Kenya vs Singapore
Kenya vs Singapore: GDP per person
GDP per person in 2025: $1,908 in Kenya and $70,680 in Singapore, by World Bank estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Singapore, by $68,772, or 37 times that in Kenya.
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Singapore has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
- In 2025, Kenya ranked 145 and Singapore ranked 5 of 186 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: $12,130 in 2025.
Every year
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
| Year | Kenya | Singapore | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,908 | $70,680 | $12,130 |
| 2024 | $1,859 | $68,130 | $11,890 |
| 2023 | $1,811 | $65,980 | $11,670 |
| 2022 | $1,748 | $68,270 | $11,450 |
| 2021 | $1,699 | $67,850 | $11,170 |
| 2020 | $1,609 | $59,080 | $10,580 |
| 2019 | $1,646 | $61,110 | $11,000 |
| 2018 | $1,597 | $61,100 | $10,820 |
| 2017 | $1,542 | $59,490 | $10,590 |
| 2016 | $1,518 | $57,080 | $10,360 |
| 2015 | $1,489 | $55,650 | $10,190 |
| 2014 | $1,451 | $54,680 | $10,000 |
| 2013 | $1,414 | $53,300 | $9,811 |
| 2012 | $1,396 | $51,680 | $9,654 |
| 2011 | $1,371 | $50,710 | $9,515 |
| 2010 | $1,340 | $48,750 | $9,322 |
| 2009 | $1,277 | $43,330 | $9,028 |
| 2008 | $1,274 | $44,600 | $9,266 |
| 2007 | $1,310 | $46,180 | $9,191 |
| 2006 | $1,264 | $44,160 | $8,913 |
| 2005 | $1,223 | $41,800 | $8,639 |
| 2004 | $1,191 | $39,860 | $8,409 |
| 2003 | $1,169 | $36,710 | $8,151 |
| 2002 | $1,171 | $34,600 | $8,011 |
| 2001 | $1,202 | $33,600 | $7,932 |
| 2000 | $1,195 | $34,890 | $7,880 |
| 1999 | $1,225 | $32,560 | $7,639 |
| 1998 | $1,232 | $31,040 | $7,479 |
| 1997 | $1,226 | $32,840 | $7,382 |
| 1996 | $1,254 | $31,350 | $7,203 |
| 1995 | $1,238 | $30,380 | $7,058 |
| 1994 | $1,220 | $29,220 | $6,944 |
| 1993 | $1,224 | $27,140 | $6,819 |
| 1992 | $1,256 | $24,970 | $6,801 |
| 1991 | $1,305 | $24,130 | $6,773 |
| 1990 | $1,329 | $23,270 | $6,804 |
| 1989 | $1,321 | $22,030 | $6,741 |
| 1988 | $1,306 | $20,600 | $6,620 |
| 1987 | $1,274 | $18,990 | $6,446 |
| 1986 | $1,246 | $17,400 | $6,326 |
| 1985 | $1,205 | $17,150 | $6,233 |
| 1984 | $1,198 | $17,280 | $6,120 |
| 1983 | $1,222 | $16,190 | $5,947 |
| 1982 | $1,251 | $15,110 | $5,903 |
| 1981 | $1,277 | $14,740 | $5,986 |
| 1980 | $1,275 | $13,950 | $5,980 |
| 1979 | $1,251 | $12,830 | $5,978 |
| 1978 | $1,204 | $11,860 | $5,843 |
| 1977 | $1,165 | $11,140 | $5,710 |
| 1976 | $1,101 | $10,570 | $5,591 |
| 1975 | $1,113 | $9,974 | $5,410 |
| 1974 | $1,141 | $9,733 | $5,467 |
| 1973 | $1,134 | $9,326 | $5,465 |
| 1972 | $1,108 | $8,591 | $5,236 |
| 1971 | $980 | $7,723 | $5,061 |
| 1970 | $832 | $6,997 | $4,964 |
| 1969 | $907 | $6,237 | $4,885 |
| 1968 | $873 | $5,562 | $4,707 |
| 1967 | $841 | $4,985 | $4,535 |
| 1966 | $847 | $4,530 | $4,461 |
| 1965 | $768 | $4,215 | $4,321 |
| 1964 | $784 | $4,004 | $4,176 |
| 1963 | $777 | $4,240 | $3,999 |
| 1962 | $742 | $3,952 | $3,889 |
| 1961 | $705 | $3,777 | $3,759 |
| 1960 | $793 | $3,612 | $3,667 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The value of everything produced in the country in a year, divided by its people, in 2015 US dollars so that years compare.
- Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
- Ranks count the 186 countries with a value in 2025, 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 Singapore
Health
- Life expectancyKenya: 63.7 years in 2023Singapore: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityKenya: 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024Singapore: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityKenya: 29.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Singapore: 1.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionKenya: 3.51% in 2017Singapore: 3.44% in 2017
- Suicide rateKenya: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Singapore: 7.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationKenya: 55.3 million people in 2023Singapore: 5.79 million people in 2023
- Population growthKenya: 1.97% a year in 2023Singapore: 0.81% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateKenya: 3.21 births per woman in 2023Singapore: 0.94 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationKenya: 32.2% in 2025Singapore: 100% in 2025
- Median ageKenya: 19.5 years in 2023Singapore: 35.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overKenya: 2.9% in 2023Singapore: 13.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateKenya: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Singapore: 4.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingKenya: 1.07% of GDP in 2025Singapore: 3.05% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsKenya: $1.36B in 2025Singapore: $16.9B in 2025
- Military spending per personKenya: $26 in 2025Singapore: $2,980 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingKenya: 4.6% of government spending in 2025Singapore: 18% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelKenya: 24,000 people in 2020Singapore: 59,000 people in 2020
- National powerKenya: 0.23% of world capability in 2022Singapore: 0.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersKenya: 0.11% of the labour force in 2020Singapore: 1.72% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsKenya: 117 million TIV in 2025Singapore: 57 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsKenya: 2 million TIV in 1993Singapore: 79 million TIV in 2025