Kenya vs Malawi
Kenya vs Malawi: Internet users
Internet users in 2024: 35% in Kenya and 19% in Malawi, by ITU estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Kenya, by 16 percentage points, or 1.84 times that in Malawi.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- Kenya has been higher since 1997.
- In 2024, Kenya ranked 158 and Malawi ranked 173 of 182 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 71.2% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Kenya | Malawi | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 35 | 19 | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 32.1 | 18 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 29.4 | 16.9 | 67 |
| 2021 | 27 | 15.3 | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 24.7 | 13.9 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 22.7 | 11.1 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 19.5 | 8.8 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 17.8 | 7 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 16.6 | 6.3 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 16.6 | 6 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 16.5 | 5.8 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 13 | 5.1 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 10.5 | 4.4 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 8.8 | 3.3 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 7.2 | 2.3 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 6.1 | 1.1 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 5.2 | 0.7 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 4.4 | 1 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 3.6 | 0.4 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 3.1 | 0.4 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 3 | 0.3 | – |
| 2003 | 2.9 | 0.3 | – |
| 2002 | 1.2 | 0.2 | – |
| 2001 | 0.6 | 0.2 | – |
| 2000 | 0.3 | 0.1 | – |
| 1999 | 0.1 | 0.1 | – |
| 1998 | 0.1 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – | – |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people who used the internet in the last three months, from anywhere.
- Source: ITU, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 182 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