Health in Kenya

345 indicators covering health for Kenya.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Population ages 75-79, male 126,725 2025 up 73.8% 60th
Population ages 80 and above, female 181,906 2025 up 31.0% 63rd
Population ages 80 and above, male 96,153 2025 up 22.4% 64th
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female 4.0% 2024 down 4.8% 111th
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male 4.6% 2024 down 4.2% 111th
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height 4.3% 2024 down 4.4% 111th
Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female 16.0% 2024 down 33.3% 61st
Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male 19.8% 2024 down 31.5% 58th
Prevalence of stunting, height for age 17.9% 2024 down 32.5% 58th
Hospital beds 1.33 per 1,000 people 2019 down 5.0% 122nd
Tuberculosis death rate 29 per 100,000 people 2024 down 58.0% 25th
Incidence of tuberculosis 207 per 100,000 people 2024 down 51.1% 31st
People using at least basic drinking water services, urban 88.9% 2024 up 1.7% 154th
People using at least basic sanitation services, urban 39.7% 2024 up 13.0% 167th
People practicing open defecation, urban 0.8% 2024 down 53.0% 54th
People using at least basic drinking water services, rural 55.6% 2024 up 17.9% 154th
People using at least basic sanitation services, rural 41.4% 2024 up 24.7% 133rd
People using at least basic drinking water services 65.6% 2024 up 14.4% 197th
People practicing open defecation, rural 8.1% 2024 down 38.7% 49th
People using at least basic sanitation services 40.9% 2024 up 21.4% 187th
Tuberculosis case detection rate 81.0% 2024 up 80.0% 73rd
People practicing open defecation 5.9% 2024 down 42.7% 45th
Current health expenditure 4.4% 2023 down 11.7% 144th
Current health expenditure per capita 84.96 current US$ 2023 up 25.7% 150th
Out-of-pocket expenditure 24.2% 2023 down 24.5% 116th
Out-of-pocket expenditure per capita 20.6 current US$ 2023 down 5.2% 159th
Domestic general government health expenditure 44.9% 2023 up 33.3% 126th
Domestic general government health expenditure per capita, PPP 123.26 current international $ 2023 up 138.9% 141st
Domestic private health expenditure 35.0% 2023 down 20.0% 95th
Healthcare spending vs. GDP per capita 274.47 current international $ 2023 up 79.2% 147th
Domestic private health expenditure per capita 29.7 current US$ 2023 up 0.6% 157th
People using safely managed sanitation services 35.8% 2024 up 22.7% 104th
Immunization, Hib3 91.0% 2024 down 1.1% 90th
Child mortality vs. average years of schooling for women 3.88 deaths per 100 live births 2024 down 19.5% 43rd
Reported cases of measles 525 Cases 2024 up 48.3% 55th
Child mortality by income level of country 3.88 deaths per 100 live births 2024 down 19.5% 43rd
Number of infant deaths 51,310 2024 down 11.3% 15th
Number of under-five deaths 58,200 2024 down 17.0% 21st
Number of neonatal deaths 31,481 2024 down 7.1% 15th
Child mortality vs. health spending 3.88 deaths per 100 live births 2024 down 19.5% 43rd
Share of one-year-olds vaccinated against measles 88.0% 2024 down 7.4% 114th
Adolescent fertility rate 54.5 births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 2024 down 39.4% 60th
Sex ratio at birth 1.02 male births per female births 2024 down 0.1% 210th
Domestic general government health expenditure 8.7% 2023 up 21.0% 118th
External health expenditure 20.1% 2023 down 11.1% 35th
External health expenditure per capita 17.11 current US$ 2023 up 11.8% 42nd
External health expenditure per capita, PPP 55.27 current international $ 2023 up 59.3% 34th
Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age 32.2% 2023 up 17.9% 59th
Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women 31.7% 2023 up 20.5% 59th
Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women 39.8% 2023 up 3.4% 39th
Stillbirth rate 16.3 per 1,000 total births 2023 down 15.1% 41st
Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS 570,000 2024 down 43.0% 6th
Life expectancy vs. health spending 63.65 years 2023 up 3.1% 216th
Prevalence of undernourishment 36.8% 2023 up 94.7% 8th
Immunization, measles second dose 76.0% 2024 up 171.4% 123rd
Antiretroviral therapy coverage 87.0% 2024 up 61.1% 29th
Tuberculosis treatment success rate 89.0% 2023 up 3.5% 58th
Prevalence of hypertension, female 34.7% 2019 down 8.2% 123rd
Prevalence of hypertension, male 31.4% 2019 down 13.7% 159th
Prevalence of hypertension 33.2% 2019 down 11.0% 134th