,026 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 15,137 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 15,155 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 15,160 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 15,166 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 15,158 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 15,165 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 15,165 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 15,178 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 15,184 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 15,170 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 15,155 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 15,154 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 15,127 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 15,129 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 15,098 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 14,976 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 14,941 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 14,920 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 14,904 1000 ha | -0.1% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 14,904 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,267 1000 ha, 11.8× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 14,904 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,020 1000 ha, 7.4× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 14,279 1000 ha | 14,147 1000 ha | 14,610 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 15,075 1000 ha | 14,870 1000 ha | 15,166 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,134 1000 ha | 14,976 1000 ha | 15,184 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,922 1000 ha | 14,904 1000 ha | 14,941 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 22 Peru 16,314 1000 ha compare
- 23 Argentina 15,212 1000 ha compare
- 24 Niger 14,953 1000 ha compare
- 24 Caribbean 3,937 1000 ha compare
- 25 Côte d'Ivoire 1,313 1000 ha compare
- 26 Cabo Verde 57.26 1000 ha compare
- 26 Chad 14,658 1000 ha compare
- 27 New Zealand 14,176 1000 ha compare
- 28 Ethiopia 11,677 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Kenya
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -8.08 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -4.73 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.27 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.12 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.25 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 2.87 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from cci_lc in Kenya?
- Grassland — area from cci_lc in Kenya was 14,904 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from cci_lc recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 15,184 1000 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from cci_lc recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,147 1000 ha in 1994.
- How does Kenya rank for grassland — area from cci_lc?
- Kenya ranks 25th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is grassland — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Grassland — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.