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Kenya

Kenya reports more, and more often, than most of the continent. Eight of ten datasets here reach 2025; two stop earlier, and this page shows where.

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Where Kenya ranks in 2024, of 53 · change since 2014
7thGDP$120.4bn
9thMobile126 per 10018
30thInternet use35.0%9
Last updated 7 Oct 2026 · World Bank · IMF · UNHCR
TanzaniaSomaliaEthiopiaUgandaSouth SudanNairobiMombasa
Five land borders, 536 km of coast. Hover a neighbour to compare.
CapitalNairobiLanguagesEnglish, SwahiliCurrencyKenyan shilling · KESArea580,367 km²

At a glance

57.5 million people, half of them under 20, in an economy of $147.3bn in 2026, growing 4.5% a year.

Kenya’s economy is measured monthly and its households are measured by census. That split runs through everything below: exchange rates and market prices arrive within days, while access to water and power is estimated years after the fact.

One of the four figures beside this is modelled rather than reported. The page marks which is which everywhere, so a number you cite is a number you can defend.

How current the record is
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Current to 2025To 2024Stop by 2023
Population57.5mpeople · Reported · 2025
Median age20.3years · Modelled · 2026
GDP per capita$2,714current US$ · Reported · 2026
Internet use35.0%of population · Reported · 2024
Coverage — ten datasets, ten years

Eight of ten datasets carry a 2025 figure. Climate stops at 2024; policies stops at 2021. Hatching is the absence of a figure, not a low one.

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FX rates
Markets
Trade
Government
Policies
Prices
Power
Climate
Humanitarian
ReportedModelledNo figure
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Goods trade balanceExports and imports, US$ billions
0204020142024ImportsExports
Imports have run at roughly 1.6 times exports over the decade; the band is the deficit.World BankSources →
Where exports goTop destinations, 2025
Uganda$1.25bnUnited States$0.62bnUAE$0.60bn
Uganda takes more of Kenya’s goods than United States and UAE combined.Trade partners recordSources →
Where imports come fromTop origins, 2025
China$5.19bnUAE$2.51bnIndia$2.27bn
China alone supplies more than UAE and India together.Trade partners recordSources →
GDP per capitaCurrent US$, not inflation-adjusted
$1.2k$1.7k$2.2k20142024$2,133
Reported every year, including the 2023 dip in dollar terms.IMFSources →
InflationAnnual change in consumer prices
0%5%10%201420244.5%
4.5% in 2024; the decade’s peak was 8.0% in 2017.Central Bank of KenyaSources →
Remittances receivedUS$ billions, current prices
03620142024$5.00bn
3.5 times the 2014 figure.World BankSources →
Goods exports by value2025 · top categories
Coffee & tea$1.88bnMineral fuels$0.91bnCut flowers$0.88bn
Coffee & tea alone is 51% of the recorded top categories; services are excluded here.Trade products recordSources →
Public debtGross central government debt, share of GDP
0%40%80%2014202467.3%
Up 26 points since 2014.IMFSources →
Shilling per US dollarAnnual average exchange rate
8013018020142024134.8
Lost 16% of its dollar value in 2023, then recovered in 2024.World Bank GEMSources →
Access to electricityShare of population with a connection
0501002014202477.0%
Up 41 points in a decade — the fastest-moving service in the record.World BankSources →
Under-five mortalityDeaths before age five, per 1,000 live births
3045602014202438.8
Falling steadily; modelled between census years.WHOSources →
Life expectancy at birthYears
5065802014202463.8 yrs
Rising steadily across the decade.World BankSources →
Mobile subscriptionsPer 100 people · 100 marks parity
05010015020142024126
More subscriptions than people since 2019.World BankSources →
Urban populationShare living in urban areas
25%30%35%40%2014202431.9%
Reported every year the record allows.World BankSources →
Who holds powerFive heads of state since 1964, and every office beneath the current one as the record holds it
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19642026
The executive as of
Oct 2026Where it stands

William Ruto has held the office of President of Kenya since Sep 2022. The record holds no current ministers, and a Prime Cabinet Secretary.

ElectedAppointed
William RutoWilliam RutoPresident of Kenyain office since Sep 2022
No second seatthe deputy for this date is not in the record
Musalia MudavadiMusalia MudavadiPrime Cabinet Secretaryin office since Oct 2022
1 seat confirmed current · 18 recorded for 2025
—Ministersthe portfolios as they stood at this date are not in the record
Neither the portfolio names nor the size of the Cabinet for this date are in the record — hatching marks what we do not hold.
—Junior ministersjunior ministers for this date are not in the record
No ministers of state, delegates or deputy ministers are in the record for this date — hatching marks what we do not hold.
Outside the chain
—No subnational recordgovernors and provincial offices are not held

The record follows the national executive only. Governors, provincial administrators and other offices outside this chain are not held for Kenya.

Read this first Coverage varies by country and institution. Recorded offices are not a complete government roster. Marked current is a source claim. Missing dates are shown as uncertain. Office groups are classifications. Connections are recorded Wikidata relationships, not verified reporting lines.

Wikidata · offices, terms and their dates as the record classifies them · structure as of 18 Oct 2026 · Portraits: Wikimedia Commons, licences per imageAll offices and people →Data and sources →
Kenya
The whole table

Eight measures, with the year each one was taken

Reporting periods differ by source
IndicatorLatestYear2014ChangeCertaintySource
Access to electricity77.0%202436.0%+41.0 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Basic sanitation5.1%20244.5%+0.6 ptsReportedUNICEF
Clean cooking fuel32.0%202411.0%+21.0 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Under-five mortality38.8202448.3−9.4 per 1,000ModelledWHO
Life expectancy at birth63.8 yrs202462.0 yrs+1.8 yrsReportedWorld Bank
Urban population32.2%202531.8%+0.4 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Internet use35.0%202416.5%+18.5 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Mobile subscriptions126 / 100202473 / 100+53ReportedWorld Bank

Every indicator we hold for Kenya

171 of 207 indicators carry a figure for Kenya. Each opens its own page with the full history, the source and the API request.

Economy
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Development
Demographics
Health
Child Welfare
Education
Food Security
Agriculture
Governance
Humanitarian
Technology
Infrastructure
Energy
Climate

How Kenya ranks across Africa

Kenya's position on 170 indicators, among the countries with a recent figure for each. A higher place means a higher value, not a better result. Each links to the full ranking.

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Compare Kenya with other African countries

The record for every other African country, by region, and side-by-side comparisons where we publish them.

Kenya compared

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Sources, method & citation

Every figure on this page is traceable to a named publication and a retrieval date. Where we model a value we say so; where no one has reported, we leave it empty.

Upstream sources
World Bank2025
IMF2026
UNHCR2025
Central Bank of Kenya2026
Sources & methods
Cite this page

Africa API (2026) — “Kenya: country record”. Retrieved 18 Oct 2026.

Free to use under CC BY 4.0. Each upstream source keeps its own licence.
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