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Kenya vs Somalia

103 shared metrics.

KenyaLeads in 69

vs103 shared

SomaliaLeads in 34

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Kenya

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of Kenya.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Kenya's Lake Turkana is the world's largest desert lake.

UNESCO

Somalia

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Federal Republic of Somalia.

CIA 2026

Identity

Name origin: the name means "Land of the Somali," a local ethnic group.

CIA 2026

Analysis

Kenya leads in 69 of 103 shared metrics, while Somalia leads in 34.

Kenya's Tax Revenue (% GDP) is 140630.0x that of Somalia (14.06% of GDP vs 0.00% of GDP).

Kenya's Government Debt (% GDP) is 106399.0x that of Somalia (53.2% of GDP vs 0.00% of GDP).

Kenya's Capital Elevation is 183.6x that of Somalia (1.7K m vs 9.0 m).

Kenya's Electricity Generation is 29.6x that of Somalia (12.85 TWh vs 0.42 TWh).

Kenya's Total CO2 Emissions is 24.0x that of Somalia (21.64 Mt CO2e vs 0.87 Mt CO2e).

Key Comparisons

Tax Revenue (% GDP)Kenya leads

Kenya

14.06% of GDP

Somalia

0.00% of GDP

Government Debt (% GDP)Kenya leads

Kenya

53.2% of GDP

Somalia

0.00% of GDP

Capital ElevationKenya leads

Kenya

1.7K m

Somalia

9.0 m

Electricity GenerationKenya leads

Kenya

12.85 TWh

Somalia

0.42 TWh

Total CO2 EmissionsKenya leads

Kenya

21.64 Mt CO2e

Somalia

0.87 Mt CO2e

Electric Generating CapacityKenya leads

Kenya

3.82M kW

Somalia

156.0K kW

All Metrics

Tax Revenue (% GDP)

Kenya

14.06% of GDP

Somalia

0.00% of GDP

14063000% higher

Government Debt (% GDP)

Kenya

53.2% of GDP

Somalia

0.00% of GDP

10639900% higher

Capital Elevation

Kenya

1.7K m

Somalia

9.0 m

18356% higher

Electricity Generation

Kenya

12.85 TWh

Somalia

0.42 TWh

2960% higher

Total CO2 Emissions

Kenya

21.64 Mt CO2e

Somalia

0.87 Mt CO2e

2401% higher

Electric Generating Capacity

Kenya

3.82M kW

Somalia

156.0K kW

2351% higher

Scientific Publications

Kenya

2.0K

Somalia

106.49

1785% higher

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Kenya

61.9 per 1k people

Somalia

4.5 per 1k people

1289% higher

GDP (Nominal)

Kenya

$120,339,557,905.93

Somalia

$11,967,000,000

906% higher

Airports

Kenya

344

Somalia

760% higher

Credit Card Ownership

Kenya

4.4% of adults

Somalia

0.59% of adults

653% higher

Wind Electricity Share

Kenya

16.38%

Somalia

2.3%

603% higher

Merchant Fleet Size

Kenya

Somalia

4.0

550% higher

Health Spending Per Capita

Kenya

$90.44

Somalia

$15.35

489% higher

Doctors (per 1,000)

