IndicatorKENKenyaSub-Saharan Africa
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.74rank #71Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Control of Corruption0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)30.8rank #154Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.45rank #60Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.35rank #77Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.9rank #23Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)50.5rank #114Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.74rank #71Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Military spending% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)1.1%rank #104Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.34rank #73Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)46rank #180Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)49.1rank #121Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Rule of Law0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)50.8rank #133Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.64rank #68Data 2025 · Status unspecified
V-Dem electoral democracy0-1Our World in Data0.56rank #63Data 2025 · Status unspecified
V-Dem liberal democracy0-1Our World in Data0.45rank #68Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)51.6rank #118Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Women in parliament% seatsWorld Bank (WDI)23.4%rank #98Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.8rank #60Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Economy
Agricultural employment% employmentWorld Bank (WDI)45.8%rank #27Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Agriculture value added% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)23.2%rank #20Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Annual working hours per workerhoursOur World in Data2,034.7rank #58Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per workerPenn World Table20,140.1rank #151Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Current account balance% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)-2.1%rank #77Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Employment-to-population ratio%ILOSTAT63.7%rank #42Data 2026 · Status unspecified
External debt stocks% GNIWorld Bank (WDI)35%rank #35Data 2024 · Status unspecified
FDI net inflows% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)0.82%rank #141Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDPcurrent US$World Bank (WDI)135.94Brank #61Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDP growth%World Bank (WDI)4.6%rank #51Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$World Bank (WDI)2,362.9rank #149Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $World Bank (WDI)5,995.4rank #142Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $UNDP (HDRO)5,608.3rank #146Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Government expenditure% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)27.8%rank #42Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Gross capital formation% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)17%rank #109Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Gross savings% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)15.7%rank #78Data 2025 · Status unspecified
High-technology exports% manuf. exportsWorld Bank (WDI)3.2%rank #92Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Human capital indexindexPenn World Table2.3rank #100Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Industry value added% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)16.3%rank #136Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Inflation%World Bank (WDI)4.1%rank #121Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Labour force participation rate%ILOSTAT67.4%rank #41Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Personal remittances received% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)3.8%rank #44Data 2025 · Status unspecified
R&D expenditure% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)0.81%rank #6Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Researchers in R&Dper millionWorld Bank (WDI)384rank #24Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Tax revenue% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)14.1%rank #77Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Total factor productivity (current PPPs, USA=1)index (USA=1)Penn World Table0.36rank #106Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Trade openness% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)37.5%rank #123Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Unemployment% labor forceWorld Bank (WDI)5.4%rank #100Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%ILOSTAT5.4%rank #98Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Vulnerable employment% employmentWorld Bank (WDI)63.8%rank #149Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Youth unemployment% ages 15-24World Bank (WDI)15.2%rank #109Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-24ILOSTAT15.1%rank #109Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Trade
Exports of goods & services% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)15.8%rank #120Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Imports of goods & services% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)21.8%rank #119Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Merchandise exportscurrent US$World Bank (WDI)8.6Brank #110Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Merchandise importscurrent US$World Bank (WDI)21.61Brank #84Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Health
Basic drinking water access% popWorld Bank (WDI)65.6%rank #157Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Basic sanitation access% popWorld Bank (WDI)40.9%rank #153Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Child mortalityper 100Our World in Data3.9rank #116Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Daily caloric supply per capitakcalOur World in Data2,146rank #170Data 2023 · Status unspecified
DTP3 immunization coverage%UNICEF91%rank #9Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Health spending% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)4.4%rank #143Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Infant mortalityper 1k birthsWorld Bank (WDI)34.2rank #116Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Life expectancyyearsWorld Bank (WDI)63.8rank #197Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Maternal mortalityper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)149rank #72Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Measles immunization% childrenWorld Bank (WDI)88%rank #12Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%UNICEF88%rank #12Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Overweight prevalence (under 5)%UNICEF3.4%rank #12Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Physiciansper 1kWorld Bank (WDI)0.29rank #44Data 2023 · Status unspecified
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m3World Bank (WDI)20.3rank #121Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Road traffic deathsper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)28.3rank #113Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Smoking prevalence% adultsWorld Bank (WDI)9.6%rank #22Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Stunting prevalence (under 5)%UNICEF17.6%rank #14Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Suicide mortality rateper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)4.6rank #50Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)207rank #122Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k birthsUNICEF38.8rank #154Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Undernourishment% popWorld Bank (WDI)34.9%rank #80Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Wasting prevalence (under 5)%UNICEF4.5%rank #14Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Education
