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Kenya vs Somalia
How Kenya and Somalia compare on 34 measures, from 1900 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Kenya was higher: 63.7 years against 58.8 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Kenya was higher: $1,908 against $465
- Population · In 2023, Kenya was higher: 55.3 million people against 18.4 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Somalia was higher: 1.54% of GDP against 1.07% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Kenya was higher: 0.38 tonnes against 0.05 tonnes
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KenyaSomalia
| Measure | Kenya | Somalia | Over the years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | |||
| Life expectancyyears · 2023 | 63.7 | 58.8 | |
| Child mortalitydeaths before age 5 per 100 live births · 2024 | 3.9 | 10.1 | |
| Infant mortalitydeaths per 1,000 live births · 2023 | 29.7 | 66.3 | |
| Depression% of people · 2017 | 3.51 | 3.79 | |
| Suicide ratedeaths per 100,000 people · 2017 | 11.1 | 9.9 | |
| People | |||
| Populationpeople · 2023 | 55.3 million | 18.4 million | |
| Population growth% a year · 2023 | 1.97 | 3.57 | |
| Fertility ratebirths per woman · 2023 | 3.21 | 6.13 | |
| Urban population% of people · 2025 | 32.2 | 55.1 | |
| Median ageyears · 2023 | 19.5 | 15.5 | |
| People aged 65 and over% of people · 2023 | 2.9 | 2.6 | |
| Net migration rateper 1,000 people · 2023 | -0.2 | 2.5 | |
| Economy | |||
| GDP per personUS dollars at 2015 prices · 2025 | $1,908 | $465 | |
| GDP growth% a year · 2025 | 4.6 | 42024 | |
| Inflation% a year · 2025 | 4.1 | 5.52024 | |
| Education | |||
| Adult literacy% of adults · 2022 | 82.22000 | 54.1 | |
| Politics | |||
| Electoral democracyindex, 0 to 1 · 2025 | 0.56 | 0.17 | |
| Human rightsindex, 0 to 1 · 2025 | 0.74 | 0.45 | |
| Conflict | |||
| Deaths in conflictsdeaths a year · 2022 | 81 | 3,110 | |
| Military | |||
| Military spending% of GDP · 2025 | 1.07 | 1.54 | |
| Military spending in US dollarsUS dollars at 2024 prices · 2025 | $1.36B | $193M | |
| Military spending per personUS dollars per person · 2025 | $26 | $10 | |
| Military share of state spending% of government spending · 2025 | 4.6 | 20.8 | |
| Armed forces personnelpeople · 2020 | 24,000 | 14,000 | |
| National power% of world capability · 2022 | 0.23 | 0.13 | |
| Armed forces, share of workers% of the labour force · 2020 | 0.11 | 0.47 | |
| Arms importsSIPRI trend-indicator values · 2025 | 117 million | 2 million | |
| Climate | |||
| Temperature°C · 2025 | 25.9 | 27.1 | |
| Days above 35 °Cdays a year · 2014 | 48.1 | 58 | |
| Tropical nightsnights a year · 2014 | 245.6 | 295.2 | |
| Technology and environment | |||
| CO₂ per persontonnes per person · 2024 | 0.38 | 0.05 | |
| Internet users% of people · 2024 | 35 | 27.9 | |
| Access to electricity% of people · 2024 | 77 | 54.4 | |
| Forest area% of land · 2024 | 6.6 | 7.8 | |
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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