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Kenya vs United Arab Emirates
How Kenya and United Arab Emirates compare on 38 measures, from 1820 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, United Arab Emirates was higher: 82.9 years against 63.7 years
- GDP per person · In 2024, United Arab Emirates was higher: $41,610 against $1,859
- Population · In 2023, Kenya was higher: 55.3 million people against 10.6 million people
- Military spending · In 2014, United Arab Emirates was higher: 5.64% of GDP against 1.2% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, United Arab Emirates was higher: 18.26 tonnes against 0.38 tonnes
- Life expectancyKenya: 63.7 years in 2023United Arab Emirates: 82.9 years in 2023
- PopulationKenya: 55.3 million people in 2023United Arab Emirates: 10.6 million people in 2023
- GDP per personKenya: $1,908 in 2025United Arab Emirates: $41,610 in 2024
- TemperatureKenya: 25.9 °C in 2025United Arab Emirates: 28.9 °C in 2025
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyKenya: 63.7 years in 2023United Arab Emirates: 82.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityKenya: 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024United Arab Emirates: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityKenya: 29.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023United Arab Emirates: 4.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionKenya: 3.51% in 2017United Arab Emirates: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateKenya: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017United Arab Emirates: 5.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationKenya: 55.3 million people in 2023United Arab Emirates: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthKenya: 1.97% a year in 2023United Arab Emirates: 3.7% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateKenya: 3.21 births per woman in 2023United Arab Emirates: 1.2 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationKenya: 32.2% in 2025United Arab Emirates: 86% in 2025
- Median ageKenya: 19.5 years in 2023United Arab Emirates: 31.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overKenya: 2.9% in 2023United Arab Emirates: 1.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateKenya: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023United Arab Emirates: 28.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personKenya: $1,908 in 2025United Arab Emirates: $41,610 in 2024
- GDP growthKenya: 4.6% a year in 2025United Arab Emirates: 6.2% a year in 2025
- InflationKenya: 4.1% a year in 2025United Arab Emirates: 1.3% a year in 2025
- Government debtKenya: 71.3% of GDP in 2025United Arab Emirates: 33.9% of GDP in 2025
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingKenya: 1.07% of GDP in 2025United Arab Emirates: 5.64% of GDP in 2014
- Military spending in US dollarsKenya: $1.36B in 2025United Arab Emirates: $27.8B in 2014
- Military spending per personKenya: $26 in 2025United Arab Emirates: $2,840 in 2014
- Military share of state spendingKenya: 4.6% of government spending in 2025United Arab Emirates: 17% of government spending in 2014
- Armed forces personnelKenya: 24,000 people in 2020United Arab Emirates: 63,000 people in 2020
- National powerKenya: 0.23% of world capability in 2022United Arab Emirates: 0.47% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersKenya: 0.11% of the labour force in 2020United Arab Emirates: 1.02% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsKenya: 117 million TIV in 2025United Arab Emirates: 868 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsKenya: 2 million TIV in 1993United Arab Emirates: 33 million TIV in 2025
Climate
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, 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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