Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in Kenya
Kenya: Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS was 1,176 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat
Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in Kenya, 2015–2019
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2019, inland water bodies — area from cgls in Kenya stood at 1,176 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 0.5% over five years.
That places Kenya 24th out of 199 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in Kenya, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,171 1000 ha | — |
| 2016 | 1,171 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 1,167 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 1,172 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 1,176 1000 ha | +0.3% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 1,176 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 89.21 1000 ha, 13.2× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 1,176 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 45.72 1000 ha, 25.7× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 21 Mongolia 1,389 1000 ha compare
- 22 Mexico 1,364 1000 ha compare
- 23 Peru 1,210 1000 ha compare
- 23 Caribbean 614.47 1000 ha compare
- 25 Côte d'Ivoire 95.55 1000 ha compare
- 25 Zambia 1,131 1000 ha compare
- 26 Cabo Verde 1.96 1000 ha compare
- 26 Mozambique 1,074 1000 ha compare
- 27 Uzbekistan 1,039 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 inland water bodies — area from cgls in Kenya?
- Inland water bodies — area from cgls in Kenya was 1,176 1000 ha in 2019, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest inland water bodies — area from cgls recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 1,176 1000 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from cgls recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,167 1000 ha in 2017.
- How does Kenya rank for inland water bodies — area from cgls?
- Kenya ranks 24th out of 199 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 Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS. 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.