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Kenya

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Key facts

  • currency: Kenyan shilling
  • capital city: Nairobi
  • region: Eastern Africa
  • continent: Africa
  • land area: 569,140 km²
  • population: 55,100,586 people
  • political leader: Uhuru Kenyatta (President)
Classified as: place

Location on a map: [1°0′N, 38°0′E]

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Summary

Kenya is a country. The capital city is Nairobi, located in the Eastern Africa region of Africa. It has a land area of 569,140 km², a population of 55,100,586 people and uses the currency Kenyan shilling. The President is Uhuru Kenyatta.

Environment see more

Kenya is one of the countries in Africa, countries in Eastern Africa and 194 countries in our database.
  • Agricultural land: 277,100.00 km²
  • Alternative and nuclear energy: 2.24 % of total energy use
  • Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 21.53 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Electricity production from coal sources: 0.00 % of total
  • Electricity production from natural gas sources: 0.00 % of total
  • Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 39.24 % of total
  • Electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
  • Electricity production from oil sources: 12.49 % of total
  • Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 48.27 % of total
  • Net energy imports: 17.17 % of energy use
  • Fertility rate: 3.30 births per woman
  • Forest area: 36,110 km²
  • Fossil fuel energy consumption: 17.38 % of total
  • Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 117.89 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Median age: 15.70
  • Methane emissions: 78.56 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 17.66 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Female population: 27,796,386 people
  • Male population: 27,304,201 people
  • Renewable energy consumption: 67.70 % of total final energy consumption
  • Rural land area: 579,896.16 km²
  • Rural population: 38,834,893 people
  • Urban land area: 3,416.84 km²
  • Urban population: 16,265,693 people
  • Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 0.21 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in Kenya by population

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Kenya

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric in Kenya

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Kenya

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Kenya

Kenya relationship between life expectancy at birth and fertility rate over time

Kenya relationship between median age and fertility rate over time

Evolution of historical forest area in Kenya

Kenya relationship between rural land area and forest area over time

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Kenya

Kenya relationship between renewable energy consumption and fossil fuel energy consumption over time

Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Kenya

Kenya relationship between urban land area and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time

Kenya relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Kenya relationship between urban population and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Kenya

Evolution of historical internet access in Kenya

Evolution of historical land area in Kenya

Evolution of historical median age in Kenya

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Kenya

Kenya relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and methane emissions over time

Kenya relationship between population and methane emissions over time

Kenya relationship between rural population and methane emissions over time

Kenya relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and methane emissions over time

Kenya relationship between urban land area and methane emissions over time

Kenya relationship between urban population and methane emissions over time

Evolution of historical net migration in Kenya

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Kenya

Kenya relationship between population and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Kenya relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Kenya relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Evolution of historical population in Kenya

Kenya relationship between urban land area and population over time

Evolution of historical female population in Kenya

Evolution of historical male population in Kenya

Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Kenya

Evolution of historical total rural land area in Kenya

Evolution of historical rural population in Kenya

Kenya relationship between urban land area and rural population over time

Evolution of historical total urban land in Kenya

Kenya relationship between urban population and urban land area over time

Evolution of historical urban population in Kenya

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Kenya

Kenya relationship between date and population over time

Kenya relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Kenya

Kenya relationship between methane emissions and agricultural land over time

Kenya relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and agricultural land over time

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Kenya

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Kenya

Kenya relationship between GDP and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Kenya relationship between methane emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Kenya relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Kenya relationship between urban land area and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Kenya relationship between urban population and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Kenya

Kenya relationship between birth rate and access to electricity over time

Kenya relationship between fertility rate and access to electricity over time

Kenya relationship between life expectancy at birth and access to electricity over time

Kenya relationship between renewable energy consumption and access to electricity over time

Kenya relationship between self-employed workers and access to electricity over time

Kenya relationship between vulnerable employment and access to electricity over time

