Kenya vs Malawi
Kenya vs Malawi: Access to electricity
Access to electricity in 2024: 77% in Kenya and 15.6% in Malawi, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Kenya, by 61.4 percentage points, or 4.94 times that in Malawi.
% of people · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Kenya has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1993.
- In 2024, Kenya ranked 172 and Malawi ranked 211 of 213 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · World Bank
| Year | Kenya | Malawi | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 77 | 15.6 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 76.2 | 15.6 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 76 | 14 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 76.5 | 14.2 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 71.5 | 11.5 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 69.7 | 11.2 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 61.2 | 18 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 55.8 | 12.7 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 53.1 | 11 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 41.6 | 10.8 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 36 | 11.9 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 40.1 | 9 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 38.1 | 7.4 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 36.2 | 7.6 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 19.2 | 8.7 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 23 | 8.3 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 30.3 | 7.8 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 28.3 | 7.4 | 82 |
| 2006 | 26.4 | 3.7 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | 24.5 | 6.6 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | 22.6 | 6.9 | 80 |
| 2003 | 16 | 6.2 | 80 |
| 2002 | 18.9 | 5.6 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 17 | 5.2 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | 15.2 | 4.8 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | 13.2 | 4.3 | 74.5 |
| 1998 | 14.5 | 3.8 | 73.2 |
| 1997 | 9.3 | 3.4 | – |
| 1996 | 7.4 | 2.9 | – |
| 1995 | 5.4 | 2.5 | – |
| 1994 | 3.5 | 2 | – |
| 1993 | 10.9 | 1.6 | – |
| 1992 | – | 3.2 | – |
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
Kenya vs Malawi
Health
- Life expectancyKenya: 63.7 years in 2023Malawi: 67.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityKenya: 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024Malawi: 4.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityKenya: 29.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Malawi: 29.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionKenya: 3.51% in 2017Malawi: 3.45% in 2017
- Suicide rateKenya: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Malawi: 12.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationKenya: 55.3 million people in 2023Malawi: 21.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthKenya: 1.97% a year in 2023Malawi: 2.57% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateKenya: 3.21 births per woman in 2023Malawi: 3.65 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationKenya: 32.2% in 2025Malawi: 17.6% in 2025
- Median ageKenya: 19.5 years in 2023Malawi: 17.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overKenya: 2.9% in 2023Malawi: 2.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateKenya: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Malawi: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingKenya: 1.07% of GDP in 2025Malawi: 1.15% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsKenya: $1.36B in 2025Malawi: $128M in 2025
- Military spending per personKenya: $26 in 2025Malawi: $7 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingKenya: 4.6% of government spending in 2025Malawi: 3.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelKenya: 24,000 people in 2020Malawi: 15,000 people in 2020
- National powerKenya: 0.23% of world capability in 2022Malawi: 0.07% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersKenya: 0.11% of the labour force in 2020Malawi: 0.2% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsKenya: 117 million TIV in 2025Malawi: 2 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsKenya: 2 million TIV in 1993Malawi: 1 million TIV in 2000