Reference Data in Kenya

2,589 indicators covering reference data for Kenya.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Probability of dying in infancy, by sex 2.6% 2023 down 19.2% 44th
Probability of dying that year, among males 3.3% 2023 down 16.8% 46th
Number of children under 5 7.04 million people 2023 down 0.9% 19th
Equal rights of inheritance for sons and daughters when no will is left 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Total dependency ratio 67.7% 2023 down 17.6% 54th
Old-age dependency ratio 4.9% 2023 up 18.9% 218th
Age dependency breakdown 4.9% 2023 up 18.9% 218th
Number of 1-year-olds, by sex 707,643 people 2023 up 0.2% 17th
Air passengers 5.14 million 2023 up 13.8% 61st
Dietary compositions by commodity group 14.81 kilocalories per day per capita 2023 up 44.9% 177th
Median age 19.53 years 2023 up 13.0% 198th
Net official development assistance and official aid received 2.60 billion constant 2023 US$ 2023 down 26.6% 14th
15_Debt securities held by nonresidents, total, short term, annual -9.6 % change on previous year 2025 up 83.7% 74th
Armed forces personnel as a share of total population 0.0% 2020 down 34.3% 162nd
Armed forces personnel 24,000 2020 down 17.6% 96th
Number of people living in the capital city 9.87 million people 2100 up 0.2% 27th
Meaningful democratic electoral institutions, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 1st
Ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons 0.4021 ratio 2022 up 96.2% 38th
Annual new cases of neonatal tetanus per million people 16.98 cases per million 2024 up 2,076.9% 1st
Net food imports by crop - Rice, broken -17,266 2019 down 110.9% 129th
Total Reserves, per square kilometre 0.0244 units per square kilometre 2023 up 63.5% 120th
Industry jobs as a share of total employment 12.5% 2025 up 19.6% 157th
Prevalence rate of hypertension in adults aged 30-79 33.2 2019 down 11.0% 136th
Nitrogen use efficiency 62.0% 2014 up 29.7% 69th
Share of men defined as underweight, healthy, overweight and obese 13.3% 2014 down 13.1% 31st
Wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre 0.0007 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 60.3% 73rd
Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per square kilometre 0.1241 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 74.7% 65th
Share of children who are overweight or obese 4.3% 2024 down 4.4% 110th
Commercial bank branches 4.52 per 100,000 adults 2024 down 19.4% 144th
Years a country was a European overseas colony, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2022 1st
Share of government spending going to interest payments 16.4% 2023 up 52.7% 21st
Reported versus estimated cases of polio 8 cases 2023 down 42.9% 8th
Paralytic polio: estimated cases by world region 8.88 cases 2023 down 42.9% 8th
Reported cases of paralytic polio by world region 8 cases 2023 down 42.9% 8th
Reported paralytic polio cases per million 0.1452 cases per million 2023 down 53.5% 15th
Reported cases of paralytic polio 8 cases 2023 down 42.9% 8th
Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted 1.27 million 2024 down 31.9% 23rd
IPAC Dashboard indicators — Geothermal 4,773 Index 2024 up 90.3% 8th
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2) - LULUCF -7,622 2019 down 150.4% 189th
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2) - Land Use change 0 2019 down 100.0% 115th
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2) - AFOLU -7,622 2019 down 150.4% 189th
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - LULUCF -7,615 2019 down 150.4% 189th
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Land Use change 0.1083 2019 down 100.0% 125th
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - AFOLU, per square 0.0782 units per square kilometre 2019 down 22.3% 84th
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - AFOLU, per capita 0.0009 units per person 2019 down 37.6% 83rd
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Savanna fires 0.1892 2019 up 39.7% 57th
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - LULUCF 0.011 2019 down 22.5% 79th
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Land Use change 0.0002 2019 66th
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Fires in humid tropical forests 0.0002 2019 66th
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Forest fires 0.011 2019 down 22.5% 79th
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Savanna fires 50.14 2019 up 39.7% 57th
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - LULUCF 2.93 2019 down 22.5% 79th
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Land Use change 0.0502 2019 67th
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Fires in humid 0.0502 2019 67th
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Forest fires 2.93 2019 down 22.5% 79th
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2) - Fires in organic soils 0 2019 6th
Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Savanna fires 2.07 2019 up 39.8% 57th
Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - LULUCF 0.121 2019 down 22.5% 79th
Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Land Use change 0.0021 2019 67th
Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Fires in humid tropical forests 0.0021 2019 66th