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Kenya

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Kenya

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Kenya

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Kenya

Distribution of sites in Kenya by inscription year

Geographical distribution of sites in Kenya by area

Distribution of transboundary sites in Kenya

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Kenya by mean width

Relationship between width mean and length mean in Kenya

Cities in Kenya

Sites in Kenya

Wildfires in Kenya

Health see more

  • Birth rate: 27.54 per 1,000 people
  • Death rate: 7.83 per 1,000 people
  • Health expenditure per capita: 94.67 current US$
  • Health expenditure: 4.55 % of GDP
  • Incidence of hiv: 0.46 per 1,000 uninfected population
  • Hospital beds: 1.33 per 1,000 people
  • Life expectancy at birth: 62
  • Suicide mortality rate: 6.10 per 100,000 population

Distribution of diseases in Kenya by mortality rate

Distribution of diseases in Kenya by start date

Evolution of historical birth rate in Kenya

Kenya relationship between fertility rate and birth rate over time

Kenya relationship between life expectancy at birth and birth rate over time

Kenya relationship between self-employed workers and birth rate over time

Kenya relationship between vulnerable employment and birth rate over time

Kenya relationship between median age and birth rate over time

Evolution of historical death rate in Kenya

Kenya relationship between life expectancy at birth and death rate over time

Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in Kenya

Evolution of historical health expenditure in Kenya

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Kenya

Evolution of historical hospital beds in Kenya

Evolution of historical life expectancy in Kenya

Kenya relationship between self-employed workers and life expectancy at birth over time

Kenya relationship between vulnerable employment and life expectancy at birth over time

Evolution of historical suicide rate in Kenya

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Kenya

Evolution of historical covid cases in Kenya

Evolution of historical covid deaths in Kenya

Relationship between deaths and cases over time in Kenya

Diseases in Kenya

Business see more

  • Expense: 20.14 % of GDP
  • Gdp: 107,440,575,838.05 current US$
  • Inflation: 7.67 annual %
  • Self-employed workers: 61.40 % of total employment
  • Tax revenue: 13.25 % of GDP
  • Unemployment: 5.68 % of total labor force
  • Vulnerable employment: 59.84 % of total employment

Distribution of companies from Kenya by foundation year

Evolution of historical central government debt in Kenya

Evolution of historical expense in Kenya

Evolution of historical GDP in Kenya

Kenya relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and GDP over time

Evolution of historical median inflation in Kenya

Evolution of historical self employed in Kenya

Kenya relationship between vulnerable employment and self-employed workers over time

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Kenya

Evolution of historical unemployment rate in Kenya

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Kenya

Distribution of shops in Kenya by country

Companies in Kenya

Exchanges in Kenya

Shops from Kenya

Politics see more

  • Armed forces personnel: 24,000 people
  • Democracy score: 5.11
  • Democracy type: Hybrid regime
  • Military expenditure: 1.00 % of GDP
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 23.28 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Kenya

Kenya relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel over time

Kenya relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and armed forces personnel over time

Kenya relationship between population and armed forces personnel over time

Kenya relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel over time

Kenya relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and armed forces personnel over time

Kenya relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel over time

Kenya relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel over time

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Kenya

Evolution of historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Kenya

Distribution of politicians from Kenya by birth date

Distribution of politicians from Kenya by gender

Political parties in Kenya

Politicians from Kenya

Sports see more

Distribution of athletes from Kenya by birth year

Distribution of athletes by gender in Kenya

Distribution of competitions by city in Kenya

Distribution of competitions by country in Kenya

Distribution of competitions in Kenya by start date

Distribution of medals won by Kenya at the Olympics

Athletes from Kenya

Competitions in Kenya

Culture see more

Distribution of artists from Kenya by birth date

Distribution of artists from Kenya by gender

Geographical distribution of museums in Kenya by visitors

Artists from Kenya

Museums in Kenya

Research see more

Geographical distribution of universities in Kenya by total students

Distribution of universities in Kenya by foundation year

Universities in Kenya

In literature

There are 617 books written about Kenya in the database

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Details

This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

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