International Rankings of Kenya 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Kenya, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Kenya, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	101	11	2018
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	88	491183	0
Internet users - percent of population	192	17.83 %	2018
Internet users - total	58	9.129 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	184	1	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	148	70394	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	122	104.22	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	30	54.555 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	75	19.240 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	79	13.950 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	88	6.7 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	68	58.3	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	42	73.2	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	79	82.7	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	90	67.4	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	67	95.520 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	163	13.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	90	14.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	40	79.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	30	25.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	92	18.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	63	1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	13	34.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	127	17.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	148	47.5 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	25	37.8 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2005
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	33	1.8 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	52	3.6 %	2017
Labor force	28	19.600 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	26	61.1 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	115	6.7 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	138	32.2 %	2005
Population below poverty line	47	36.1	2015
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	64	227.638 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	151	4330 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	130	17.6 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	88	17.980 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2015
Crude oil - imports	71	12550	2015
Crude oil - production	89	0	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	90	0	2018
Electricity - consumption	105	7.863 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	87	39.100 million kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	64	33	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	38	34	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	10	33	2017
Electricity - imports	94	184.000 million kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	110	2.401 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	104	9.634 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	108	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	94	0	2014
Refined petroleum products - consumption	76	109000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	118	173 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	58	90620 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	96	13960 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	83	17.91 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	45	37.65 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	64	25.85 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	62	48.1	2018
Land use - arable land	96	9.8	2018
Land use - forest	156	6.1	2018
Land use - other	45	45.8	2018
Land use - permanent crops	76	0.9	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	36	37.4	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	45	1.3 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	106	30.700 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	60	3.234 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	73	303.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	75	495.000 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	16	4.09	2025
Urbanization - urban population	164	28.5	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	39	5.595 million tons	2010
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	54	447608 tons	2009
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	63	8 %	2009
Geography
Area - land	50	569140 sq km	0
Area - total	51	580367 sq km	0
Area - water	56	1.123 million sq km	0
Coastline	99	536 km	0
Elevation - highest point	16	5199 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	42	762 meters	0
Irrigated land	89	1030 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	59	3457 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	62	48.1	2018
Land use - arable land	96	9.8	2018
Land use - forest	156	6.1	2018
Land use - other	45	45.8	2018
Land use - permanent crops	76	0.9	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	36	37.4	2018
Total renewable water resources	105	30.700 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	14	20.45 %	0372
Age structure - 25-54 years	169	33.75 %	1207
Age structure - 55-64 years	185	4.01 %	3305
Birth rate	39	26.78 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	53	59.7 %	2019
Current Health Expenditure	58	5.2 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	167	5.09 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	127	4.3 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	9	23.5 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	43	69.8 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	40	65.5 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	59	89 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	21	39.6 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	12	32 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	10	11 % of population	0
Education expenditures	26	5.3 % of GDP	2018
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	13	4.2	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	7	29000	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	7	1.400 million	2020
Hospital bed density	55	1.4 beds/1,000 population	2010
Infant mortality rate - female	58	25.63 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	60	31.93 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	60	28.81 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	150	71.03 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	146	67.65 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	149	69.32 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	28	342	2017
Median age - female	144	20.1 years	2020
Median age - male	130	19.9 years	0
Median age - total	131	20 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	70	20.3	2014
Net migration rate	83	0.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	121	7.1 %	2016
Physicians density	143	0.16 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	26	54.685 million	2021
Population growth rate	35	2.15 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	81	78.8 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	34	58.8 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	21	48.8 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	25	21.2 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	11	11 years	2009
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	10	11 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	11	11 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	14	1.01 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	24	1	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	25	1	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	26	0.96	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	27	0.84 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	12	1.02 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	17	1 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	38	3.36 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	118	7.4	2016
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	107	7.3	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	117	7.4	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	16	4.09	2025
Urbanization - urban population	164	28.5	2021
Transportation
Airports	28	197	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	42	2	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	37	2	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	38	6	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	22	5	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	62	16	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	34	1	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	18	14	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	12	107	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	19	181	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	31	60	2013
Heliports	26	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	55	294.970 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	58	5.936 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	32	188	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	6	25	2020
Railways - total	51	3819 km	2018
Roadways - paved	63	14420 km	4048
Roadways - total	28	177800 km	2018
Waterways	95	N/A km	2011

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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