Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land in Kenya
Kenya: Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land was 73.28 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 73.28 % for permanent meadows and pastures — share in agricultural land in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and down 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, permanent meadows and pastures — share in agricultural land in Kenya peaked at 85.11 % in 1961 and was at its lowest, 73.28 %, in 2024.
That places Kenya 59th out of 202 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 85 % | 84.88 % | 85.11 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 84.11 % | 83.27 % | 84.86 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 81.95 % | 78.82 % | 83.75 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 79.33 % | 78.19 % | 80.44 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 79.02 % | 78.1 % | 79.68 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 76.41 % | 74.97 % | 77.78 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 74.02 % | 73.28 % | 74.71 % | 5 |
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More environment data for Kenya
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.27 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.12 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 38,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 38,000 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 5,640 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 4,761 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 14,322 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 9,974 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 201,769 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is permanent meadows and pastures — share in agricultural land in Kenya?
- Permanent meadows and pastures — share in agricultural land in Kenya was 73.28 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest permanent meadows and pastures — share in agricultural land recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 85.11 % in 1961.
- What is the lowest permanent meadows and pastures — share in agricultural land recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 73.28 % in 2024.
- How does Kenya rank for permanent meadows and pastures — share in agricultural land?
- Kenya ranks 59th out of 202 countries with data for 2024.
- Is permanent meadows and pastures — share in agricultural land rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.