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IndicatorKENKenyaSub-Saharan Africa
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-10.74rank #71
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile31.6rank #152
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.45rank #60
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.35rank #77
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-10.9rank #23
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile45.5rank #129
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-10.74rank #71
Military spending% GDP1%rank #107
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.34rank #73
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile42.7rank #178
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile49.6rank #122
Rule of Law0-100 percentile49rank #131
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-10.64rank #68
V-Dem electoral democracy0-10.56rank #63
V-Dem liberal democracy0-10.45rank #68
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile50.6rank #119
Women in parliament% seats23.4%rank #98
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-10.8rank #60
Economy
Agricultural employment% employment45.8%rank #27
Agriculture value added% GDP23.2%rank #20
Annual working hours per workerhours2,034.7rank #58
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per worker20,140.1rank #151
Current account balance% GDP-1.3%rank #85
Employment-to-population ratio%63.7%rank #42
External debt stocks% GNI35%rank #35
FDI net inflows% GDP0.38%rank #161
GDPcurrent US$135.94Brank #61
GDP growth%4.6%rank #51
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$2,362.9rank #149
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $5,995.4rank #142
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $5,608.3rank #146
Government expenditure% GDP27.8%rank #42
Gross capital formation% GDP17%rank #109
Gross savings% GDP15.6%rank #112
High-technology exports% manuf. exports3.2%rank #91
Human capital indexindex2.3rank #100
Industry value added% GDP16.3%rank #136
Inflation%4.1%rank #118
Labour force participation rate%67.3%rank #41
Personal remittances received% GDP4.2%rank #53
R&D expenditure% GDP0.81%rank #6
Researchers in R&Dper million384rank #24
Tax revenue% GDP14.1%rank #77
Total factor productivity (current PPPs, USA=1)index (USA=1)0.36rank #106
Trade openness% GDP37.5%rank #123
Unemployment% labor force5.4%rank #100
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%5.3%rank #99
Vulnerable employment% employment63.8%rank #149
Youth unemployment% ages 15-2415.2%rank #109
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-2415.2%rank #109
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop65.6%rank #157
Basic sanitation access% pop40.9%rank #153
Child mortalityper 1003.9rank #116
Daily caloric supply per capitakcal2,146rank #170
DTP3 immunization coverage%91%rank #9
Health spending% GDP4.4%rank #143
Infant mortalityper 1k births34.2rank #116
Life expectancyyears63.8rank #197
Maternal mortalityper 100k149rank #72
Measles immunization% children88%rank #12
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%88%rank #12
Physiciansper 1k0.29rank #44
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m320.3rank #121
Road traffic deathsper 100k28.3rank #113
Smoking prevalence% adults9.6%rank #22
Suicide mortality rateper 100k4.6rank #50
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k207rank #122
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k births38.8rank #154
Undernourishment% pop36.8%rank #77
Education
Adult literacy%82.2%rank #24
Education spending% GDP4%rank #22
Expected years of schoolingyears11.5rank #148
Mean years of schoolingyears8.6rank #119
Primary completion rate% relevant age102.2%rank #23
Primary enrollment% gross98.2%rank #101
Secondary enrollment% gross84.3%rank #107
Tertiary enrollment% gross10.4%rank #87
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,00027rank #43
Fertility ratebirths/woman3.2rank #52
Median age of populationyears19.5rank #180
Net migration rateper 1,000-0.18rank #107
Populationpeople57.53Mrank #26
Population growth%1.9%rank #52
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years67.9rank #197
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands83,593.2rank #22
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age67.7rank #52
Urban population%32.2%rank #180
Climate
CO₂ emissionst21.23Mrank #86
CO₂ per capitat0.38rank #176
Electricity access% pop77%rank #42
Electricity from coal% generation0%rank #1
Electricity from hydro% generation20.9%rank #35
Electricity from solar% generation4.6%rank #56
Electricity from wind% generation16.4%rank #17
Electric power consumptionkWh per capita195.3rank #41
Forest area% land6.2%rank #177
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capita1.3rank #18
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh95.4rank #13
Renewable electricity%90%rank #7
Renewable energy share%67.7%rank #28
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2e72.6rank #119
Society
Asylum seekerspeople7,773rank #113
Extreme poverty% pop45.5%rank #42
Female labor participation%63%rank #28
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 1003rank #118
Gender Development Indexratio0.94rank #68
Gender Inequality Index0-10.53rank #126
Gini indexindex38.5rank #39
Homicide rateper 100k4.9rank #67
Human Development Index0-10.63rank #112
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-10.46rank #103
Internally displaced personspeople412,000rank #16
Internet users% pop35%rank #156
Life satisfaction0-104.7rank #107
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-10.61rank #83
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.04rank #161
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.19rank #126
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0.54rank #165
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0.83rank #181
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)people617,125rank #12
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people13,325rank #121
Youth NEET rate%19.8%rank #102
Risk
Battle-related deaths (state-based)deaths/year44rank #9
Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths123rank #15
Hazard & exposure0-106.9rank #58
Human hazard & exposure0-108.6rank #63
INFORM risk score0-106.2rank #49
Lack of coping capacity0-105.4rank #45
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-105.7rank #50
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-105rank #29
Natural hazard & exposure0-104.2rank #29
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/year80rank #17
Socio-economic vulnerability0-105.6rank #53
Vulnerability0-106.4rank #52
Vulnerable groups0-107.1rank #63
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