City report · Liberia
Kakata Air quality today
Air quality in Kakata currently reads AQI 40 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 40
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 7.3
- tree cover
- 34.1%
- trees in this area
- 107K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 1.2 mi (2 km) radius around Kakata, Liberia (4.9 sq mi), from a satellite image of Mar 28, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Kakata · AQI 40 (Good)
Kakata's tree count comes to 107,128 trees across 4.9 sq mi (12.57 km²), already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Kakata today: AQI 40, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 15:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
7.3
PM10
11.0
NO₂
0.8
O₃
67.0
SO₂
0.7
CO
193.0
- Outdoor exercise
- A good day to be active outside
- Windows
- Open them to air the house
- Mask
- Not needed
- Air purifier
- Not needed
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Kakata's daily AQI at 47 on average, from 32 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 77 on Nov 7.
Where Kakata stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Kakata: Healthy tree cover
34.1% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 4.9 sq mi (12.57 km²).
Trees in this area
107,128
Target trees
107,128
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Kakata lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Kakata has lost about 16,800 hectares of forest (about 24,000 football pitches): 58% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (97%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from March 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 5 km north of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 16,800 haabout 24,000 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 58%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 16,300 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 538 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 868 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2014, when about 1,810 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1,550 ha | 20 ha | 1,570 ha |
| 2002 | 122 ha | 8 ha | 130 ha |
| 2003 | 151 ha | 4 ha | 155 ha |
| 2004 | 66 ha | under 1 ha | 66 ha |
| 2005 | 33 ha | under 1 ha | 33 ha |
| 2006 | 339 ha | 3 ha | 342 ha |
| 2007 | 211 ha | 2 ha | 213 ha |
| 2008 | 496 ha | 3 ha | 499 ha |
| 2009 | 591 ha | 8 ha | 599 ha |
| 2010 | 202 ha | 2 ha | 204 ha |
| 2011 | 433 ha | 8 ha | 441 ha |
| 2012 | 408 ha | 5 ha | 413 ha |
| 2013 | 1,430 ha | 67 ha | 1,500 ha |
| 2014 | 1,730 ha | 72 ha | 1,810 ha |
| 2015 | 1,770 ha | 36 ha | 1,800 ha |
| 2016 | 1,020 ha | 40 ha | 1,060 ha |
| 2017 | 953 ha | 29 ha | 982 ha |
| 2018 | 1,080 ha | 33 ha | 1,110 ha |
| 2019 | 465 ha | 32 ha | 497 ha |
| 2020 | 654 ha | 30 ha | 684 ha |
| 2021 | 365 ha | 8 ha | 373 ha |
| 2022 | 494 ha | 18 ha | 512 ha |
| 2023 | 543 ha | 22 ha | 565 ha |
| 2024 | 780 ha | 20 ha | 800 ha |
| 2025 | 429 ha | 12 ha | 441 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Kakata?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good95% · 15,900 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back2.9% · 481 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good2.5% · 413 ha
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 27,900 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 20,100 ha
- Overall change
- −7,780 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Kakata shrank from about 27,900 hectares to 20,100 hectares, a net loss of about 7,780 hectares (−28%). New forest grew on about 620 hectares, but 8,400 hectares were lost.
These 2000 and 2020 maps, from the University of Maryland, count any land with trees taller than 5 m as forest, including plantations and orchards. Forest that was cut or burned and had grown back by 2020 counts in both years, so the loss here is smaller than the yearly figures.
These figures cover everything within 10 km of the city center, a wider area than the report above, because forest is usually lost at a city's edges.
Source: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA, Global Forest Change (GFC-2025-v1.13); causes: WRI/Google DeepMind drivers of forest loss; both CC BY 4.0, summed by Airleaf for each area. Forest gained and lost 2000–2020: Potapov et al. 2022, UMD GLAD Global Land Cover and Land Use Change, CC BY 4.0. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Kakata right now?
The latest reading for Kakata shows an AQI of 40 (Good), observed Nov 10, 15:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Kakata today?
At AQI 40 (Good): a good day to be active outside. Windows: open them to air the house. Masks: not needed. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Kakata been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Kakata's daily AQI at 47 on average, from 32 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 77 on Nov 7. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Kakata lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Kakata has lost about 16,800 hectares of forest (about 24,000 football pitches): 58% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (97%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss is slowing down: about 538 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 868 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Kakata shrank from about 27,900 hectares to 20,100 hectares, a net loss of about 7,780 hectares (−28%). New forest grew on about 620 hectares, but 8,400 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Kakata?
Kakata has an estimated 107,128 trees across the 4.9 sq mi (12.57 km²) measured — 34.1% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Kakata need?
Kakata has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Kakata's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality comes from ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ where one reports nearby, and otherwise, as here, from the Open-Meteo / CAMS model, which may differ from street-level monitors. Tree cover is measured from Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search satellite imagery at 10 m detail across a 1.2 mi (2 km) radius around Kakata; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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