Bangladesh vs Kenya
Bangladesh vs Kenya: Learning-adjusted schooling
Learning-adjusted schooling in 2020: 6 years in Bangladesh and 8.5 years in Kenya, by World Bank estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Kenya, by 2.5 years, or 1.41 times that in Bangladesh.
years · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Kenya has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2017.
- In 2020, Bangladesh ranked 132 and Kenya ranked 74 of 174 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
years · World Bank
| Year | Bangladesh | Kenya |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 6 | 8.5 |
| 2018 | 6 | 8.4 |
| 2017 | 6.5 | 7.8 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The years of school a child can expect by 18, cut to what students actually learn: the World Bank’s learning-adjusted years of school.
- Source: World Bank Human Capital Index, via Our World in Data.
- Ranks count the 174 countries with a value in 2020, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Bangladesh vs Kenya
Health
- Life expectancyBangladesh: 74.7 years in 2023Kenya: 63.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBangladesh: 3.1 per 100 live births in 2024Kenya: 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBangladesh: 22.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Kenya: 29.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBangladesh: 4.11% in 2017Kenya: 3.51% in 2017
- Suicide rateBangladesh: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017Kenya: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBangladesh: 172 million people in 2023Kenya: 55.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthBangladesh: 1.21% a year in 2023Kenya: 1.97% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBangladesh: 2.16 births per woman in 2023Kenya: 3.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBangladesh: 33.2% in 2025Kenya: 32.2% in 2025
- Median ageBangladesh: 25.3 years in 2023Kenya: 19.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBangladesh: 6.3% in 2023Kenya: 2.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateBangladesh: -3.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Kenya: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBangladesh: 0.81% of GDP in 2025Kenya: 1.07% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBangladesh: $3.67B in 2025Kenya: $1.36B in 2025
- Military spending per personBangladesh: $22 in 2025Kenya: $26 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBangladesh: 7.1% of government spending in 2025Kenya: 4.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBangladesh: 227,000 people in 2020Kenya: 24,000 people in 2020
- National powerBangladesh: 1.01% of world capability in 2022Kenya: 0.23% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBangladesh: 0.32% of the labour force in 2020Kenya: 0.11% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBangladesh: 32 million TIV in 2025Kenya: 117 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBangladesh: 2 million TIV in 1984Kenya: 2 million TIV in 1993