Kenya

0.29 per 1k

Somalia

0.05 per 1k

480% higher

CO2 Per Capita

Kenya

0.38 t/person/yr

Somalia

0.07 t/person/yr

442% higher

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Kenya

$6,644.13

Somalia

$1,601.96

315% higher

Liberal Democracy Index

Kenya

0.45

Somalia

0.13

248% higher

Electoral Democracy Index

Kenya

0.56

Somalia

0.17

241% higher

GNI Per Capita

Kenya

$2,090

Somalia

$620

237% higher

Comparison of Kenya and Somalia across 103 metrics
				Winner
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	14.06% of GDP	0.00% of GDP	14063000% higher	Kenya
Government Debt (% GDP)	53.2% of GDP	0.00% of GDP	10639900% higher	Kenya
Capital Elevation	1.7K m	9.0 m	18356% higher	Kenya
Electricity Generation	12.85 TWh	0.42 TWh	2960% higher	Kenya
Total CO2 Emissions	21.64 Mt CO2e	0.87 Mt CO2e	2401% higher	Kenya
Electric Generating Capacity	3.82M kW	156.0K kW	2351% higher	Kenya
Scientific Publications	2.0K	106.49	1785% higher	Kenya
Vehicles per 1,000 People	61.9 per 1k people	4.5 per 1k people	1289% higher	Kenya
GDP (Nominal)	$120,339,557,905.93	$11,967,000,000	906% higher	Kenya
Airports	344	40	760% higher	Kenya
Credit Card Ownership	4.4% of adults	0.59% of adults	653% higher	Kenya
Wind Electricity Share	16.38%	2.3%	603% higher	Kenya
Merchant Fleet Size	26	4.0	550% higher	Kenya
Health Spending Per Capita	$90.44	$15.35	489% higher	Kenya
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.29 per 1k	0.05 per 1k	480% higher	Kenya
CO2 Per Capita	0.38 t/person/yr	0.07 t/person/yr	442% higher	Kenya
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$6,644.13	$1,601.96	315% higher	Kenya
Liberal Democracy Index	0.45	0.13	248% higher	Kenya
Electoral Democracy Index	0.56	0.17	241% higher	Kenya
GNI Per Capita	$2,090	$620	237% higher	Kenya
Corruption Perceptions Index	30 pts	9.0 pts	233% higher	Kenya
Population Density	95.27 /km²	29.26 /km²	226% higher	Kenya
Broadband Access (%)	2.0 per 100 people	0.72 per 100 people	177% higher	Kenya
Population	55.75M	20.32M	174% higher	Kenya
Border Neighbors	5.0	2.0	150% higher	Kenya
Firms Making Informal Payments	39.46% of firms	16.24% of firms	143% higher	Kenya
Women's Political Empowerment	0.80	0.34	139% higher	Kenya
Mobile Money Accounts	87.5% of adults	37.07% of adults	136% higher	Kenya
Digital Payments Used	89.28% of adults	38.11% of adults	134% higher	Kenya
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	126 per 100 people	54 per 100 people	133% higher	Kenya
Firms Asked for Bribes	33.19% of firms	14.44% of firms	130% higher	Kenya
Can Raise Emergency Money	96.6% of adults	41.92% of adults	130% higher	Kenya
Highest Elevation	5.2K m	2.5K m	111% higher	Kenya
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	0.39% of GDP	6.4% of GDP	94% lower	Somalia
Firms with Female Top Manager	17.75% of firms	9.2% of firms	94% higher	Kenya
Coastline Length	536 km	3.0K km	82% lower	Somalia
Electricity Carbon Intensity	95.44 gCO2/kWh	511.63 gCO2/kWh	81% lower	Somalia
Imports (% GDP)	23.12% of GDP	99.11% of GDP	77% lower	Somalia
Solar Electricity Share	4.6%	18.6%	75% lower	Somalia
Armed Forces Personnel	24.0K	14.0K	71% higher	Kenya
Unemployment Rate	5.4%	18.86%	71% lower	Somalia
Water Stress (%)	19.48%	54.97%	65% lower	Somalia
Health Spending (% GDP)	4.3% of GDP	2.6% of GDP	65% higher	Kenya
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	21 days/yr	13 days/yr	62% higher	Kenya
Child Mortality	39.9 per 1k births	104 per 1k births	62% lower	Somalia
Death Rate	4.7 per 1k	11.22 per 1k	58% lower	Somalia
Human Development Index	0.63	0.40	55% higher	Kenya
Youth Unemployment Rate	15.25% of youth labor force	34.23% of youth labor force	55% lower	Somalia
