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Kenya

Republic of Kenya

Capital
Nairobi
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa
Income group
Lower middle income
Population
57.5M (2025)
Area
580,367 km²
Currency
Kenyan shilling (KES)
Data refreshed 11 Sep 2026Updated 7 h ago89 % coverage · 224 indicators
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At a glance

Twelve headline indicators, latest available year.

Population
26th of 218 · 6th in Sub-Saharan Africa
GDP
62nd of 187 · 3rd in Sub-Saharan Africa
GDP per capita
150th of 187 · 16th in Sub-Saharan Africa
GDP growth
52nd of 187 · 22nd in Sub-Saharan Africa
Inflation
124th of 177 · 26th in Sub-Saharan Africa
Unemployment
104th of 185 · 24th in Sub-Saharan Africa
Life expectancy
197th of 217 · 29th in Sub-Saharan Africa
Median age
179th of 216 · 13th in Sub-Saharan Africa
Gross debt / GDP
67th of 94 · 16th in Sub-Saharan Africa
CO₂ per capita
34th of 212 · 26th in Sub-Saharan Africa
Renewable electricity
9th of 90 · 2nd in Sub-Saharan Africa
Internet users
158th of 182 · 24th in Sub-Saharan Africa

What changed in Kenya

Statistically notable movements in the latest data.

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Countries similar to Kenya

Nearest peers by standardised distance on the selected dimension.

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Country DNA

Percentile rank among all countries on nine dimensions. Descriptive, not a score.

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Key facts

Computed from the data — no model-generated numbers.

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Borders: Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda

Languages: English, Swahili

Timeline

Records, reversals and turning points across the whole history.

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Explore Kenya by topic

19 topics · 256 indicators with data.