Kenya vs Rwanda
Kenya vs Rwanda: Forest area
Forest area in 2024: 6.6% in Kenya and 26.1% in Rwanda, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Rwanda, by 19.5 percentage points, or 3.94 times that in Kenya.
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- Rwanda has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2024, Kenya ranked 174 and Rwanda ranked 116 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Kenya | Rwanda | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6.6 | 26.1 | – |
| 2023 | 6.5 | 25.5 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 6.4 | 24.9 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 6.3 | 24.3 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 6.2 | 22.8 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 6.1 | 22.2 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 6.1 | 21.6 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 6 | 21 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 6 | 20.4 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 5.9 | 19.8 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 6.1 | 19.2 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 6.3 | 18.6 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 6.5 | 18.1 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 6.6 | 17.5 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 6.8 | 16.9 | 32 |
| 2009 | 6.8 | 16.8 | 32 |
| 2008 | 6.8 | 16.8 | 32 |
| 2007 | 6.8 | 16.8 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 6.8 | 16.8 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 6.8 | 16.7 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 6.7 | 16.7 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 6.7 | 16.7 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 6.7 | 16.6 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 6.7 | 16.6 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 6.7 | 16.6 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 6.7 | 16.7 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 6.7 | 16.8 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 6.7 | 16.9 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 6.7 | 17 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 6.6 | 17.2 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 6.6 | 17.3 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 6.6 | 17.4 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 6.6 | 17.5 | 33 |
| 1991 | 6.6 | 17.6 | – |
| 1990 | 6.6 | 17.7 | – |
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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Kenya vs Rwanda
Health
- Life expectancyKenya: 63.7 years in 2023Rwanda: 67.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityKenya: 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024Rwanda: 3.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityKenya: 29.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Rwanda: 27.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionKenya: 3.51% in 2017Rwanda: 3.87% in 2017
- Suicide rateKenya: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Rwanda: 11 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationKenya: 55.3 million people in 2023Rwanda: 14 million people in 2023
- Population growthKenya: 1.97% a year in 2023Rwanda: 2.18% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateKenya: 3.21 births per woman in 2023Rwanda: 3.7 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationKenya: 32.2% in 2025Rwanda: 30.9% in 2025
- Median ageKenya: 19.5 years in 2023Rwanda: 19.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overKenya: 2.9% in 2023Rwanda: 3.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateKenya: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Rwanda: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingKenya: 1.07% of GDP in 2025Rwanda: 1.29% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsKenya: $1.36B in 2025Rwanda: $194M in 2025
- Military spending per personKenya: $26 in 2025Rwanda: $13 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingKenya: 4.6% of government spending in 2025Rwanda: 4.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelKenya: 24,000 people in 2020Rwanda: 35,000 people in 2020
- National powerKenya: 0.23% of world capability in 2022Rwanda: 0.07% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersKenya: 0.11% of the labour force in 2020Rwanda: 0.7% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsKenya: 117 million TIV in 2025Rwanda: 37 million TIV in 2023