Germany’s coastline is 4.5 times as long as Kenya’s

Germany: 2,389 km (2026 edition) · Kenya: 536 km (2026 edition)

Kenya’s highest peak towers 2,236 m above Germany’s

Germany: 2,963 m (2026 edition) · Kenya: 5,199 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 50% of Kenya, versus 47% of Germany

Germany: 47.4% (2024) · Kenya: 50% (2024)

Germany has 45% more people than Kenya

Germany: 83.5 million (2025) · Kenya: 57.5 million (2025)

Germany is 2.4 times as densely populated as Kenya

Germany: 239 per km² (2025) · Kenya: 99 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Germany is 26 years older than in Kenya

Germany: 45.1 years (2023) · Kenya: 19.5 years (2023)

Women in Kenya have 1.8 more children on average than in Germany

Germany: 1.36 children per woman (2024) · Kenya: 3.17 children per woman (2024)

24% of people in Germany are 65 or older, versus 3.0% in Kenya

Germany: 23.7% (2025) · Kenya: 3% (2025)

Germany hosts 3 times as many refugees per resident as Kenya

Germany: 31.8 per 1,000 (2025) · Kenya: 10.7 per 1,000 (2025)

Germany has produced 10.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Kenya 0.2

Germany: 10.3 (2026) · Kenya: 0.2 (2026)

Kenya has 2 official languages, Germany 1

Germany: 1 (2026) · Kenya: 2 (2026)

Germany’s economy is 37 times the size of Kenya’s

Germany: $5.05 trillion (2025) · Kenya: $136 billion (2025)

Germany produces 11 times as much per person as Kenya

Germany: Int$75,407 (2025) · Kenya: Int$7,016 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Kenya than in Germany (Gini 4.8 points higher)

Germany: 33.7 (2022) · Kenya: 38.5 (2022)

46% of people in Kenya live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.7% in Germany

Germany: 0.7% (2022) · Kenya: 45.5% (2022)

Unemployment is 5.4% in Kenya, versus 3.7% in Germany

Germany: 3.7% (2025) · Kenya: 5.4% (2025)

Germany spends 2.3% of its GDP on the military, Kenya 1.1%

Germany: 2.3% (2025) · Kenya: 1.1% (2025)

Kenya’s central government collects 14% of GDP in tax, Germany’s 11%

Germany: 10.9% (2024) · Kenya: 14.1% (2023)

Germany’s price level (US = 100) is 2.4× Kenya’s

Germany: 80% (2025) · Kenya: 34% (2025)

Germany spends 81 times as much on health per person as Kenya

Germany: $6,849 (2024) · Kenya: $85 (2023)

A baby in Kenya is 11 times as likely to die before turning one as in Germany

Germany: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Kenya: 34.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Germany has 16 times as many doctors per person as Kenya

Germany: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022) · Kenya: 0.3 per 1,000 (2023)

Germany has 5.7 times as many hospital beds per person as Kenya

Germany: 7.6 per 1,000 (2023) · Kenya: 1.3 per 1,000 (2019)

The suicide rate in Kenya is 91% higher than in Germany

Germany: 10 per 100k (2023) · Kenya: 19.1 per 100k (2023)

24% of adults in Germany are obese, versus 10% in Kenya

Germany: 24.5% (2024) · Kenya: 10.4% (2024)

22% of adults in Germany smoke, versus 9.6% in Kenya

Germany: 22% (2024) · Kenya: 9.6% (2024)

People in Germany rate their lives 2.21 points higher than in Kenya

Germany: 6.88 (2025) · Kenya: 4.67 (2025)

Adults in Germany drink 4.9 times as much alcohol as in Kenya

Germany: 10.9 litres (2023) · Kenya: 2.2 litres (2023)

Germany has 6.9 times as much meat per person as Kenya

Germany: 70.7 kg (2023) · Kenya: 10.2 kg (2023)

Germany has 1,389 kcal more food per person per day than Kenya

Germany: 3,535 kcal (2023) · Kenya: 2,146 kcal (2023)

Workers in Kenya put in 699 more hours a year than in Germany

Germany: 1,335 hours (2023) · Kenya: 2,035 hours (2023)

Adults in Germany went to school 5.7 years longer than in Kenya

Germany: 14.3 years (2023) · Kenya: 8.6 years (2023)

Germany welcomed 16 times as many tourists per resident as Kenya (2019)

Germany: 0.45 (2024) · Kenya: 0.03 (2017)

Germany has 47 more World Heritage sites than Kenya (55 against 8)

Germany: 55 (2026) · Kenya: 8 (2026)

Germany has won 980 Olympic medals, Kenya 124

Germany: 980 (2026 edition) · Kenya: 124 (2026 edition)

94% of people in Germany are online, versus 35% in Kenya

Germany: 94% (2024) · Kenya: 35% (2024)

Home internet in Germany is 4.5 times as fast as in Kenya

Germany: 187 Mbps (2026) · Kenya: 41 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Germany have electricity, versus 77% in Kenya

Germany: 100% (2024) · Kenya: 77% (2024)

82% of people in Germany live in cities, versus 32% in Kenya

Germany: 82% (2025) · Kenya: 32% (2025)

Germany has 129 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Kenya 126

Germany: 129 (2024) · Kenya: 126 (2024)

Germany’s railway network is 8.7 times as long as Kenya’s

Germany: 33,401 km (2021) · Kenya: 3,819 km (2018)

Airlines from Germany fly 11 times as many passengers per resident as those from Kenya

Germany: 0.96 (2023) · Kenya: 0.09 (2023)

Forest covers 33% of Germany, but only 6.6% of Kenya

Germany: 32.8% (2024) · Kenya: 6.6% (2024)

The average person in Germany emits 18 times as much CO₂ as someone in Kenya

Germany: 6.8 t (2024) · Kenya: 0.4 t (2024)

90% of Kenya’s electricity is renewable, versus 59% in Germany

Germany: 59.1% (2025) · Kenya: 90% (2025)

The air in Kenya carries 2.4 times as much fine dust as in Germany

Germany: 9.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Kenya: 22 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 5.3 times as likely to be murdered in Kenya as in Germany

Germany: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · Kenya: 4.9 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Kenya are 10 times as deadly as in Germany

Germany: 5.4 per 100k (2023) · Kenya: 55.3 per 100k (2023)

Kenya is on average 15.4 °C warmer than Germany

Germany: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Kenya: 25.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Germany gets 25% more rain than Kenya

Germany: 871 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Kenya: 696 mm (2016–2025 avg)