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Agricultural land in Kenya

Agricultural land in Kenya was 50% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 0.1 pts from 2023. That is the 62nd highest of 224 countries in 2024.

202450% Estimated
Change on 2023+0.1 pts
Rank62nd of 224Countries ranked
Series high502024
Series low441961

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Agricultural land in Kenya, 1961 to 2024

42444648505219611971198119912001201120241961: 44 %1962: 44 %1963: 44 %1964: 44 %1965: 44 %1966: 44.1 %1967: 44.1 %1968: 44.1 %1969: 44.1 %1970: 44.1 %1971: 44.1 %1972: 44.1 %1973: 44.2 %1974: 44.2 %1975: 44.9 %1976: 44.9 %1977: 45 %1978: 44.7 %1979: 44.8 %1980: 44.8 %1981: 44.8 %1982: 44.8 %1983: 44.8 %1984: 44.7 %1985: 46.2 %1986: 46.2 %1987: 46.4 %1988: 46.8 %1989: 47.5 %1990: 47 %1991: 47.2 %1992: 47.6 %1993: 47.2 %1994: 47.9 %1995: 47.9 %1996: 46.5 %1997: 46.8 %1998: 46.6 %1999: 47.3 %2000: 47 %2001: 47.1 %2002: 47 %2003: 47.1 %2004: 47.4 %2005: 47.4 %2006: 47.4 %2007: 47.6 %2008: 47.8 %2009: 47.9 %2010: 48.1 %2011: 48.3 %2012: 48.5 %2013: 48.6 %2014: 48.8 %2015: 48.9 %2016: 49 %2017: 49 %2018: 49.1 %2019: 49.1 %2020: 49.1 %2021: 49.1 %2022: 49.6 %2023: 49.9 %2024: 50 %42444648505219611983200520241961: 44 %1962: 44 %1963: 44 %1964: 44 %1965: 44 %1966: 44.1 %1967: 44.1 %1968: 44.1 %1969: 44.1 %1970: 44.1 %1971: 44.1 %1972: 44.1 %1973: 44.2 %1974: 44.2 %1975: 44.9 %1976: 44.9 %1977: 45 %1978: 44.7 %1979: 44.8 %1980: 44.8 %1981: 44.8 %1982: 44.8 %1983: 44.8 %1984: 44.7 %1985: 46.2 %1986: 46.2 %1987: 46.4 %1988: 46.8 %1989: 47.5 %1990: 47 %1991: 47.2 %1992: 47.6 %1993: 47.2 %1994: 47.9 %1995: 47.9 %1996: 46.5 %1997: 46.8 %1998: 46.6 %1999: 47.3 %2000: 47 %2001: 47.1 %2002: 47 %2003: 47.1 %2004: 47.4 %2005: 47.4 %2006: 47.4 %2007: 47.6 %2008: 47.8 %2009: 47.9 %2010: 48.1 %2011: 48.3 %2012: 48.5 %2013: 48.6 %2014: 48.8 %2015: 48.9 %2016: 49 %2017: 49 %2018: 49.1 %2019: 49.1 %2020: 49.1 %2021: 49.1 %2022: 49.6 %2023: 49.9 %2024: 50 %
%. Source: FAOSTAT, Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-02.
All 64 values
Period%
202450 Estimated
202349.9 Estimated
202249.6 Estimated
202149.1 Estimated
202049.1 Estimated
201949.1 Estimated
201849.1 Estimated
201749 Estimated
201649 Estimated
201548.9 Estimated
201448.8 Estimated
201348.6 Estimated
201248.5 Estimated
201148.3 Estimated
201048.1 Estimated
200947.9 Estimated
200847.8 Estimated
200747.6 Estimated
200647.4 Estimated
200547.4 Estimated
200447.4 Estimated
200347.1 Estimated
200247 Estimated
200147.1 Estimated
200047 Estimated
199947.3 Estimated
199846.6 Estimated
199746.8 Estimated
199646.5 Estimated
199547.9 Estimated
199447.9 Estimated
199347.2 Estimated
199247.6 Estimated
199147.2 Estimated
199047 Estimated
198947.5 Estimated
198846.8 Estimated
198746.4 Estimated
198646.2 Estimated
198546.2 Estimated
198444.7 Estimated
198344.8 Estimated
198244.8 Estimated
198144.8 Estimated
198044.8 Estimated
197944.8 Estimated
197844.7 Estimated
197745 Estimated
197644.9 Estimated
197544.9 Estimated
197444.2 Estimated
197344.2 Estimated
197244.1 Estimated
197144.1 Estimated
197044.1 Estimated
196944.1 Estimated
196844.1 Estimated
196744.1 Estimated
196644.1 Estimated
196544 Estimated
196444 Estimated
196344 Estimated
196244 Estimated
196144 Estimated

