Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Kenya
Kenya: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 5,661 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Tree-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 tree-covered areas — area from modis in Kenya is 5,661 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.3% on the previous year and up 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Kenya peaked at 5,739 1000 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 4,735 1000 ha, in 2017.
Kenya ranks 68th of 223 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Kenya, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 5,628 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 5,655 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 5,653 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 5,432 1000 ha | -3.9% |
| 2005 | 5,278 1000 ha | -2.8% |
| 2006 | 5,179 1000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2007 | 5,524 1000 ha | +6.7% |
| 2008 | 5,278 1000 ha | -4.5% |
| 2009 | 4,811 1000 ha | -8.9% |
| 2010 | 5,261 1000 ha | +9.4% |
| 2011 | 5,041 1000 ha | -4.2% |
| 2012 | 5,016 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 5,194 1000 ha | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 5,144 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 4,988 1000 ha | -3.0% |
| 2016 | 4,858 1000 ha | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 4,735 1000 ha | -2.5% |
| 2018 | 4,893 1000 ha | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 5,028 1000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 5,739 1000 ha | +14.1% |
| 2021 | 5,504 1000 ha | -4.1% |
| 2022 | 5,248 1000 ha | -4.7% |
| 2023 | 5,225 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 5,661 1000 ha | +8.3% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 5,661 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,158 1000 ha, 2.6× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 5,661 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,469 1000 ha, 2.3× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5,382 1000 ha | 4,811 1000 ha | 5,655 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 5,016 1000 ha | 4,735 1000 ha | 5,261 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,475 1000 ha | 5,225 1000 ha | 5,739 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 65 Republic of Korea 6,821 1000 ha compare
- 66 Panama 6,779 1000 ha compare
- 67 Sierra Leone 6,529 1000 ha compare
- 69 Serbia and Montenegro 5,569 1000 ha compare
- 70 Austria 5,128 1000 ha compare
- 71 Sri Lanka 5,044 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 tree-covered areas — area from modis in Kenya?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Kenya was 5,661 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 5,739 1000 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,735 1000 ha in 2017.
- How does Kenya rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Kenya ranks 68th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.0%. 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 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.