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Trees & air quality in Kenya
How much tree cover Kenya's major cities have, what their air quality is right now, and how many more trees each one needs. Every report covers the same 2 km area, so the cities compare like for like.
- Cities tracked
- 5
- National forest cover
- 6.2%vs 30% target
- Worst air right now
- EldoretAQI 58
5 cities in Kenya
Nairobi
2 km around Nairobi Central
Tree cover
21%
28.2K
trees needed
to reach 30%
Kakamega
2 km radius
Mombasa
2 km around Kinyozi
Tree cover
9%
56.5K
trees needed
to reach 30%
Nakuru
2 km around Racecourse
Tree cover
18%
37.1K
trees needed
to reach 30%
Eldoret
2 km around Eldoret
Tree cover
27%
9.1K
trees needed
to reach 30%
Kenya as a whole
6.2% of Kenya was forested as of 2023, against a 30% benchmark. Closing that gap nationally would take roughly 13.8B trees across 13.8M hectares. Source: World Bank (FAO).
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