Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Kenya
Kenya: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 20,127 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Kenya, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 20,127 1000 ha for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Kenya peaked at 20,482 1000 ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 20,127 1000 ha, in 2022.
That places Kenya 19th out of 224 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Kenya, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 20,471 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 20,471 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 20,471 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 20,472 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 20,471 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 20,473 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 20,471 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 20,481 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 20,482 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 20,478 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 20,477 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 20,475 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 20,461 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 20,460 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 20,462 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 20,456 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 20,450 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 20,454 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 20,452 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 20,458 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 20,459 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 20,453 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 20,440 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 20,438 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 20,374 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 20,343 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 20,280 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 20,217 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 20,202 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 20,154 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 20,127 1000 ha | -0.1% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 20,127 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 823.97 1000 ha, 24.4× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 20,127 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,550 1000 ha, 7.9× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 20,473 1000 ha | 20,471 1000 ha | 20,481 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 20,466 1000 ha | 20,450 1000 ha | 20,482 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,391 1000 ha | 20,217 1000 ha | 20,459 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,161 1000 ha | 20,127 1000 ha | 20,202 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 16 Angola 23,151 1000 ha compare
- 16 Republic of Moldova 8.15 1000 ha compare
- 17 Kazakhstan 22,500 1000 ha compare
- 17 Micronesia 3.41 1000 ha compare
- 18 India 21,353 1000 ha compare
- 18 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0.86 1000 ha compare
- 20 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.25 1000 ha compare
- 20 Namibia 17,607 1000 ha compare
- 21 Sudan 15,693 1000 ha compare
- 22 Mozambique 15,568 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 shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Kenya?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Kenya was 20,127 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 20,482 1000 ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 20,127 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Kenya rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Kenya ranks 19th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.6%. 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 Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC. 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.