Italy’s coastline is 14 times as long as Kenya’s

Italy: 7,600 km (2026 edition) · Kenya: 536 km (2026 edition)

Kenya’s highest peak towers 451 m above Italy’s

Italy: 4,748 m (2026 edition) · Kenya: 5,199 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 50% of Kenya, versus 44% of Italy

Italy: 43.6% (2024) · Kenya: 50% (2024)

Italy has 2% more people than Kenya

Italy: 58.9 million (2025) · Kenya: 57.5 million (2025)

Italy is 2 times as densely populated as Kenya

Italy: 199 per km² (2025) · Kenya: 99 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Italy is 28 years older than in Kenya

Italy: 47.5 years (2023) · Kenya: 19.5 years (2023)

Women in Kenya have 2.0 more children on average than in Italy

Italy: 1.18 children per woman (2024) · Kenya: 3.17 children per woman (2024)

25% of people in Italy are 65 or older, versus 3.0% in Kenya

Italy: 25.1% (2025) · Kenya: 3% (2025)

Kenya hosts 3.3 times as many refugees per resident as Italy

Italy: 3.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Kenya: 10.7 per 1,000 (2025)

Italy has produced 3.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Kenya 0.2

Italy: 3.4 (2026) · Kenya: 0.2 (2026)

Kenya has 2 official languages, Italy 1

Italy: 1 (2026) · Kenya: 2 (2026)

Italy’s economy is 19 times the size of Kenya’s

Italy: $2.55 trillion (2025) · Kenya: $136 billion (2025)

Italy produces 9 times as much per person as Kenya

Italy: Int$62,803 (2025) · Kenya: Int$7,016 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Kenya than in Italy (Gini 4.2 points higher)

Italy: 34.3 (2023) · Kenya: 38.5 (2022)

46% of people in Kenya live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.9% in Italy

Italy: 0.9% (2023) · Kenya: 45.5% (2022)

Unemployment is 6.4% in Italy, versus 5.4% in Kenya

Italy: 6.4% (2025) · Kenya: 5.4% (2025)

Italy spends 1.9% of its GDP on the military, Kenya 1.1%

Italy: 1.9% (2025) · Kenya: 1.1% (2025)

Italy’s central government collects 26% of GDP in tax, Kenya’s 14%

Italy: 25.6% (2024) · Kenya: 14.1% (2023)

Italy’s price level (US = 100) is 2× Kenya’s

Italy: 69% (2025) · Kenya: 34% (2025)

Italy spends 40 times as much on health per person as Kenya

Italy: $3,398 (2024) · Kenya: $85 (2023)

A baby in Kenya is 15 times as likely to die before turning one as in Italy

Italy: 2.3 per 1,000 (2024) · Kenya: 34.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Italy has 15 times as many doctors per person as Kenya

Italy: 4.2 per 1,000 (2022) · Kenya: 0.3 per 1,000 (2023)

Italy has 2.3 times as many hospital beds per person as Kenya

Italy: 3.1 per 1,000 (2022) · Kenya: 1.3 per 1,000 (2019)

The suicide rate in Kenya is 3.4 times that in Italy

Italy: 5.7 per 100k (2023) · Kenya: 19.1 per 100k (2023)

18% of adults in Italy are obese, versus 10% in Kenya

Italy: 17.9% (2024) · Kenya: 10.4% (2024)

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

Italy: 22.4% (2024) · Kenya: 9.6% (2024)

People in Italy rate their lives 1.90 points higher than in Kenya

Italy: 6.57 (2025) · Kenya: 4.67 (2025)

Adults in Italy drink 3.8 times as much alcohol as in Kenya

Italy: 8.4 litres (2023) · Kenya: 2.2 litres (2023)

Italy has 7 times as much meat per person as Kenya

Italy: 71.2 kg (2023) · Kenya: 10.2 kg (2023)

Italy has 1,607 kcal more food per person per day than Kenya

Italy: 3,753 kcal (2023) · Kenya: 2,146 kcal (2023)

Workers in Kenya put in 333 more hours a year than in Italy

Italy: 1,701 hours (2023) · Kenya: 2,035 hours (2023)

Adults in Italy went to school 2.2 years longer than in Kenya

Italy: 10.8 years (2023) · Kenya: 8.6 years (2023)

Italy welcomed 35 times as many tourists per resident as Kenya (2019)

Italy: 0.98 (2024) · Kenya: 0.03 (2017)

Italy has 54 more World Heritage sites than Kenya (62 against 8)

Italy: 62 (2026) · Kenya: 8 (2026)

Italy has won 829 Olympic medals, Kenya 124

Italy: 829 (2026 edition) · Kenya: 124 (2026 edition)

89% of people in Italy are online, versus 35% in Kenya

Italy: 89% (2024) · Kenya: 35% (2024)

Home internet in Italy is 6.6 times as fast as in Kenya

Italy: 274 Mbps (2026) · Kenya: 41 Mbps (2026)

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

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

70% of people in Italy live in cities, versus 32% in Kenya

Italy: 70% (2025) · Kenya: 32% (2025)

Italy has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Kenya 126

Italy: 133 (2024) · Kenya: 126 (2024)

Italy’s railway network is 4.5 times as long as Kenya’s

Italy: 17,305 km (2021) · Kenya: 3,819 km (2018)

Airlines from Italy fly 3.9 times as many passengers per resident as those from Kenya

Italy: 0.34 (2023) · Kenya: 0.09 (2023)

Forest covers 32% of Italy, but only 6.6% of Kenya

Italy: 31.8% (2024) · Kenya: 6.6% (2024)

The average person in Italy emits 14 times as much CO₂ as someone in Kenya

Italy: 5.1 t (2024) · Kenya: 0.4 t (2024)

90% of Kenya’s electricity is renewable, versus 49% in Italy

Italy: 48.8% (2025) · Kenya: 90% (2025)

The air in Kenya carries 45% more fine dust than in Italy

Italy: 15.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Kenya: 22 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 8.6 times as likely to be murdered in Kenya as in Italy

Italy: 0.6 per 100k (2023) · Kenya: 4.9 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Kenya are 6.5 times as deadly as in Italy

Italy: 8.5 per 100k (2023) · Kenya: 55.3 per 100k (2023)

Kenya is on average 11.8 °C warmer than Italy

Italy: 13.9°C (2016–2025 avg) · Kenya: 25.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Italy gets 48% more rain than Kenya

Italy: 1,030 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Kenya: 696 mm (2016–2025 avg)