Sri Lanka’s coastline is 2.5 times as long as Kenya’s

Kenya: 536 km (2026 edition) · Sri Lanka: 1,340 km (2026 edition)

Kenya’s highest peak towers 2,675 m above Sri Lanka’s

Kenya: 5,199 m (2026 edition) · Sri Lanka: 2,524 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 50% of Kenya, versus 49% of Sri Lanka

Kenya: 50% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 48.8% (2024)

Kenya has 2.6 times as many people as Sri Lanka

Kenya: 57.5 million (2025) · Sri Lanka: 21.8 million (2025)

Sri Lanka is 3.6 times as densely populated as Kenya

Kenya: 99 per km² (2025) · Sri Lanka: 352 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Sri Lanka is 13 years older than in Kenya

Kenya: 19.5 years (2023) · Sri Lanka: 32.8 years (2023)

Women in Kenya have 1.2 more children on average than in Sri Lanka

Kenya: 3.17 children per woman (2024) · Sri Lanka: 1.95 children per woman (2024)

12% of people in Sri Lanka are 65 or older, versus 3.0% in Kenya

Kenya: 3% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 12.5% (2025)

Kenya hosts 1,096 times as many refugees per resident as Sri Lanka

Kenya: 10.7 per 1,000 (2025) · Sri Lanka: 0.0098 per 1,000 (2025)

Kenya has produced 0.2 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Sri Lanka none

Kenya: 0.2 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 0 (2026)

Kenya and Sri Lanka are practically level

Kenya: 2 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 2 (2026)

Kenya’s economy is 25% larger than Sri Lanka’s

Kenya: $136 billion (2025) · Sri Lanka: $109 billion (2025)

Sri Lanka produces 2.4 times as much per person as Kenya

Kenya: Int$7,016 (2025) · Sri Lanka: Int$17,065 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Kenya than in Sri Lanka (Gini 0.8 points higher)

Kenya: 38.5 (2022) · Sri Lanka: 37.7 (2019)

46% of people in Kenya live on less than $3 a day, versus 2.7% in Sri Lanka

Kenya: 45.5% (2022) · Sri Lanka: 2.7% (2019)

Unemployment is 5.4% in Kenya, versus 4.0% in Sri Lanka

Kenya: 5.4% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 4% (2025)

Sri Lanka and Kenya are practically level

Kenya: 1.1% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 1.3% (2025)

Kenya’s central government collects 14% of GDP in tax, Sri Lanka’s 9.9%

Kenya: 14.1% (2023) · Sri Lanka: 9.9% (2023)

Kenya’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× Sri Lanka’s

Kenya: 34% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 29% (2025)

Sri Lanka spends 58% more on health per person than Kenya

Kenya: $85 (2023) · Sri Lanka: $134 (2023)

A baby in Kenya is 6.6 times as likely to die before turning one as in Sri Lanka

Kenya: 34.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Sri Lanka: 5.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Sri Lanka has 3.9 times as many doctors per person as Kenya

Kenya: 0.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Sri Lanka: 1.1 per 1,000 (2023)

Sri Lanka has 3 times as many hospital beds per person as Kenya

Kenya: 1.3 per 1,000 (2019) · Sri Lanka: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Kenya is 36% higher than in Sri Lanka

Kenya: 19.1 per 100k (2023) · Sri Lanka: 14 per 100k (2023)

11% of adults in Sri Lanka are obese, versus 10% in Kenya

Kenya: 10.4% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 11.2% (2024)

21% of adults in Sri Lanka smoke, versus 9.6% in Kenya

Kenya: 9.6% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 20.7% (2024)

People in Kenya rate their lives 0.66 points higher than in Sri Lanka

Kenya: 4.67 (2025) · Sri Lanka: 4.01 (2025)

Adults in Sri Lanka drink 11% more alcohol than in Kenya

Kenya: 2.2 litres (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2.5 litres (2023)

Sri Lanka has 14% more meat per person than Kenya

Kenya: 10.2 kg (2023) · Sri Lanka: 11.6 kg (2023)

Sri Lanka has 529 kcal more food per person per day than Kenya

Kenya: 2,146 kcal (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2,675 kcal (2023)

Workers in Sri Lanka put in 18 more hours a year than in Kenya

Kenya: 2,035 hours (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2,053 hours (2023)

Adults in Sri Lanka went to school 2.1 years longer than in Kenya

Kenya: 8.6 years (2023) · Sri Lanka: 10.8 years (2023)

Sri Lanka welcomed 17% more tourists per resident than Kenya (2019)

Kenya: 0.03 (2017) · Sri Lanka: 0.03 (2022)

Kenya and Sri Lanka are practically level

Kenya: 8 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 8 (2026)

Kenya has won 124 Olympic medals, Sri Lanka 2

Kenya: 124 (2026 edition) · Sri Lanka: 2 (2026 edition)

55% of people in Sri Lanka are online, versus 35% in Kenya

Kenya: 35% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 55% (2024)

Home internet in Sri Lanka is 52% faster than in Kenya

Kenya: 41 Mbps (2026) · Sri Lanka: 63 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Sri Lanka have electricity, versus 77% in Kenya

Kenya: 77% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 100% (2024)

32% of people in Kenya live in cities, versus 20% in Sri Lanka

Kenya: 32% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 20% (2025)

Sri Lanka has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Kenya 126

Kenya: 126 (2024) · Sri Lanka: 133 (2024)

Kenya’s railway network is 2.4 times as long as Sri Lanka’s

Kenya: 3,819 km (2018) · Sri Lanka: 1,562 km (2019)

Airlines from Sri Lanka fly 2 times as many passengers per resident as those from Kenya

Kenya: 0.09 (2023) · Sri Lanka: 0.18 (2023)

Forest covers 34% of Sri Lanka, but only 6.6% of Kenya

Kenya: 6.6% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 34.4% (2024)

The average person in Sri Lanka emits 2.4 times as much CO₂ as someone in Kenya

Kenya: 0.4 t (2024) · Sri Lanka: 0.9 t (2024)

90% of Kenya’s electricity is renewable, versus 62% in Sri Lanka

Kenya: 90% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 61.6% (2025)

The air in Kenya carries 6% more fine dust than in Sri Lanka

Kenya: 22 µg/m³ (2024) · Sri Lanka: 20.7 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 47% more likely to be murdered in Kenya than in Sri Lanka

Kenya: 4.9 per 100k (2022) · Sri Lanka: 3.3 per 100k (2019)

Roads in Kenya are 2.6 times as deadly as in Sri Lanka

Kenya: 55.3 per 100k (2023) · Sri Lanka: 21.1 per 100k (2023)

Sri Lanka is on average 1.2 °C warmer than Kenya

Kenya: 25.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Sri Lanka: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Sri Lanka gets 2.6 times as much rain as Kenya

Kenya: 696 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Sri Lanka: 1,839 mm (2016–2025 avg)