Adult literacy%World Bank (WDI)82.2%rank #24Data 2000 · Status unspecified
Education spending% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)4%rank #22Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Expected years of schoolingyearsUNDP (HDRO)11.5rank #148Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Mean years of schoolingyearsUNDP (HDRO)8.6rank #119Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Primary completion rate% relevant ageWorld Bank (WDI)102.2%rank #23Data 2016 · Status unspecified
Primary enrollment% grossWorld Bank (WDI)98.2%rank #101Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Secondary enrollment% grossWorld Bank (WDI)84.3%rank #107Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Tertiary enrollment% grossWorld Bank (WDI)10.4%rank #87Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,000World Bank (WDI)27rank #43Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Fertility ratebirths/womanWorld Bank (WDI)3.2rank #52Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Median age of populationyearsUN WPP19.5rank #180Data 2023 · Estimate
Net migration rateper 1,000UN WPP-0.18rank #107Data 2023 · Estimate
PopulationpeopleWorld Bank (WDI)57.53Mrank #26Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Population growth%World Bank (WDI)1.9%rank #52Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)yearsUN WPP67.9rank #197Data 2050 · Projection / forecast
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousandsUN WPP83,593.2rank #22Data 2050 · Projection / forecast
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-ageUN WPP67.7rank #52Data 2023 · Estimate
Urban population%World Bank (WDI)32.2%rank #180Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Climate
CO₂ emissionstOur World in Data21.23Mrank #86Data 2024 · Status unspecified
CO₂ per capitatOur World in Data0.38rank #176Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity access% popWorld Bank (WDI)77%rank #42Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from coal% generationEmber0%rank #1Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Electricity from hydro% generationEmber20.9%rank #35Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Electricity from solar% generationEmber4.6%rank #56Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Electricity from wind% generationEmber16.4%rank #17Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Electric power consumptionkWh per capitaWorld Bank (WDI)195.3rank #133Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Forest area% landWorld Bank (WDI)6.6%rank #174Data 2024 · Status unspecified
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capitaClimate Watch1.3rank #18Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWhEmber95.4rank #13Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Renewable electricity%Our World in Data90%rank #7Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Renewable energy share%World Bank (WDI)67.7%rank #28Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2eClimate Watch72.6rank #119Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Energy
Electricity access, rural% rural popWorld Bank (WDI)67.1%rank #42Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity access, urban% urban popWorld Bank (WDI)98.1%rank #16Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from coal% of outputWorld Bank (WDI)0%rank #1Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Energy use per capitakg oil eq.World Bank (WDI)563.5rank #117Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Environment
Capture fisheries productiontonnesWorld Bank (WDI)139,793.4rank #71Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Freshwater withdrawals% internal resourcesWorld Bank (WDI)19.5%rank #118Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Terrestrial protected areas% land areaWorld Bank (WDI)13.9%rank #105Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Agriculture
Agricultural land% land areaWorld Bank (WDI)50%rank #60Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Aquaculture productiontonnesWorld Bank (WDI)34,690rank #51Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Cereal yieldkg per hectareWorld Bank (WDI)1,693.1rank #131Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Food production index2014-16 = 100World Bank (WDI)128.7rank #39Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Technology
Fixed telephone subscriptionsper 100 peopleWorld Bank (WDI)0.1rank #137Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Mobile subscriptionsper 100 peopleWorld Bank (WDI)126.5rank #58Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Secure internet serversper 1M peopleWorld Bank (WDI)399.7rank #135Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Society
Asylum seekerspeopleUNHCR7,773rank #113Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Extreme poverty% popWorld Bank (WDI)45.5%rank #42Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Female labor participation%World Bank (WDI)63%rank #28Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 100World Bank (WDI)3rank #118Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Gender Development IndexratioUNDP (HDRO)0.94rank #68Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Gender Inequality Index0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.53rank #126Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Gini indexindexWorld Bank (WDI)38.5rank #39Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Homicide rateper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)4.9rank #67Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Human Development Index0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.63rank #112Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.46rank #103Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Internally displaced personspeopleUNHCR412,000rank #16Data 2012 · Status unspecified
Internet users% popWorld Bank (WDI)35%rank #156Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Life satisfaction0-10Our World in Data4.7rank #107Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.61rank #83Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0.04rank #161Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0.19rank #126Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0.54rank #165Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0.83rank #181Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)peopleUNHCR617,125rank #12Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Refugees originating (by country of origin)peopleUNHCR13,325rank #121Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Youth NEET rate%ILOSTAT19.6%rank #101Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Risk
Battle-related deaths (state-based)deaths/yearUCDP44rank #9Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Deaths in armed conflictsdeathsOur World in Data123rank #15Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Hazard & exposure0-10EC JRC (INFORM)6.9rank #57Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Human hazard & exposure0-10EC JRC (INFORM)8.6rank #59Data 2026 · Status unspecified
INFORM risk score0-10EC JRC (INFORM)6.1rank #51Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Lack of coping capacity0-10EC JRC (INFORM)5.1rank #41Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-10EC JRC (INFORM)5.7rank #50Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-10EC JRC (INFORM)4.5rank #28Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Natural hazard & exposure0-10EC JRC (INFORM)4.2rank #29Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/yearUCDP80rank #17Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Socio-economic vulnerability0-10EC JRC (INFORM)5.6rank #51Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Vulnerability0-10EC JRC (INFORM)6.3rank #50Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Vulnerable groups0-10EC JRC (INFORM)6.9rank #60Data 2026 · Status unspecified