Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Kenya
Kenya: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 3,985 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Shrub-covered areas — 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 shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Kenya is 3,985 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.2% on the previous year and down 41.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Kenya peaked at 11,313 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 3,985 1000 ha, in 2024.
Kenya ranks 22nd of 223 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Kenya, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 11,313 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 7,711 1000 ha | -31.8% |
| 2003 | 7,103 1000 ha | -7.9% |
| 2004 | 7,208 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 8,446 1000 ha | +17.2% |
| 2006 | 6,035 1000 ha | -28.6% |
| 2007 | 6,242 1000 ha | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 6,880 1000 ha | +10.2% |
| 2009 | 7,693 1000 ha | +11.8% |
| 2010 | 8,228 1000 ha | +7.0% |
| 2011 | 6,289 1000 ha | -23.6% |
| 2012 | 6,587 1000 ha | +4.7% |
| 2013 | 6,275 1000 ha | -4.7% |
| 2014 | 6,751 1000 ha | +7.6% |
| 2015 | 6,923 1000 ha | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 7,254 1000 ha | +4.8% |
| 2017 | 7,752 1000 ha | +6.9% |
| 2018 | 4,936 1000 ha | -36.3% |
| 2019 | 4,504 1000 ha | -8.8% |
| 2020 | 4,700 1000 ha | +4.3% |
| 2021 | 5,787 1000 ha | +23.1% |
| 2022 | 8,237 1000 ha | +42.3% |
| 2023 | 4,490 1000 ha | -45.5% |
| 2024 | 3,985 1000 ha | -11.2% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 3,985 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 14.44 1000 ha, 276.0× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 3,985 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 25.07 1000 ha, 158.9× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7,626 1000 ha | 6,035 1000 ha | 11,313 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 6,550 1000 ha | 4,504 1000 ha | 8,228 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,440 1000 ha | 3,985 1000 ha | 8,237 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
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 modis in Kenya?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Kenya was 3,985 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 11,313 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,985 1000 ha in 2024.
- How does Kenya rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
- Kenya ranks 22nd out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 41.0%. 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 Shrub-covered areas — 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.