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Kenya — Forest area
Forest Area (% of Land Area) for Kenya, 1990–2023.
Latest value · 2023
6.22%
Forest Area (% of Land Area) · % of land area · -8.3% since 1990
Forest area for Kenya was 6.22% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 34 years, from 1990 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 6.96% in 2000. The lowest was 6.17% in 2015 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.26% per year.
Kenya ranks 177 of 214 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 83%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 22.44%, so Kenya sits below it. It peaked in 2000 and has fallen 11% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 1%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
6.22%
First (1990)
6.78%
Change
-8.3%
Highest
6.96%
in 2000
Lowest
6.17%
in 2015
Average
6.56%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.26%
Years of data
34
Recent years
| Year | % of land area |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 6.22% |
| 2022 | 6.22% |
| 2021 | 6.22% |
| 2020 | 6.22% |
| 2019 | 6.24% |
| 2018 | 6.26% |
| 2017 | 6.23% |
| 2016 | 6.2% |
| 2015 | 6.17% |
| 2014 | 6.22% |
| 2013 | 6.26% |
| 2012 | 6.29% |
Reading this correctly. Land under naturally regenerated or planted stands of trees of at least five meters in situ, as a share of total land area. Figures are in % of land area. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
AG.LND.FRST.ZS — Forest Area (% of Land Area). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.