Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Kenya
Kenya: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 7,229 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat
Tree-covered 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, tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Kenya stood at 7,229 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 13.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Kenya peaked at 7,229 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 6,343 1000 ha, in 2002.
That places Kenya 59th out of 224 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Kenya, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 6,641 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 6,641 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 6,641 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 6,634 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 6,630 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 6,629 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 6,595 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 6,527 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 6,455 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2001 | 6,346 1000 ha | -1.7% |
| 2002 | 6,343 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 6,347 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 6,396 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 6,390 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 6,394 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 6,394 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 6,403 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 6,401 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 6,398 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 6,396 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 6,393 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 6,399 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 6,422 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 6,422 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 6,589 1000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 6,635 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 6,785 1000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 6,990 1000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 7,032 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 7,142 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 7,229 1000 ha | +1.2% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 7,229 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,523 1000 ha, 2.9× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 7,229 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4,570 1000 ha, 1.6× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6,617 1000 ha | 6,527 1000 ha | 6,641 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 6,387 1000 ha | 6,343 1000 ha | 6,455 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,543 1000 ha | 6,393 1000 ha | 6,990 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,134 1000 ha | 7,032 1000 ha | 7,229 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 tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Kenya?
- Tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Kenya was 7,229 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 7,229 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,343 1000 ha in 2002.
- How does Kenya rank for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Kenya ranks 59th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.1%. 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 Tree-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.