Kenya, year by year

Every index this site holds for Kenya, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

0.480 → 0.601 (+0.121)

UNDP Human Development Report, 2023-24 edition. 33 annual values, none interpolated; hover any point for its year.

Twenty years here

The world report →

Life expectancy at birth58.5 → 63.8 (+5.3)

Internet users4 → 35 (+31)

Urban population29 → 32 (+3)

Births per woman4.80 → 3.17 (-1.63)

Renewable share of energy80 → 68 (-13)

Access to electricity25 → 77 (+53)

Infant mortality50 → 34 (-15)

CO2 emissions per person0.3 → 0.4 (+0.1)

Forest area7 → 6 (-1)

World Bank observations, first to last available year per indicator (roughly 2005–2024; each series has its own window).

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 2 values marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.480	58.3	—	—	6.14	77	—	68	0.3	6.8	—	—
1991	0.480	57.8	—	18	5.94	78	—	69	0.3	6.8	—	—
1992	0.479	57.1	—	18	5.74	78	—	70	0.3	6.8	—	—
1993	0.477	56.7	—	18	5.57	79	11	71	0.3	6.8	—	—
1994	0.480	56.1	—	19	5.44	79	3	71	0.2	6.8	—	—
1995	0.481	55.9	0	19	5.37	78	5	71	0.3	6.9	—	—
1996	0.483	55.6	0	19	5.31	77	7	70	0.3	6.9	—	—
1997	0.484	55.5	0	19	5.27	78	9	69	0.3	6.9	—	—
1998	0.486	55.6	0	19	5.24	78	15	68	0.3	6.9	—	—
1999	0.487	55.9	0	19	5.18	78	13	66	0.3	6.9	—	—
2000	0.487	56.1	0	19	5.14	77	15	64	0.3	7.0	—	—
2001	0.490	56.5	1	20	5.09	78	17	61	0.3	6.9	—	—
2002	0.490	56.8	1	22	5.03	79	19	58	0.3	6.8	—	—
2003	0.501	57.4	3	24	4.94	82	16	56	0.2	6.8	—	—
2004	0.513	58.0	3	25	4.86	80	23	53	0.2	6.7	—	—
2005	0.521	58.5	3	27	4.80	79	25	50	0.3	6.7	—	—
2006	0.531	59.1	4	29	4.75	78	26	47	0.3	6.6	700	2330
2007	0.540	59.4	4	30	4.72	78	28	45	0.3	6.5	840	2481
2008	0.546	60.0	5	31	4.66	78	30	43	0.3	6.5	916	2459
2009	0.546	60.5	6	32	4.57	76	23	42	0.3	6.4	1048	2480
2010	0.545	60.9	7	32	4.45	74	19	42	0.3	6.3	1092	2635
2011	0.552	61.3	9	32	4.28	75	36	41	0.3	6.3	1096	2750
2012	0.557	61.5	11	32	4.12	76	38	41	0.3	6.3	1285	2847
2013	0.562	61.7	13	32	3.96	74	40	41	0.3	6.3	1371	3106
2014	0.569	62.0	17	32	3.84	72	36	40	0.3	6.2	1483	3359
2015	0.575	62.3	17	32	3.77	69	42	39	0.4	6.2	1489	3678
2016	0.586	62.5	17	32	3.69	68	53	38	0.4	6.2	1554	3917
2017	0.591	62.7	18	32	3.61	68	56	38	0.4	6.2	1667	4177
2018	0.598	62.8	20	31	3.54	69	61	38	0.4	6.3	1836	4412
2019	0.604	62.9	23	31	3.43	68	70	37	0.4	6.2	1960	4687
2020	0.599	61.6	25	31	3.36	69	72	37	0.4	6.2	1928	4793
2021	0.596	61.2	27	31	3.31	68	77	36	0.4	6.2	2061	5339
2022	0.601	63.5	29	31	3.26	—	76	36	0.4	6.2	2110	5882
2023	—	63.6	32	32	3.21	—	76	35	0.4	6.2	1943	6322
2024	—	63.8	35	32	3.17	—	77	34	0.4	—	2133	6650
2025	—	—	—	32	—	—	—	—	—	—	2363	7016
Profile shows	0.601	63.8	35	32	3.17	68	—	—	0.4	6.2	2363	7016

Sources: HDI — UNDP HDR 2023-24; Life expectancy at birth — World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users — World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population — World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman — World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy — World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity — World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality — World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person — World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area — World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-09-01. Observed years only; IMF projections are excluded.

A dotted value moved sharply against the previous observed value in its series, which is the usual signature of a series break or a source revision; it is a prompt to check, not a judgement. In the last row, ≠ means the profile’s current figure differs from the latest value here by more than 2%: none do on this page.

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