Teen Birth Rate	56.31 per 1k	117.1 per 1k	52% lower	Somalia
Fertility Rate	3.1 children/woman	6.4 children/woman	52% lower	Somalia
Electricity Access (%)	76.2%	50.3%	51% higher	Kenya
Insufficient Physical Activity	9.0% of adults	18.1% of adults	50% lower	Somalia
Infant Mortality	34.7 per 1k births	67.8 per 1k births	49% lower	Somalia
Irrigated Land	1.0K km²	2.0K km²	48% lower	Somalia
Exports (% GDP)	17.07% of GDP	31.21% of GDP	45% lower	Somalia
Land Border Length	3.5K km	2.4K km	45% higher	Kenya
Freedom of Expression Index	0.90	0.62	45% higher	Kenya
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	1.3 per 1k	0.90 per 1k	44% higher	Kenya
Birth Rate	25.93 per 1k	46.36 per 1k	44% lower	Somalia
Suicide Rate	4.6 per 100k	8.0 per 100k	42% lower	Somalia
Urban Population (%)	31.89%	54.62%	42% lower	Somalia
Firms Hit by Power Outages	74.61% of firms	52.56% of firms	42% higher	Kenya
Road Traffic Death Rate	28.2 per 100k	20.2 per 100k	40% higher	Kenya
Forest Area	36.1K km²	57.5K km²	37% lower	Somalia
Military Spending	1.00% of GDP	1.6% of GDP	37% lower	Somalia
Political Corruption Index	0.56	0.87	35% lower	Somalia
Inflation Rate	4.5%	6.8%	34% lower	Somalia
Dependency Ratio	66.12% of working-age pop.	96.79% of working-age pop.	32% lower	Somalia
Forest Coverage (%)	6.2%	9.2%	32% lower	Somalia
Agricultural Land (%)	49.53%	70.34%	30% lower	Somalia
Renewable Energy (%)	67.7%	95.4%	29% lower	Somalia
Median Age	19.5 years	15.4 years	26% higher	Kenya
Internet Users (%)	34.98%	28%	25% higher	Kenya
Water Withdrawal	4.0 B m³	3.3 B m³	22% higher	Kenya
Youth Population (%)	36.84%	46.59%	21% lower	Somalia
Women in Parliament (%)	23.28%	19.64%	19% higher	Kenya
Average Weekly Work Hours	39.56 hrs/week	33.94 hrs/week	17% higher	Kenya
GDP Growth Rate	4.7%	4.1%	15% higher	Kenya
Elderly Population (%)	3.0%	2.6%	14% higher	Kenya
Obesity Rate	11.04%	12.7%	13% lower	Somalia
Hypertension Prevalence	35.2% of adults	38.5% of adults	9% lower	Somalia
Sanitation Access (%)	40.88%	44.46%	8% lower	Somalia
Life Expectancy	63.6 years	58.8 years	8% higher	Kenya
Food Waste per Person	122.64 kg/person/yr	132.83 kg/person/yr	8% lower	Somalia
Land Area	580.9K km²	627.3K km²	7% lower	Somalia
Women in Senior Management	29.7% of managers	27.68% of managers	7% higher	Kenya
Informal Employment Share	86.49% of employed people	81.94% of employed people	6% higher	Kenya
Life Evaluation Score	4.7 pts	4.5 pts	4% higher	Kenya
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	24.39 µg/m³	24.53 µg/m³	1% lower	Somalia
Beer Consumption	0.57 L/person/yr	0 L/person/yr	ranked higher	Kenya
Spirits Consumption	0.76 L/person/yr	0 L/person/yr	ranked higher	Kenya
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	equal	Kenya
Coal Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Kenya
Protected Land (%)	14%	0%	ranked higher	Kenya
Alcohol Consumption	2.5 L/adult/yr	0 L/adult/yr	ranked higher	Kenya
Education Spending (% GDP)	4.0% of GDP	0% of GDP	ranked higher	Kenya
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0.02 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Kenya
Lowest Elevation	0 m	0 m	ranked higher	Kenya
Official Languages Count	2.0	2.0	equal	Kenya
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-2.7% of GDP	-9.5% of GDP	ranked higher	Kenya
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	8.0 sites	0 sites	ranked higher	Kenya
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.01 per 100k people	0 per 100k people	ranked higher	Kenya
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.02 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Kenya

