Kenya - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Kenya was 569,140 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 569,140 in 2021 and a minimum value of 569,140 in 1961.

Definition: Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.

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

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Year Value
1961 569,140
1962 569,140
1963 569,140
1964 569,140
1965 569,140
1966 569,140
1967 569,140
1968 569,140
1969 569,140
1970 569,140
1971 569,140
1972 569,140
1973 569,140
1974 569,140
1975 569,140
1976 569,140
1977 569,140
1978 569,140
1979 569,140
1980 569,140
1981 569,140
1982 569,140
1983 569,140
1984 569,140
1985 569,140
1986 569,140
1987 569,140
1988 569,140
1989 569,140
1990 569,140
1991 569,140
1992 569,140
1993 569,140
1994 569,140
1995 569,140
1996 569,140
1997 569,140
1998 569,140
1999 569,140
2000 569,140
2001 569,140
2002 569,140
2003 569,140
2004 569,140
2005 569,140
2006 569,140
2007 569,140
2008 569,140
2009 569,140
2010 569,140
2011 569,140
2012 569,140
2013 569,140
2014 569,140
2015 569,140
2016 569,140
2017 569,140
2018 569,140
2019 569,140
2020 569,140
2021 569,140

Development Relevance: Land area is particularly important for understanding an economy's agricultural capacity and the environmental effects of human activity. Innovations in satellite mapping and computer databases have resulted in more precise measurements of land and water areas. Population, land area, income, and output are basic measures of the size of an economy. They also provide a broad indication of actual and potential resources. Land area is therefore used as one of the major indicator to normalize other indicators.

Limitations and Exceptions: The data are collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations through annual questionnaires. The FAO tries to impose standard definitions and reporting methods, but complete consistency across countries and over time is not possible. The data collected from official national sources through the questionnaire are supplemented with information from official secondary data sources. The secondary sources cover official country data from websites of national ministries, national publications and related country data reported by various international organizations.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Total land area does not include inland water bodies such as major rivers and lakes. Variations from year to year may be due to updated or revised data rather than to change in area.

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use