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Kenya vs South Sudan

90 shared metrics.

KenyaLeads in 57

vs90 shared

South SudanLeads in 33

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What matters for both sides

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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

South Sudan

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of South Sudan.

CIA 2026

Identity

Name origin: self-descriptive name from the country's geographic position within Sudan prior to independence.

CIA 2026

Analysis

Kenya leads in 57 of 90 shared metrics, while South Sudan leads in 33.

Kenya's Scientific Publications is 121.5x that of South Sudan (2.0K vs 16.38).

Kenya's Mobile Money Accounts is 102.0x that of South Sudan (87.5% of adults vs 0.85% of adults).

Kenya's Credit Card Ownership is 28.0x that of South Sudan (4.4% of adults vs 0.15% of adults).

Kenya's Electric Generating Capacity is 27.1x that of South Sudan (3.82M kW vs 136.0K kW).

Kenya's Electricity Generation is 20.8x that of South Sudan (12.85 TWh vs 0.59 TWh).

Key Comparisons

Scientific PublicationsKenya leads

Kenya

2.0K

South Sudan

16.38

Mobile Money AccountsKenya leads

Kenya

87.5% of adults

South Sudan

0.85% of adults

Credit Card OwnershipKenya leads

Kenya

4.4% of adults

South Sudan

0.15% of adults

Electric Generating CapacityKenya leads

Kenya

3.82M kW

South Sudan

136.0K kW

Electricity GenerationKenya leads

Kenya

12.85 TWh

South Sudan

0.59 TWh

Digital Payments UsedKenya leads

Kenya

89.28% of adults

South Sudan

4.8% of adults

All Metrics

Scientific Publications

Kenya

2.0K

South Sudan

16.38

12154% higher

Mobile Money Accounts

Kenya

87.5% of adults

South Sudan

0.85% of adults

10195% higher

Credit Card Ownership

Kenya

4.4% of adults

South Sudan

0.15% of adults

2798% higher

Electric Generating Capacity

Kenya

3.82M kW

South Sudan

136.0K kW

2712% higher

Electricity Generation

Kenya

12.85 TWh

South Sudan

0.59 TWh

2078% higher

Digital Payments Used

Kenya

89.28% of adults

South Sudan

4.8% of adults

1756% higher

Railway Length

Kenya

3.8K km

South Sudan

248 km

1440% higher

Electricity Access (%)

Kenya

76.2%

South Sudan

5.4%

1311% higher

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Kenya

61.9 per 1k people

South Sudan

6.4 per 1k people

863% higher

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Kenya

544.94 kg oil eq/person

South Sudan

69.04 kg oil eq/person

689% higher

Water Stress (%)

Kenya

19.48%

South Sudan

2.5%

670% higher

Doctors (per 1,000)

