Kenya vs Sweden

Kenya vs Sweden: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 6.6% in Kenya and 68.6% in Sweden, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Sweden, by 62 percentage points, or 10 times that in Kenya.

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Change since 2010, percentage points · FAO

All yearsSince 2010
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Kenya vs Sweden: Forest areaForest area in 2024: 6.6% in Kenya and 68.6% in Sweden, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Sweden, by 62 percentage points, or 10 times that in Kenya.
KenyaSwedenWorld

Latest figures

% of land · FAO

CountryLatest10 years beforeRank in 2024
Kenya6.6 20246.1174 of 209
Sweden68.6 202468.719 of 209
World31.1 202331.4

What the numbers say

  • Sweden has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
  • In 2024, Kenya ranked 174 and Sweden ranked 19 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

YearKenyaSwedenWorld
20246.668.6–
20236.568.631.1
20226.468.631.1
20216.368.631.2
20206.268.631.2
20196.168.631.2
20186.168.631.3
2017668.731.3
2016668.731.3
20155.968.731.4
20146.168.731.4
20136.368.831.4
20126.568.831.5
20116.668.931.9
20106.868.932
20096.868.932
20086.86932
20076.86932.1
20066.86932.1
20056.86932.1
20046.769.132.2
20036.769.132.3
20026.769.132.3
20016.769.132.3
20006.769.132.4
19996.769.132.5
19986.769.132.5
19976.769.132.6
19966.76932.7
19956.66932.7
19946.66932.8
19936.66932.8
19926.668.933
19916.668.9–
19906.668.9–

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