Kenya

Forest area in Kenya

Forest area in Kenya: 6.6% in 1990 and 6.6% in 2024, by FAO estimates.

Latest, 2024
6.6%
Since 1990
+0.1 percentage points
Rank, 2024
174 of 209
counting from the highest
Watch it change on the map

% of land · FAO

Forest area in KenyaForest area in Kenya: 6.6% in 1990 and 6.6% in 2024, by FAO estimates. The highest was 6.8% in 2010, the lowest 5.9% in 2015.
Estimates, FAOWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 6.8% in 2010, the lowest 5.9% in 2015.

Every year

% of land · FAO

YearKenyaWorld
20246.6–
20236.531.1
20226.431.1
20216.331.2
20206.231.2
20196.131.2
20186.131.3
2017631.3
2016631.3
20155.931.4
20146.131.4
20136.331.4
20126.531.5
20116.631.9
20106.832
20096.832
20086.832
20076.832.1
20066.832.1
20056.832.1
20046.732.2
20036.732.3
20026.732.3
20016.732.3
20006.732.4
19996.732.5
19986.732.5
19976.732.6
19966.732.7
19956.632.7
19946.632.8
19936.632.8
19926.633
19916.6–
19906.6–

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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