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Kenya vs Netherlands
How Kenya and Netherlands compare on 37 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Netherlands was higher: 82.2 years against 63.7 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Netherlands was higher: $51,820 against $1,908
- Population · In 2023, Kenya was higher: 55.3 million people against 18.1 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Netherlands was higher: 2.2% of GDP against 1.07% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Netherlands was higher: 6.6 tonnes against 0.38 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyKenya: 63.7 years in 2023Netherlands: 82.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityKenya: 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024Netherlands: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityKenya: 29.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Netherlands: 3.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionKenya: 3.51% in 2017Netherlands: 4.03% in 2017
- Suicide rateKenya: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Netherlands: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationKenya: 55.3 million people in 2023Netherlands: 18.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthKenya: 1.97% a year in 2023Netherlands: 0.81% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateKenya: 3.21 births per woman in 2023Netherlands: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationKenya: 32.2% in 2025Netherlands: 95.9% in 2025
- Median ageKenya: 19.5 years in 2023Netherlands: 41.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overKenya: 2.9% in 2023Netherlands: 20.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateKenya: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Netherlands: 8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingKenya: 1.07% of GDP in 2025Netherlands: 2.2% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsKenya: $1.36B in 2025Netherlands: $27B in 2025
- Military spending per personKenya: $26 in 2025Netherlands: $1,582 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingKenya: 4.6% of government spending in 2025Netherlands: 4.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelKenya: 24,000 people in 2020Netherlands: 41,000 people in 2020
- National powerKenya: 0.23% of world capability in 2022Netherlands: 0.38% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersKenya: 0.11% of the labour force in 2020Netherlands: 0.42% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsKenya: 117 million TIV in 2025Netherlands: 824 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsKenya: 2 million TIV in 1993Netherlands: 601 million TIV in 2025
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, Our World in Data, 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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