Kenya - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Kenya was 36,111 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 39,612 in 2000 and a minimum value of 35,224 in 2015.

Definition: Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1990 38,585
1991 38,688
1992 38,791
1993 38,893
1994 38,996
1995 39,099
1996 39,201
1997 39,304
1998 39,407
1999 39,509
2000 39,612
2001 39,267
2002 38,922
2003 38,577
2004 38,233
2005 37,888
2006 37,543
2007 37,198
2008 36,853
2009 36,508
2010 36,163
2011 35,976
2012 35,788
2013 35,600
2014 35,412
2015 35,224
2016 35,520
2017 35,815
2018 36,111
2019 36,111
2020 36,111

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Kenya was 6.34 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 6.96 in 2000, while its lowest value was 6.19 in 2015.

Definition: Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1990 6.78
1991 6.80
1992 6.82
1993 6.83
1994 6.85
1995 6.87
1996 6.89
1997 6.91
1998 6.92
1999 6.94
2000 6.96
2001 6.90
2002 6.84
2003 6.78
2004 6.72
2005 6.66
2006 6.60
2007 6.54
2008 6.48
2009 6.41
2010 6.35
2011 6.32
2012 6.29
2013 6.26
2014 6.22
2015 6.19
2016 6.24
2017 6.29
2018 6.34
2019 6.34
2020 6.34

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use