Kenya compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 5.6 %Afghanistan: 58.4 %Antigua and Barbuda: 21.1 %Albania: 41.1 %Armenia: 59.4 %Angola: 36.3 %Argentina: 45.8 %Austria: 31.1 %Australia: 47.3 %Azerbaijan: 57.8 %Bosnia and Herzegovina: 22.4 %Bangladesh: 72.2 %Belgium: 44.4 %Burkina Faso: 62.6 %Bulgaria: 46.2 %Burundi: 74.2 %Benin: 43.1 %Brunei: 2.9 %Bolivia: 36.1 %Brazil: 28.4 %Bahamas: 1.3 %Bhutan: 13.8 %Botswana: 45.6 %Belarus: 39.1 %Belize: 8.2 %Canada: 6.5 %Democratic Republic of the Congo: 16.2 %Central African Republic: 9.3 %Republic of the Congo: 31.2 %Switzerland: 37.7 %Côte d’Ivoire: 83.9 %Chile: 14.4 %Cameroon: 21.1 %China: 41.7 %Colombia: 36.5 %Costa Rica: 31.4 %Cuba: 61.7 %Cape Verde: 24.8 %Cyprus: 13.6 %Czechia: 45.8 %Germany: 47.4 %Djibouti: 73.5 %Denmark: 65.1 %Dominican Republic: 51.5 %Algeria: 17.4 %Ecuador: 20.3 %Estonia: 23 %Egypt: 4.3 %Western Sahara: 18.8 %Eritrea: 62.8 %Spain: 49.3 %Ethiopia: 34.3 %Finland: 7.4 %Fiji: 17 %Falkland Islands: 93.2 %Faroe Islands: 70.1 %France: 52.8 %Gabon: 6.9 %United Kingdom: 69.2 %Georgia: 33.7 %Ghana: 55.4 %Greenland: 0.6 %Gambia: 76.1 %Guinea: 73.2 %Equatorial Guinea: 3.4 %Greece: 38.9 %Guatemala: 46 %Guinea-Bissau: 31.4 %Guyana: 3.4 %Hong Kong: 3.8 %Honduras: 28.5 %Croatia: 26.2 %Haiti: 65.1 %Hungary: 55.5 %Indonesia: 28.9 %Ireland: 65.2 %Israel: 23.8 %Isle of Man: 68.3 %India: 59.9 %Iraq: 21.7 %Iran: 29 %Iceland: 16.3 %Italy: 43.6 %Jamaica: 39.1 %Jordan: 11.6 %Japan: 12.6 %Kenya: 50 %Kyrgyzstan: 54 %Cambodia: 34.7 %Kiribati: 41.9 %North Korea: 21.6 %South Korea: 16 %Kuwait: 8.4 %Cayman Islands: 11.3 %Kazakhstan: 79.2 %Laos: 9.5 %Lebanon: 63.7 %Sri Lanka: 48.8 %Liberia: 20.1 %Lesotho: 92.9 %Lithuania: 45.7 %Luxembourg: 51.7 %Latvia: 31.7 %Libya: 8.7 %Morocco: 67.2 %Moldova: 73.2 %Montenegro: 18.5 %Madagascar: 70.4 %North Macedonia: 49.2 %Mali: 34.2 %Myanmar: 19.9 %Mongolia: 68.8 %Mauritania: 38.5 %Mauritius: 40.9 %Malawi: 65 %Mexico: 50.6 %Malaysia: 24.8 %Mozambique: 56.1 %Namibia: 47.1 %New Caledonia: 9.8 %Niger: 36.8 %Nigeria: 77.1 %Netherlands: 53.4 %Norway: 2.7 %Nepal: 26.1 %New Zealand: 36.8 %Oman: 4.8 %Panama: 23.1 %Peru: 19 %French Polynesia: 8.1 %Papua New Guinea: 3.1 %Philippines: 42.8 %Pakistan: 47.2 %Poland: 46.2 %Puerto Rico: 18.5 %Palestine: 64.9 %Portugal: 41.3 %Palau: 9.4 %Paraguay: 54.1 %Qatar: 6.4 %Romania: 55.2 %Serbia: 38.1 %Russia: 13.2 %Rwanda: 75.7 %Saudi Arabia: 81.7 %Solomon Islands: 4.1 %Sudan: 60.3 %Sweden: 7.3 %Singapore: 0.9 %Slovenia: 30.4 %Slovakia: 37.8 %Sierra Leone: 55.2 %Senegal: 49.4 %Somalia: 70.3 %Suriname: 0.5 %South Sudan: 44.7 %El Salvador: 57.3 %Syria: 74.1 %Eswatini: 69.6 %Chad: 40 %Togo: 69.1 %Thailand: 43.3 %Tajikistan: 28 %Timor-Leste: 23 %Turkmenistan: 84.3 %Tunisia: 62.1 %Türkiye: 50.2 %Trinidad and Tobago: 11.6 %Taiwan: 21.9 %Tanzania: 45.1 %Ukraine: 71.3 %Uganda: 80.3 %United States: 46.1 %Uruguay: 87.4 %Uzbekistan: 59 %Venezuela: 24.4 %Vietnam: 39.2 %Vanuatu: 13.3 %Samoa: 17.8 %Yemen: 44.4 %South Africa: 79.4 %Zambia: 32.1 %Zimbabwe: 48.1 %
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Agricultural land, 2024, %. Kenya is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Definition

Agricultural land as a share of land area: cropland (arable land and permanent crops) plus permanent meadows and pastures. Land area excludes inland waters. FAOSTAT land use domain, element "Share in Land area".

Many countries report land use rarely, so FAO often carries the last figure forward and recent years can repeat earlier ones. This is the FAO series the World Bank republishes as AG.LND.AGRI.ZS. FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.

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FAO. 2026. FAOSTAT: Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2026). Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209) (Agricultural land, Kenya, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

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Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Agricultural land, Kenya, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2 Oct. 2026, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/kenya. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2026. Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Agricultural land, Kenya, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/kenya.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Agricultural land, Kenya, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/kenya (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, \% (item 6610, element 7209): Agricultural land, Kenya, 1961 to 2024}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/kenya. Publisher attribution: FAO. 2026. FAOSTAT: Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, \% (item 6610, element 7209). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs\_LandUse\_E\_All\_Data\_\%28Normalized\%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.},
}
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Agricultural land in Kenya was 50% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 0.1 pts from 2023. That is the 62nd highest of 224 countries in 2024.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

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50% in 2024, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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