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Human development index — Kenya

Human development index in Kenya in 2023 — 0.628 index. Ranked 143 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 29.5%.

2023 0.628 index +0.32% vs 2022
World rank 143of 193
Period maximum 0.628 index2023
Period minimum 0.483 index1993

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Kenya, 1990–20230.450.50.550.60.651990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.485 index1991: 0.485 index1992: 0.484 index1993: 0.483 index1994: 0.484 index1995: 0.488 index1996: 0.491 index1997: 0.493 index1998: 0.496 index1999: 0.499 index2000: 0.5 index2001: 0.505 index2002: 0.504 index2003: 0.515 index2004: 0.526 index2005: 0.532 index2006: 0.541 index2007: 0.548 index2008: 0.553 index2009: 0.553 index2010: 0.552 index2011: 0.56 index2012: 0.565 index2013: 0.57 index2014: 0.576 index2015: 0.583 index2016: 0.594 index2017: 0.599 index2018: 0.605 index2019: 0.611 index2020: 0.6 index2021: 0.608 index2022: 0.626 index2023: 0.628 index
Change over the period: +0.143 (+29.48%) Average annual rate: 0.79 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Kenya

Kenya 0.628 index
World 0.756 index
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 0.547 index
Eastern Africa computed 0.532 index
Lower-middle-income countries computed 0.664 index
Human development index — Kenya, by year Kenya All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.628 +0.002 +0.32%
2022 0.626 +0.018 +2.96%
2021 0.608 +0.008 +1.33%
2020 0.6 −0.011 −1.8%
2019 0.611 +0.006 +0.99%
2018 0.605 +0.006 +1%
2017 0.599 +0.005 +0.84%
2016 0.594 +0.011 +1.89%
2015 0.583 +0.007 +1.22%
2014 0.576 +0.006 +1.05%
2013 0.57 +0.005 +0.88%
2012 0.565 +0.005 +0.89%
2011 0.56 +0.008 +1.45%
2010 0.552 −0.001 −0.18%
2009 0.553 +0 +0%
2008 0.553 +0.005 +0.91%
2007 0.548 +0.007 +1.29%
2006 0.541 +0.009 +1.69%
2005 0.532 +0.006 +1.14%
2004 0.526 +0.011 +2.14%
2003 0.515 +0.011 +2.18%
2002 0.504 −0.001 −0.2%
2001 0.505 +0.005 +1%
2000 0.5 +0.001 +0.2%
1999 0.499 +0.003 +0.6%
1998 0.496 +0.003 +0.61%
1997 0.493 +0.002 +0.41%
1996 0.491 +0.003 +0.61%
1995 0.488 +0.004 +0.83%
1994 0.484 +0.001 +0.21%
1993 0.483 −0.001 −0.21%
1992 0.484 −0.001 −0.21%
1991 0.485 +0 +0%
1990 0.485

About the indicator

The UNDP Human Development Index is the geometric mean of three components: life expectancy, years of schooling and national income per capita at PPP. The index was devised as an objection to the use of GDP alone as a measure of development, and its point is that the three components are multiplied rather than added: a failure on any one of them cannot be made up for by success on the other two. Values run from zero to one, and since 1990 the index has risen in almost every country in the world.

Important: The aggregate value for country groups is weighted by population, whereas UNDP computes group indexes from group components — the numbers may therefore differ slightly from the report.

Source: Human Development Report (UNDP), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.