Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Kenya
Kenya: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 1,427 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Terrestrial barren land — 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 terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Kenya is 1,427 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.5% on the previous year and down 21.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Kenya peaked at 2,511 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 1,427 1000 ha, in 2024.
Kenya ranks 48th of 223 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Kenya, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2,511 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 2,178 1000 ha | -13.3% |
| 2003 | 1,972 1000 ha | -9.4% |
| 2004 | 1,977 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 1,992 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 1,992 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1,903 1000 ha | -4.5% |
| 2008 | 1,935 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 2,008 1000 ha | +3.8% |
| 2010 | 1,920 1000 ha | -4.4% |
| 2011 | 1,856 1000 ha | -3.3% |
| 2012 | 1,791 1000 ha | -3.5% |
| 2013 | 1,749 1000 ha | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 1,809 1000 ha | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 1,841 1000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 1,847 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 1,858 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 1,679 1000 ha | -9.6% |
| 2019 | 1,620 1000 ha | -3.6% |
| 2020 | 1,444 1000 ha | -10.9% |
| 2021 | 1,477 1000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 1,632 1000 ha | +10.4% |
| 2023 | 1,560 1000 ha | -4.4% |
| 2024 | 1,427 1000 ha | -8.5% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 1,427 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 20.37 1000 ha, 70.1× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 1,427 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7.17 1000 ha, 199.1× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,052 1000 ha | 1,903 1000 ha | 2,511 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 1,797 1000 ha | 1,620 1000 ha | 1,920 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,508 1000 ha | 1,427 1000 ha | 1,632 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 terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Kenya?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Kenya was 1,427 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 2,511 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,427 1000 ha in 2024.
- How does Kenya rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
- Kenya ranks 48th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.1%. 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 Terrestrial barren land — 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.