Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Kenya
Kenya: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS was 1,151 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Inland water bodies — 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 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 26th of 223 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Kenya, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1,112 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 1,113 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 1,111 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 1,102 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 1,097 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 1,092 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 1,093 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 1,094 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 1,092 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 1,094 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 1,096 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 1,098 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 1,102 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 1,106 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 1,110 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 1,110 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 1,109 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 1,115 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 1,116 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 1,127 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 1,131 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 1,132 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 1,139 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 1,151 1000 ha | +1.1% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 1,151 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 107.96 1000 ha, 10.7× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 1,151 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 93.19 1000 ha, 12.4× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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
- 23 Uzbekistan 1,980 1000 ha compare
- 24 Mozambique 1,268 1000 ha compare
- 25 Côte d'Ivoire 167.6 1000 ha compare
- 25 Mongolia 1,163 1000 ha compare
- 26 Cabo Verde 20.86 1000 ha compare
- 27 Nicaragua 1,051 1000 ha compare
- 28 Japan 1,016 1000 ha compare
- 29 Zambia 982.85 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 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 26th out of 223 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
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.