Kenya

0.29 per 1k

South Sudan

0.04 per 1k

625% higher

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Kenya

6.6 per 100k

South Sudan

0.93 per 100k

607% higher

Liberal Democracy Index

Kenya

0.45

South Sudan

0.06

597% higher

Water Withdrawal

Kenya

4.0 B m³

South Sudan

0.66 B m³

513% higher

Freedom of Expression Index

Kenya

0.90

South Sudan

0.15

481% higher

Population Density

Kenya

95.27 /km²

South Sudan

18.17 /km²

424% higher

Population

Kenya

55.75M

South Sudan

12.70M

339% higher

Electoral Democracy Index

Kenya

0.56

South Sudan

0.13

323% higher

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Kenya

190.08 kWh/person

South Sudan

46.91 kWh/person

305% higher

Comparison of Kenya and South Sudan across 90 metrics
				Winner
Scientific Publications	2.0K	16.38	12154% higher	Kenya
Mobile Money Accounts	87.5% of adults	0.85% of adults	10195% higher	Kenya
Credit Card Ownership	4.4% of adults	0.15% of adults	2798% higher	Kenya
Electric Generating Capacity	3.82M kW	136.0K kW	2712% higher	Kenya
Electricity Generation	12.85 TWh	0.59 TWh	2078% higher	Kenya
Digital Payments Used	89.28% of adults	4.8% of adults	1756% higher	Kenya
Railway Length	3.8K km	248 km	1440% higher	Kenya
Electricity Access (%)	76.2%	5.4%	1311% higher	Kenya
Vehicles per 1,000 People	61.9 per 1k people	6.4 per 1k people	863% higher	Kenya
Energy Use (Per Capita)	544.94 kg oil eq/person	69.04 kg oil eq/person	689% higher	Kenya
Water Stress (%)	19.48%	2.5%	670% higher	Kenya
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.29 per 1k	0.04 per 1k	625% higher	Kenya
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	6.6 per 100k	0.93 per 100k	607% higher	Kenya
Liberal Democracy Index	0.45	0.06	597% higher	Kenya
Water Withdrawal	4.0 B m³	0.66 B m³	513% higher	Kenya
Freedom of Expression Index	0.90	0.15	481% higher	Kenya
Population Density	95.27 /km²	18.17 /km²	424% higher	Kenya
Population	55.75M	12.70M	339% higher	Kenya
Electoral Democracy Index	0.56	0.13	323% higher	Kenya
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	190.08 kWh/person	46.91 kWh/person	305% higher	Kenya
Internet Users (%)	34.98%	9.0%	289% higher	Kenya
Airports	344	96	258% higher	Kenya
Corruption Perceptions Index	30 pts	9.0 pts	233% higher	Kenya
Capital Elevation	1.7K m	550 m	202% higher	Kenya
Sanitation Access (%)	40.88%	14.43%	183% higher	Kenya
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	126 per 100 people	46.62 per 100 people	170% higher	Kenya
CO2 Per Capita	0.38 t/person/yr	0.14 t/person/yr	165% higher	Kenya
Solar Electricity Share	4.6%	1.8%	159% higher	Kenya
Renewable Energy (%)	67.7%	32.4%	109% higher	Kenya
Official Languages Count	2.0	1.0	100% higher	Kenya
Broadband Access (%)	2.0 per 100 people	202 per 100 people	99% lower	South Sudan
Inflation Rate	4.5%	91.4%	95% lower	South Sudan
Electricity Carbon Intensity	95.44 gCO2/kWh	642.86 gCO2/kWh	85% lower	South Sudan
Health Spending Per Capita	$90.44	$49.41	83% higher	Kenya
Firms Making Informal Payments	39.46% of firms	22.82% of firms	73% higher	Kenya
Women's Political Empowerment	0.80	0.48	69% higher	Kenya
Firms with Female Top Manager	17.75% of firms	10.55% of firms	68% higher	Kenya
Highest Elevation	5.2K m	3.2K m	63% higher	Kenya
Human Development Index	0.63	0.39	62% higher	Kenya
Child Mortality	39.9 per 1k births	98.7 per 1k births	60% lower	South Sudan
Can Raise Emergency Money	96.6% of adults	60.93% of adults	59% higher	Kenya
Unemployment Rate	5.4%	12.48%	56% lower	South Sudan
Armed Forces Personnel	24.0K	53.0K	55% lower	South Sudan
Infant Mortality	34.7 per 1k births	72.6 per 1k births	52% lower	South Sudan
Forest Area	36.1K km²	71.6K km²	50% lower	South Sudan
Military Spending	1.00% of GDP	2.0% of GDP	49% lower	South Sudan
Urban Population (%)	31.89%	21.38%	49% higher	Kenya
Forest Coverage (%)	6.2%	11.33%	45% lower	South Sudan
Death Rate	4.7 per 1k	8.7 per 1k	45% lower	South Sudan
Insufficient Physical Activity	9.0% of adults	16.26% of adults	45% lower	South Sudan
Land Border Length	3.5K km	6.0K km	43% lower	South Sudan
Teen Birth Rate	56.31 per 1k	97.13 per 1k	42% lower	South Sudan
Suicide Rate	4.6 per 100k	7.9 per 100k	42% lower	South Sudan
Government Debt (% GDP)	53.2% of GDP	86.6% of GDP	39% lower	South Sudan
Obesity Rate	11.04%	8.0%	38% higher	Kenya
Fertility Rate	3.1 children/woman	5.0 children/woman	38% lower	South Sudan
Political Corruption Index	0.56	0.89	37% lower	South Sudan
Health Spending (% GDP)	4.3% of GDP	6.8% of GDP	36% lower	South Sudan
Women in Parliament (%)	23.28%	32.36%	28% lower	South Sudan
Birth Rate	25.93 per 1k	35.68 per 1k	27% lower	South Sudan
Firms Asked for Bribes	33.19% of firms	27.39% of firms	21% higher	Kenya
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	24.39 µg/m³	30.74 µg/m³	21% lower	South Sudan
Road Traffic Death Rate	28.2 per 100k	23.3 per 100k	21% higher	Kenya
Youth Unemployment Rate	15.25% of youth labor force	18.52% of youth labor force	18% lower	South Sudan
Border Neighbors	5.0	6.0	17% lower	South Sudan
Agricultural Land (%)	49.53%	44.86%	10% higher	Kenya
Nurses & Midwives	0.64 per 1k	0.71 per 1k	10% lower	South Sudan
Life Expectancy	63.6 years	57.6 years	10% higher	Kenya
Median Age	19.5 years	18.0 years	9% higher	Kenya
Protected Land (%)	14%	15.4%	9% lower	South Sudan
Firms Hit by Power Outages	74.61% of firms	68.37% of firms	9% higher	Kenya
Dependency Ratio	66.12% of working-age pop.	72.14% of working-age pop.	8% lower	South Sudan
Land Area	580.9K km²	631.9K km²	8% lower	South Sudan
Food Waste per Person	122.64 kg/person/yr	132.78 kg/person/yr	8% lower	South Sudan
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	21 days/yr	20 days/yr	5% higher	Kenya
Youth Population (%)	36.84%	38.92%	5% lower	South Sudan
Seafood Consumption per Person	3.0 kg/person/yr	3.1 kg/person/yr	3% lower	South Sudan
Irrigated Land	1.0K km²	1.0K km²	3% higher	Kenya
Hypertension Prevalence	35.2% of adults	34.9% of adults	1% higher	Kenya
Elderly Population (%)	3.0%	3.0%	1% lower	South Sudan
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	equal	Kenya
Coastline Length	536 km	0 km	ranked higher	Kenya
Coal Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Kenya
Wind Electricity Share	16.38%	0%	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	381 m	ranked lower	South Sudan
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-2.7% of GDP	-4% 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 57 of 90 shared metrics, while South Sudan leads in 33.

