France vs Kenya: Land area in hectares

France
53.90 million hectares
in 2023
Kenya
58.09 million hectares
in 2023
France rank
48th
Kenya rank
45th

Land area in hectares over time

  • France
  • Kenya
020.0M40.0M60.0M196119922023

How they compare

Kenya currently reports 58.09 million hectares against 53.90 million hectares in France, a difference of 4.19 million hectares.

That makes Kenya's figure about 1.1 times France's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Kenya has been ahead every year.

France ranks 48th and Kenya ranks 45th of 233 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Land area in hectares
Unit
hectares
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
239 places, 13,636 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Total land area, measured in hectares. 100 hectares is one square kilometer. 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.