Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Kenya

Kenya: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS was 1,151 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
1,151 1000 ha
Change on year
up 1.1%
World rank
30th
of 240 countries
All-time high
1,151 1000 ha
in 2024
All-time low
1,092 1000 ha
in 2006
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Kenya, 2001–2024

02505007501.0k1.2k2001201220242001: 1.1k 1000 ha2002: 1.1k 1000 ha2003: 1.1k 1000 ha2004: 1.1k 1000 ha2005: 1.1k 1000 ha2006: 1.1k 1000 ha2007: 1.1k 1000 ha2008: 1.1k 1000 ha2009: 1.1k 1000 ha2010: 1.1k 1000 ha2011: 1.1k 1000 ha2012: 1.1k 1000 ha2013: 1.1k 1000 ha2014: 1.1k 1000 ha2015: 1.1k 1000 ha2016: 1.1k 1000 ha2017: 1.1k 1000 ha2018: 1.1k 1000 ha2019: 1.1k 1000 ha2020: 1.1k 1000 ha2021: 1.1k 1000 ha2022: 1.1k 1000 ha2023: 1.1k 1000 ha2024: 1.2k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for inland water bodies — area from modis in Kenya is 1,151 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.

The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 4.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from modis in Kenya peaked at 1,151 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,092 1000 ha, in 2006.

Kenya ranks 30th of 240 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 1,101 1000 ha 1,092 1000 ha 1,113 1000 ha 9
2010s 1,105 1000 ha 1,094 1000 ha 1,116 1000 ha 10
2020s 1,136 1000 ha 1,127 1000 ha 1,151 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Kenya

  1. 27 Melanesia 1,440 1000 ha compare
  2. 28 Mozambique 1,268 1000 ha compare
  3. 29 Mongolia 1,163 1000 ha compare
  4. 31 Caribbean 1,082 1000 ha compare
  5. 32 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,077 1000 ha compare
  6. 33 Nicaragua 1,051 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is inland water bodies — area from modis in Kenya?
Inland water bodies — area from modis in Kenya was 1,151 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in Kenya?
The highest recorded value was 1,151 1000 ha in 2024.
What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in Kenya?
The lowest recorded value was 1,092 1000 ha in 2006.
How does Kenya rank for inland water bodies — area from modis?
Kenya ranks 30th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is inland water bodies — area from modis rising or falling in Kenya?
Over the last ten years it is up 4.1%. 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 Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
269 places, 6,390 data points, 2001–2024
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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.