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Analysis

Kenya leads in 69 of 103 shared metrics, while Somalia leads in 34.

Kenya's Tax Revenue (% GDP) is 140630.0x that of Somalia (14.06% of GDP vs 0.00% of GDP).

Kenya's Government Debt (% GDP) is 106399.0x that of Somalia (53.2% of GDP vs 0.00% of GDP).

Kenya's Capital Elevation is 183.6x that of Somalia (1.7K m vs 9.0 m).

Kenya's Electricity Generation is 29.6x that of Somalia (12.85 TWh vs 0.42 TWh).

Kenya's Total CO2 Emissions is 24.0x that of Somalia (21.64 Mt CO2e vs 0.87 Mt CO2e).

Key Comparisons

Tax Revenue (% GDP)Kenya leads

Kenya

14.06% of GDP

Somalia

0.00% of GDP

Government Debt (% GDP)Kenya leads

Kenya

53.2% of GDP

Somalia

0.00% of GDP

Capital ElevationKenya leads

Kenya

1.7K m

Somalia

9.0 m

Electricity GenerationKenya leads

Kenya

12.85 TWh

Somalia

0.42 TWh

Total CO2 EmissionsKenya leads

Kenya

21.64 Mt CO2e

Somalia

0.87 Mt CO2e

Electric Generating CapacityKenya leads

Kenya

3.82M kW

Somalia

156.0K kW

Tax Revenue (% GDP)

14.06% of GDP

0.00% of GDP

Government Debt (% GDP)

53.2% of GDP

0.00% of GDP

Capital Elevation

1.7K m

9.0 m

Electricity Generation

12.85 TWh

0.42 TWh

Total CO2 Emissions

21.64 Mt CO2e

0.87 Mt CO2e

Electric Generating Capacity

3.82M kW

156.0K kW

Scientific Publications

2.0K

106.49

Vehicles per 1,000 People

61.9 per 1k people

4.5 per 1k people

GDP (Nominal)

$120,339,557,905.93

$11,967,000,000

Airports

344

Credit Card Ownership

4.4% of adults

0.59% of adults

Wind Electricity Share

16.38%

2.3%

Merchant Fleet Size

4.0

Health Spending Per Capita

$90.44

$15.35

Doctors (per 1,000)

0.29 per 1k

0.05 per 1k

CO2 Per Capita

0.38 t/person/yr

0.07 t/person/yr

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

$6,644.13

$1,601.96

Liberal Democracy Index

0.45

0.13

Electoral Democracy Index

0.56

0.17

GNI Per Capita

$2,090

$620

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Tax Revenue (% GDP)

Government Debt (% GDP)

Capital Elevation

Electricity Generation

Total CO2 Emissions

Electric Generating Capacity

Scientific Publications

Vehicles per 1,000 People

GDP (Nominal)

Airports

Credit Card Ownership

Wind Electricity Share

Merchant Fleet Size

Health Spending Per Capita

Doctors (per 1,000)

CO2 Per Capita

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Liberal Democracy Index

Electoral Democracy Index

GNI Per Capita

Corruption Perceptions Index

Population Density

Broadband Access (%)

Population

Border Neighbors

Firms Making Informal Payments

Women's Political Empowerment

Mobile Money Accounts

Digital Payments Used

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Firms Asked for Bribes

Can Raise Emergency Money

Highest Elevation

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Firms with Female Top Manager

Coastline Length

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Imports (% GDP)

Solar Electricity Share

Armed Forces Personnel

Unemployment Rate

Water Stress (%)

Health Spending (% GDP)

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Child Mortality

Death Rate

Human Development Index

Youth Unemployment Rate

Teen Birth Rate

Fertility Rate

Electricity Access (%)

Insufficient Physical Activity

Infant Mortality

Irrigated Land

Exports (% GDP)

Land Border Length

Freedom of Expression Index

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Birth Rate

Suicide Rate

Urban Population (%)

Firms Hit by Power Outages

Road Traffic Death Rate

Forest Area

Military Spending

Political Corruption Index

Inflation Rate

Dependency Ratio

Forest Coverage (%)

Agricultural Land (%)

Renewable Energy (%)

Median Age