Japan vs Kenya

Japan vs Kenya: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 68.3% in Japan and 6.6% in Kenya, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Japan, by 61.7 percentage points, or 10 times that in Kenya.

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% of land · FAO

Japan vs Kenya: Forest areaForest area in 2024: 68.3% in Japan and 6.6% in Kenya, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Japan, by 61.7 percentage points, or 10 times that in Kenya.
JapanKenyaWorld

What the numbers say

  • Japan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
  • In 2024, Japan ranked 20 and Kenya ranked 174 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

YearJapanKenyaWorld
202468.36.6–
202368.46.531.1
202268.46.431.1
202168.46.331.2
202068.46.231.2
201968.46.131.2
201868.46.131.3
201768.4631.3
201668.4631.3
201568.45.931.4
201468.56.131.4
201368.56.331.4
201268.56.531.5
201168.56.631.9
201068.56.832
200968.56.832
200868.46.832
200768.46.832.1
200668.46.832.1
200568.46.832.1
200468.46.732.2
200368.36.732.3
200268.36.732.3
200168.36.732.3
200068.36.732.4
199968.36.732.5
199868.36.732.5
199768.36.732.6
199668.36.732.7
199568.36.632.7
199468.46.632.8
199368.46.632.8
199268.46.633
199168.46.6–
199068.46.6–

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
  • Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
  • Ranks count the 209 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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