China vs Kenya
China vs Kenya: Access to electricity
Access to electricity in 2024: 100% in China and 77% in Kenya, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in China, by 23 percentage points, or 1.3 times that in Kenya.
% of people · World Bank
What the numbers say
- China has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2000.
- The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · World Bank
| Year | China | Kenya | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 100 | 77 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 100 | 76.2 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 100 | 76 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 100 | 76.5 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 100 | 71.5 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 100 | 69.7 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 100 | 61.2 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 100 | 55.8 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 100 | 53.1 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 100 | 41.6 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 100 | 36 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 100 | 40.1 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 99.9 | 38.1 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 99.9 | 36.2 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 99.7 | 19.2 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 99.1 | 23 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 98.8 | 30.3 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 98.5 | 28.3 | 82 |
| 2006 | 98.2 | 26.4 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | 97.9 | 24.5 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | 97.7 | 22.6 | 80 |
| 2003 | 97.4 | 16 | 80 |
| 2002 | 97.2 | 18.9 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 97 | 17 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | 96.7 | 15.2 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | – | 13.2 | 74.5 |
| 1998 | – | 14.5 | 73.2 |
| 1997 | – | 9.3 | – |
| 1996 | – | 7.4 | – |
| 1995 | – | 5.4 | – |
| 1994 | – | 3.5 | – |
| 1993 | – | 10.9 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people with access to electricity, from national surveys and the power industry.
- Source: Tracking SDG 7 (World Bank ESMAP), via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 213 countries with a value in 2024, 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
China vs Kenya
Health
- Life expectancyChina: 78 years in 2023Kenya: 63.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityChina: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024Kenya: 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityChina: 5.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Kenya: 29.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionChina: 3.31% in 2017Kenya: 3.51% in 2017
- Suicide rateChina: 7.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Kenya: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationChina: 1.42 billion people in 2023Kenya: 55.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthChina: -0.24% a year in 2023Kenya: 1.97% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateChina: 1 births per woman in 2023Kenya: 3.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationChina: 66.3% in 2025Kenya: 32.2% in 2025
- Median ageChina: 39.1 years in 2023Kenya: 19.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overChina: 14.3% in 2023Kenya: 2.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateChina: -0.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Kenya: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingChina: 1.73% of GDP in 2025Kenya: 1.07% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsChina: $335B in 2025Kenya: $1.36B in 2025
- Military spending per personChina: $237 in 2025Kenya: $26 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingChina: 5.1% of government spending in 2025Kenya: 4.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelChina: 2.54 million people in 2020Kenya: 24,000 people in 2020
- National powerChina: 23.41% of world capability in 2022Kenya: 0.23% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersChina: 0.33% of the labour force in 2020Kenya: 0.11% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsChina: 207 million TIV in 2025Kenya: 117 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsChina: 880 million TIV in 2025Kenya: 2 million TIV in 1993