Kenya's Scientific Publications is 121.5x that of South Sudan (2.0K vs 16.38).

Kenya's Mobile Money Accounts is 102.0x that of South Sudan (87.5% of adults vs 0.85% of adults).

Kenya's Credit Card Ownership is 28.0x that of South Sudan (4.4% of adults vs 0.15% of adults).

Kenya's Electric Generating Capacity is 27.1x that of South Sudan (3.82M kW vs 136.0K kW).

Kenya's Electricity Generation is 20.8x that of South Sudan (12.85 TWh vs 0.59 TWh).

Key Comparisons

Scientific PublicationsKenya leads

Kenya

2.0K

South Sudan

16.38

Mobile Money AccountsKenya leads

Kenya

87.5% of adults

South Sudan

0.85% of adults

Credit Card OwnershipKenya leads

Kenya

4.4% of adults

South Sudan

0.15% of adults

Electric Generating CapacityKenya leads

Kenya

3.82M kW

South Sudan

136.0K kW

Electricity GenerationKenya leads

Kenya

12.85 TWh

South Sudan

0.59 TWh

Digital Payments UsedKenya leads

Kenya

89.28% of adults

South Sudan

4.8% of adults

Scientific Publications

2.0K

16.38

Mobile Money Accounts

87.5% of adults

0.85% of adults

Credit Card Ownership

4.4% of adults

0.15% of adults

Electric Generating Capacity

3.82M kW

136.0K kW

Electricity Generation

12.85 TWh

0.59 TWh

Digital Payments Used

89.28% of adults

4.8% of adults

Railway Length

3.8K km

248 km

Electricity Access (%)

76.2%

5.4%

Vehicles per 1,000 People

61.9 per 1k people

6.4 per 1k people

Energy Use (Per Capita)

544.94 kg oil eq/person

69.04 kg oil eq/person

Water Stress (%)

19.48%

2.5%

Doctors (per 1,000)

0.29 per 1k

0.04 per 1k

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

6.6 per 100k

0.93 per 100k

Liberal Democracy Index

0.45

0.06

Water Withdrawal

4.0 B m³

0.66 B m³

Freedom of Expression Index

0.90

0.15

Population Density

95.27 /km²

18.17 /km²

Population

55.75M

12.70M

Electoral Democracy Index

0.56

0.13

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

190.08 kWh/person

46.91 kWh/person

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Scientific Publications

Mobile Money Accounts

Credit Card Ownership

Electric Generating Capacity

Electricity Generation

Digital Payments Used

Railway Length

Electricity Access (%)

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Water Stress (%)

Doctors (per 1,000)

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Liberal Democracy Index

Water Withdrawal

Freedom of Expression Index

Population Density

Population

Electoral Democracy Index

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Internet Users (%)

Airports

Corruption Perceptions Index

Capital Elevation

Sanitation Access (%)

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

CO2 Per Capita

Solar Electricity Share

Renewable Energy (%)

Official Languages Count

Broadband Access (%)

Inflation Rate

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Health Spending Per Capita

Firms Making Informal Payments

Women's Political Empowerment

Firms with Female Top Manager

Highest Elevation

Human Development Index

Child Mortality

Can Raise Emergency Money

Unemployment Rate

Armed Forces Personnel

Infant Mortality

Forest Area

Military Spending

Urban Population (%)

Forest Coverage (%)

Death Rate

Insufficient Physical Activity

Land Border Length

Teen Birth Rate

Suicide Rate

Government Debt (% GDP)

Obesity Rate

Fertility Rate

Political Corruption Index

Health Spending (% GDP)

Women in Parliament (%)

Birth Rate

Firms Asked for Bribes

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

Road Traffic Death Rate

Youth Unemployment Rate

Border Neighbors

Agricultural Land (%)

Nurses & Midwives

Life Expectancy

Median Age

Protected Land (%)

Firms Hit by Power Outages

Dependency Ratio