Development Ledger · Sub-Saharan Africa
Kenya
HDI rank 143 of 193Lower-middle incomeGDI group 3
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Human Development Index (2023)
0.628
+0.143 since 1990
Inequality-adjusted HDI
0.456
27.4% lost to inequality
Life expectancy
63.6 yrs
Expected schooling 11.5 yrs
GNI per person (2021 PPP $)
$5,608
Mean schooling 8.6 yrs
HDI over Time
Kenya against its closest income-group peers, 1990–2023.
The Three Dimensions
Each scaled 0 to 1 against UNDP goalposts. The HDI is their geometric mean, so a weak dimension pulls it down more than an average would.
Health0.671
Education0.606
Income0.608
World Bank Human Capital Index (2020): 0.55. A child born today will be 55% as productive as with full health and education.
Peers
Kenya against economies in the same World Bank income group, same region first.
Years Behind
How many years ago the benchmark reached the level this country is at today.