Canada vs Kenya
Canada vs Kenya: National power
National power in 2022: 0.81% of world capability in Canada and 0.23% of world capability in Kenya, by Correlates of War estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Canada, by 0.58 percentage points, or 3.58 times that in Kenya.
% of world capability · Correlates of War
What the numbers say
- Canada has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1963.
- In 2022, Canada ranked 25 and Kenya ranked 60 of 195 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of world capability · Correlates of War
| Year | Canada | Kenya |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.81 | 0.23 |
| 2021 | 0.82 | 0.22 |
| 2020 | 0.79 | 0.22 |
| 2019 | 0.81 | 0.22 |
| 2018 | 0.83 | 0.22 |
| 2017 | 0.84 | 0.21 |
| 2016 | 0.85 | 0.21 |
| 2015 | 0.85 | 0.2 |
| 2014 | 0.87 | 0.19 |
| 2013 | 0.87 | 0.19 |
| 2012 | 0.92 | 0.19 |
| 2011 | 0.94 | 0.18 |
| 2010 | 0.96 | 0.18 |
| 2009 | 0.96 | 0.18 |
| 2008 | 1.04 | 0.18 |
| 2007 | 1.08 | 0.18 |
| 2006 | 1.08 | 0.17 |
| 2005 | 1.09 | 0.17 |
| 2004 | 1.11 | 0.17 |
| 2003 | 1.13 | 0.17 |
| 2002 | 1.15 | 0.16 |
| 2001 | 1.08 | 0.16 |
| 2000 | 1.13 | 0.15 |
| 1999 | 1.15 | 0.16 |
| 1998 | 1.13 | 0.16 |
| 1997 | 1.12 | 0.16 |
| 1996 | 1.13 | 0.16 |
| 1995 | 1.15 | 0.16 |
| 1994 | 1.17 | 0.15 |
| 1993 | 1.2 | 0.15 |
| 1992 | 1.2 | 0.15 |
| 1991 | 1.17 | 0.15 |
| 1990 | 1.1 | 0.14 |
| 1989 | 1.2 | 0.14 |
| 1988 | 1.14 | 0.14 |
| 1987 | 1.13 | 0.14 |
| 1986 | 1.11 | 0.13 |
| 1985 | 1.11 | 0.13 |
| 1984 | 1.16 | 0.13 |
| 1983 | 1.12 | 0.12 |
| 1982 | 1.11 | 0.12 |
| 1981 | 1.17 | 0.12 |
| 1980 | 1.18 | 0.12 |
| 1979 | 1.18 | 0.12 |
| 1978 | 1.17 | 0.11 |
| 1977 | 1.17 | 0.11 |
| 1976 | 1.16 | 0.1 |
| 1975 | 1.17 | 0.1 |
| 1974 | 1.17 | 0.1 |
| 1973 | 1.16 | 0.1 |
| 1972 | 1.16 | 0.1 |
| 1971 | 1.15 | 0.1 |
| 1970 | 1.14 | 0.09 |
| 1969 | 1.11 | 0.08 |
| 1968 | 1.19 | 0.08 |
| 1967 | 1.2 | 0.08 |
| 1966 | 1.22 | 0.08 |
| 1965 | 1.28 | 0.08 |
| 1964 | 1.28 | 0.08 |
| 1963 | 1.25 | 0.07 |
| 1962 | 1.26 | – |
| 1961 | 1.26 | – |
| 1960 | 1.24 | – |
| 1959 | 1.28 | – |
| 1958 | 1.26 | – |
| 1957 | 1.32 | – |
| 1956 | 1.37 | – |
| 1955 | 1.32 | – |
| 1954 | 1.33 | – |
| 1953 | 1.42 | – |
| 1952 | 1.42 | – |
| 1951 | 1.35 | – |
| 1950 | 1.26 | – |
| 1949 | 1.28 | – |
| 1948 | 1.26 | – |
| 1947 | 1.32 | – |
| 1946 | 1.56 | – |
| 1945 | 1.7 | – |
| 1944 | 1.7 | – |
| 1943 | 1.85 | – |
| 1942 | 1.71 | – |
| 1941 | 1.51 | – |
| 1940 | 1.21 | – |
| 1939 | 0.91 | – |
| 1938 | 0.87 | – |
| 1937 | 0.89 | – |
| 1936 | 0.86 | – |
| 1935 | 0.87 | – |
| 1934 | 0.89 | – |
| 1933 | 0.84 | – |
| 1932 | 0.86 | – |
| 1931 | 0.92 | – |
| 1930 | 0.98 | – |
| 1929 | 0.98 | – |
| 1928 | 0.97 | – |
| 1927 | 0.94 | – |
| 1926 | 0.92 | – |
| 1925 | 0.87 | – |
| 1924 | 0.89 | – |
| 1923 | 0.99 | – |
| 1922 | 0.84 | – |
| 1921 | 1.05 | – |
| 1920 | 1.01 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The Correlates of War’s Composite Index of National Capability: the country’s share of the world’s military spending, soldiers, iron and steel, energy use, people and city dwellers, averaged.
- Source: Correlates of War Project, National Material Capabilities v7.0; Singer, Bremer and Stuckey (1972), “Capability Distribution, Uncertainty, and Major Power War, 1820–1965”, in Bruce Russett (ed.), Peace, War, and Numbers, Sage, 19–48.
- Ranks count the 195 countries with a value in 2022, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Canada vs Kenya
Health
- Life expectancyCanada: 82.6 years in 2023Kenya: 63.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCanada: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024Kenya: 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCanada: 4.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Kenya: 29.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionCanada: 3.99% in 2017Kenya: 3.51% in 2017
- Suicide rateCanada: 10.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Kenya: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCanada: 39.3 million people in 2023Kenya: 55.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthCanada: 1.22% a year in 2023Kenya: 1.97% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCanada: 1.35 births per woman in 2023Kenya: 3.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCanada: 82.9% in 2025Kenya: 32.2% in 2025
- Median ageCanada: 40.3 years in 2023Kenya: 19.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCanada: 19.4% in 2023Kenya: 2.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateCanada: 11 per 1,000 people in 2023Kenya: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCanada: 1.63% of GDP in 2025Kenya: 1.07% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCanada: $37.5B in 2025Kenya: $1.36B in 2025
- Military spending per personCanada: $939 in 2025Kenya: $26 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCanada: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Kenya: 4.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCanada: 72,000 people in 2020Kenya: 24,000 people in 2020
- Armed forces, share of workersCanada: 0.35% of the labour force in 2020Kenya: 0.11% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCanada: 83 million TIV in 2025Kenya: 117 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsCanada: 312 million TIV in 2025Kenya: 2 million TIV in 1993