Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Kenya
Kenya: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC was 355.58 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Kenya, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2022, sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Kenya stood at 355.58 1000 ha.
That represents a change of up 1.8% on the previous year and up 27.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Kenya peaked at 418.25 1000 ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 268.03 1000 ha, in 2008.
Kenya ranks 50th of 224 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Kenya, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 410.02 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 410.02 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 410.02 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 411.47 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 413.34 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 413.66 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 413.45 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 418.25 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 362.07 1000 ha | -13.4% |
| 2001 | 345.37 1000 ha | -4.6% |
| 2002 | 334.02 1000 ha | -3.3% |
| 2003 | 332.73 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 295.85 1000 ha | -11.1% |
| 2005 | 284.5 1000 ha | -3.8% |
| 2006 | 274.84 1000 ha | -3.4% |
| 2007 | 270.52 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 268.03 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 269.8 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 279.45 1000 ha | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 277.32 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 278.57 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 281.33 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 281.49 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 281.49 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 296.7 1000 ha | +5.4% |
| 2017 | 307.55 1000 ha | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 333.91 1000 ha | +8.6% |
| 2019 | 344.1 1000 ha | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 343.75 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 349.44 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 355.58 1000 ha | +1.8% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 355.58 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 8.52 1000 ha, 41.7× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 355.58 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.42 1000 ha, 846.6× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 412.53 1000 ha | 410.02 1000 ha | 418.25 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 303.77 1000 ha | 268.03 1000 ha | 362.07 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 296.19 1000 ha | 277.32 1000 ha | 344.1 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 349.59 1000 ha | 343.75 1000 ha | 355.58 1000 ha | 3 |
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 sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Kenya?
- Sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Kenya was 355.58 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 418.25 1000 ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 268.03 1000 ha in 2008.
- How does Kenya rank for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc?
- Kenya ranks 50th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.6%. 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 Sparsely natural vegetated 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.