Kenya

GDP (PPP) per capita (2020): 4,577.91 Int. Dollar Population (2020): 53,771,300 HDI (2020): 0.60
ND-GAIN Country Index rank 149
Score: 38.7
Vulnerability 0.525
Readiness 0.299

The high vulnerability score and low readiness score of Kenya places it in the upper-left quadrant of the ND-GAIN Matrix. It has both a great need for investment and innovations to improve readiness and a great urgency for action. Kenya is the 39th most vulnerable country and the 154th most ready country.

ND-GAIN Ranking since 1995

Year 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ranking
153
153
154
154
152
151
149
145
147
145
148
154
158
158
156
159
163
164
161
158
157
152
153
151
148
149
Denotes worst scores
Indicator 2001 to 2020 Score
Vulnerability
0.525
Food
0.597
Projected change of cereal yields
0.864
Projected population change
0.508
Food import dependency
0.264
Rural population
0.776
Agriculture capacity
0.977
Child malnutrition
0.191
Water
0.514
Projected change of annual runoff
0.604
Projected change of annual groundwater recharge
0.596
Fresh water withdrawal rate
0.165
Water dependency ratio
0.326
Dam capacity
0.881
Access to reliable drinking water
-
Health
0.692
Projected change of deaths from climate change induced diseases
0.364
Projected change in vector-borne diseases
1.000
Dependency on external resource for health services
0.668
Slum population
0.477
Medical staff
0.952
Access to improved sanitation facilities
-
Ecosystem Services
0.470
Projected change of biome distribution
0.565
Projected change of marine biodiversity
0.283
Natural capital dependency
0.532
Ecological footprint
0.214
Protected biome
0.505
Engagement in international environmental conventions
0.725
Human Habitat
0.570
Projected change of warm periods
0.279
Projected change of flood hazard
0.663
Urban concentration
0.224
Age dependency ratio
0.691
Quality of trade and transport infrastructure
0.628
Paved roads
0.938
Infrastructure
0.307
Projected change of hydropower generation capacity
0.356
Projected change of sea level rise impacts
0.019
Dependency on imported energy
0.729
Population living under 5m above sea level
0.024
Electricity access
0.289
Disaster preparedness
0.425