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EASTERN AFRICA

Kenya

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Nairobi · pop. 53M · English, Swahili · Kenyan shilling

Metrics

  1. population
    53M
    27 of 176
    REST Countries · UN data
  2. gdp
    $108B
    64 of 170
    World Bank · latest available
  3. gdp per capita
    $1,943
    133 of 170
    World Bank · latest available
  4. military spending
    $1B
    74 of 151
    SIPRI via World Bank
  5. military % of gdp
    1.0%
    113 of 148
    SIPRI via World Bank
  6. area
    580K km²
    49 of 176
    REST Countries
  7. population density
    91.4 /km²
    58 of 144
    zuhd — derived from population and area
  8. life expectancy
    63.6 yr
    155 of 175
    World Bank · latest available
  9. internet access
    35%
    137 of 166
    ITU via World Bank
  10. co₂ per capita
    0.38 t
    117 of 138
    World Bank · Climate Watch
  11. urbanization
    32%
    128 of 142
    World Bank · UN DESA
  12. fertility rate
    3.2
    37 of 142
    World Bank · UN DESA
  13. foreign-born share
    1.8%
    95 of 141
    World Bank · UN DESA
  14. remittances % of gdp
    4.2%
    43 of 131
    World Bank · IMF BOP
  15. r&d % of gdp
    0.8%
    39 of 106
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
  16. researchers per million
    384
    68 of 100
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
  17. scientific articles / yr
    2.0K
    63 of 142
    NSF / World Bank
  18. high-tech exports %
    3%
    91 of 131
    World Bank · UN Comtrade
  19. gini inequality
    38.5
    34 of 117
    World Bank · PovcalNet
  20. youth unemployment
    15%
    63 of 140
    ILO via World Bank
  21. democracy (v-dem)
    0.45
    55 of 138
    V-Dem via Our World in Data
  22. cpi (clean gov)
    32
    93 of 139
    Transparency International via Our World in Data
  23. press freedom
    33.6
    68 of 139
    RSF via Our World in Data
  24. human development
    0.628
    102 of 140
    UNDP via Our World in Data
  25. refugees hosted
    604K
    14 of 138
    UNHCR via Our World in Data
  26. refugees produced
    12K
    50 of 139
    UNHCR via Our World in Data

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