Kenya vs South Sudan
Kenya vs South Sudan: Internet users
Internet users: 35% in Kenya in 2024 and 6.7% in South Sudan in 2019, by ITU estimates. In 2019 the value was higher in Kenya, by 16 percentage points, or 3.4 times that in South Sudan.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- Kenya has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2012.
- The world as a whole: 53.9% in 2019.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Kenya | South Sudan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 35 | – | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 32.1 | – | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 29.4 | – | 67 |
| 2021 | 27 | – | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 24.7 | – | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 22.7 | 6.7 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 19.5 | 4.8 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 17.8 | 4.1 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 16.6 | 3.5 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 16.6 | 3 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 16.5 | 2.6 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 13 | 2.2 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 10.5 | 1.5 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 8.8 | – | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 7.2 | – | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 6.1 | – | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 5.2 | – | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 4.4 | – | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 3.6 | – | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 3.1 | – | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 3 | – | – |
| 2003 | 2.9 | – | – |
| 2002 | 1.2 | – | – |
| 2001 | 0.6 | – | – |
| 2000 | 0.3 | – | – |
| 1999 | 0.1 | – | – |
| 1998 | 0.1 | – | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – | – |
| 1990 | 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 South Sudan
Health
- Life expectancyKenya: 63.7 years in 2023South Sudan: 57.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityKenya: 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024South Sudan: 9.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityKenya: 29.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023South Sudan: 63.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionKenya: 3.51% in 2017South Sudan: 3.7% in 2017
- Suicide rateKenya: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017South Sudan: 12 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationKenya: 55.3 million people in 2023South Sudan: 11.5 million people in 2023
- Population growthKenya: 1.97% a year in 2023South Sudan: 5.86% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateKenya: 3.21 births per woman in 2023South Sudan: 3.86 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationKenya: 32.2% in 2025South Sudan: 21.7% in 2025
- Median ageKenya: 19.5 years in 2023South Sudan: 18 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overKenya: 2.9% in 2023South Sudan: 2.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateKenya: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023South Sudan: 39.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingKenya: 1.07% of GDP in 2025South Sudan: 3.43% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsKenya: $1.36B in 2025South Sudan: $103M in 2025
- Military spending per personKenya: $26 in 2025South Sudan: $15 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingKenya: 4.6% of government spending in 2025South Sudan: 18.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelKenya: 24,000 people in 2020South Sudan: 53,000 people in 2020
- National powerKenya: 0.23% of world capability in 2022South Sudan: 0.08% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersKenya: 0.11% of the labour force in 2020South Sudan: 1.18% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsKenya: 117 million TIV in 2025South Sudan: 10 million TIV in 2022