Kenya
Country in Africa
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 57.5M (2025). World rank 26 of 216; in Africa, 7 of 54. Area: 580,367 km². World rank 49 of 249; in Africa, 23 of 59. Life expectancy: 63.8 years (2024). World rank 196 of 216 (1 = best); in Africa, 35 of 54. From 2015 to 2025: population 47.1M → 57.5M, GDP $70.1B → $135.9B, and GDP per person $1,489 → $2,363.
State
- Official name
- Republic of Kenya
- Local name
- Kenya
- Capital
- Nairobi
- Region
- Africa
- Form of government
- Presidential republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- William Ruto
- Head of government
- William Ruto
- Independence
- December 12, 1963
- Women in parliament
- 23.4% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 57,532,493 2025
- Area
- 580,367 km²
- GDP
- $135.9B 2025
- GDP per person
- $2,363 2025
- Life expectancy
- 63.8 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- English, Swahili
- Currency
- Kenyan Shilling (KES)
- Time zones
- UTC+3
- Calling code
- +254
- Emergency numbers
- 112, 999
- Driving side
- Left
- Plug types
- G
- Mains voltage
- 240 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 536
- Neighbours
- Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda
- Agricultural land
- 50% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Mount Kenya, 5,199 m
- Lowest point
- Indian Ocean, 0 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 762
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 20
- Warmest month in the capital
- March, 22°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- June, 19°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 630 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 99.1 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +1.9% 2025
- Living in cities
- 32.2% 2025
- Net migration per year
- -27.3K 2025
- Born in another country
- 1.8% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 36.3% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 60.7% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 3% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 66.1 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 61.6 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 3.2 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 27 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 7.2 2024
Society
- Religions
- Christian 85.5%, Muslim 10.9%, other 2%, and no religion 1.6% (2019)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 50.8 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 30.8 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 50.5 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 49.1 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 51.6 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $7,016 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +4.6% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- Lower-middle income
- Gross national income per person
- $2,200 2025
- Inflation
- +4.1% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 34 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 23.2% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 16.3% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 55.1% 2025
- Unemployment
- 5.5% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 15.3% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 63% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 15.8% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 21.8% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- -2.1% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +0.8% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 3.8% 2025
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 14.1% 2023
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 38.5 2022
- Living on under $3 a day
- 45.5% 2022
Education
- Adult literacy
- 82.2% 2000
- Primary school enrolment
- 98.3% 2023
- Secondary school enrolment
- 84.3% 2023
- Higher education enrolment
- 10.4% 2024
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 4% 2024
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 4.4% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $85 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 24.3% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 0.3 2023
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 2.3 2023
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 1.3 2019
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 88% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 34.2 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 38.8 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 149 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 3% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 3.1% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 33.7% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 9.6% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 65.6% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 40.9% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 32% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 4.9 2022
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 28.3 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 4.6 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 46 2025
- Natural hazards
- volcanoes, floods, and droughts
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 20.3 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 0.4 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 1.8 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 6.6% 2024
- Protected areas
- 11.8% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 382 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 33.2% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 35% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 126 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 3 2024
- Internet domain
- .ke
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 77% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 195 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 67.7% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 78.1% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 8.8% 2024
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 5,138,290 2023
- Airports
- 368 2025
- Railways, km
- 3,819 2018
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 0.8% 2024
- Researchers per million people
- 384 2024
- Scientific articles per year
- 2,079 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 396 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 3.2% 2024