Australia vs Kenya
Australia vs Kenya: GDP per person
GDP per person in 2025: $61,370 in Australia and $1,908 in Kenya, by World Bank estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Australia, by $59,462, or 32 times that in Kenya.
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Australia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
- In 2025, Australia ranked 10 and Kenya ranked 145 of 186 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: $12,130 in 2025.
Every year
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
| Year | Australia | Kenya | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $61,370 | $1,908 | $12,130 |
| 2024 | $61,490 | $1,859 | $11,890 |
| 2023 | $61,870 | $1,811 | $11,670 |
| 2022 | $61,200 | $1,748 | $11,450 |
| 2021 | $59,470 | $1,699 | $11,170 |
| 2020 | $58,380 | $1,609 | $10,580 |
| 2019 | $59,180 | $1,646 | $11,000 |
| 2018 | $58,770 | $1,597 | $10,820 |
| 2017 | $57,990 | $1,542 | $10,590 |
| 2016 | $57,630 | $1,518 | $10,360 |
| 2015 | $56,970 | $1,489 | $10,190 |
| 2014 | $56,570 | $1,451 | $10,000 |
| 2013 | $55,970 | $1,414 | $9,811 |
| 2012 | $55,470 | $1,396 | $9,654 |
| 2011 | $54,300 | $1,371 | $9,515 |
| 2010 | $53,770 | $1,340 | $9,322 |
| 2009 | $53,430 | $1,277 | $9,028 |
| 2008 | $53,500 | $1,274 | $9,266 |
| 2007 | $52,670 | $1,310 | $9,191 |
| 2006 | $51,680 | $1,264 | $8,913 |
| 2005 | $50,970 | $1,223 | $8,639 |
| 2004 | $50,020 | $1,191 | $8,409 |
| 2003 | $48,510 | $1,169 | $8,151 |
| 2002 | $47,600 | $1,171 | $8,011 |
| 2001 | $46,310 | $1,202 | $7,932 |
| 2000 | $45,980 | $1,195 | $7,880 |
| 1999 | $44,760 | $1,225 | $7,639 |
| 1998 | $43,080 | $1,232 | $7,479 |
| 1997 | $41,570 | $1,226 | $7,382 |
| 1996 | $40,440 | $1,254 | $7,203 |
| 1995 | $39,410 | $1,238 | $7,058 |
| 1994 | $38,360 | $1,220 | $6,944 |
| 1993 | $37,250 | $1,224 | $6,819 |
| 1992 | $36,120 | $1,256 | $6,801 |
| 1991 | $36,370 | $1,305 | $6,773 |
| 1990 | $36,980 | $1,329 | $6,804 |
| 1989 | $36,230 | $1,321 | $6,741 |
| 1988 | $35,470 | $1,306 | $6,620 |
| 1987 | $34,100 | $1,274 | $6,446 |
| 1986 | $33,760 | $1,246 | $6,326 |
| 1985 | $32,940 | $1,205 | $6,233 |
| 1984 | $31,710 | $1,198 | $6,120 |
| 1983 | $30,690 | $1,222 | $5,947 |
| 1982 | $31,820 | $1,251 | $5,903 |
| 1981 | $31,330 | $1,277 | $5,986 |
| 1980 | $30,800 | $1,275 | $5,980 |
| 1979 | $30,260 | $1,251 | $5,978 |
| 1978 | $29,390 | $1,204 | $5,843 |
| 1977 | $29,470 | $1,165 | $5,710 |
| 1976 | $28,770 | $1,101 | $5,591 |
| 1975 | $28,330 | $1,113 | $5,410 |
| 1974 | $28,300 | $1,141 | $5,467 |
| 1973 | $27,880 | $1,134 | $5,465 |
| 1972 | $27,590 | $1,108 | $5,236 |
| 1971 | $27,050 | $980 | $5,061 |
| 1970 | $26,900 | $832 | $4,964 |
| 1969 | $25,600 | $907 | $4,885 |
| 1968 | $24,420 | $873 | $4,707 |
| 1967 | $23,650 | $841 | $4,535 |
| 1966 | $22,530 | $847 | $4,461 |
| 1965 | $22,510 | $768 | $4,321 |
| 1964 | $21,660 | $784 | $4,176 |
| 1963 | $20,650 | $777 | $3,999 |
| 1962 | $19,820 | $742 | $3,889 |
| 1961 | $20,050 | $705 | $3,759 |
| 1960 | $19,960 | $793 | $3,667 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The value of everything produced in the country in a year, divided by its people, in 2015 US dollars so that years compare.
- Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
- Ranks count the 186 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Australia vs Kenya
Health
- Life expectancyAustralia: 83.9 years in 2023Kenya: 63.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAustralia: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Kenya: 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAustralia: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Kenya: 29.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionAustralia: 4.62% in 2017Kenya: 3.51% in 2017
- Suicide rateAustralia: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Kenya: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAustralia: 26.5 million people in 2023Kenya: 55.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthAustralia: 0.99% a year in 2023Kenya: 1.97% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAustralia: 1.64 births per woman in 2023Kenya: 3.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAustralia: 87.7% in 2025Kenya: 32.2% in 2025
- Median ageAustralia: 37.8 years in 2023Kenya: 19.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAustralia: 17.4% in 2023Kenya: 2.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateAustralia: 5.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Kenya: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAustralia: 1.92% of GDP in 2025Kenya: 1.07% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAustralia: $35.3B in 2025Kenya: $1.36B in 2025
- Military spending per personAustralia: $1,316 in 2025Kenya: $26 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAustralia: 4.9% of government spending in 2025Kenya: 4.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAustralia: 60,000 people in 2020Kenya: 24,000 people in 2020
- National powerAustralia: 0.6% of world capability in 2022Kenya: 0.23% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAustralia: 0.44% of the labour force in 2020Kenya: 0.11% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAustralia: 826 million TIV in 2025Kenya: 117 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAustralia: 108 million TIV in 2025Kenya: 2 million TIV in 1993