Grassland — Area from MODIS in Kenya
Kenya: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 43,217 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Kenya, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for grassland — area from modis in Kenya is 43,217 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Kenya peaked at 43,217 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 34,494 1000 ha, in 2001.
Kenya ranks 19th of 223 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Kenya, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 34,494 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 38,536 1000 ha | +11.7% |
| 2003 | 39,347 1000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 39,746 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 38,949 1000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2006 | 41,173 1000 ha | +5.7% |
| 2007 | 40,805 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 40,487 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 40,082 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 39,253 1000 ha | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 41,427 1000 ha | +5.5% |
| 2012 | 41,198 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 41,391 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 40,855 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 40,505 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 40,354 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 40,013 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 42,416 1000 ha | +6.0% |
| 2019 | 42,541 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 42,138 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 41,746 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 39,358 1000 ha | -5.7% |
| 2023 | 42,807 1000 ha | +8.8% |
| 2024 | 43,217 1000 ha | +1.0% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 43,217 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3,142 1000 ha, 13.8× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 43,217 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4,642 1000 ha, 9.3× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 39,291 1000 ha | 34,494 1000 ha | 41,173 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 40,995 1000 ha | 39,253 1000 ha | 42,541 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 41,853 1000 ha | 39,358 1000 ha | 43,217 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 16 Mexico 48,075 1000 ha compare
- 16 Polynesia 40.22 1000 ha compare
- 17 Angola 45,855 1000 ha compare
- 17 Micronesia 15.81 1000 ha compare
- 18 Chad 43,981 1000 ha compare
- 18 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0.86 1000 ha compare
- 19 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.51 1000 ha compare
- 20 Madagascar 40,125 1000 ha compare
- 21 Nigeria 34,738 1000 ha compare
- 22 Peru 33,248 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 modis in Kenya?
- Grassland — area from modis in Kenya was 43,217 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 43,217 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 34,494 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Kenya rank for grassland — area from modis?
- Kenya ranks 19th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.8%. 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 MODIS. 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.