Sweden’s coastline is 6 times as long as Kenya’s

Kenya: 536 km (2026 edition) · Sweden: 3,218 km (2026 edition)

Kenya’s highest peak towers 3,099 m above Sweden’s

Kenya: 5,199 m (2026 edition) · Sweden: 2,100 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 50% of Kenya, versus 7.3% of Sweden

Kenya: 50% (2024) · Sweden: 7.3% (2024)

Kenya has 5.4 times as many people as Sweden

Kenya: 57.5 million (2025) · Sweden: 10.6 million (2025)

Kenya is 3.8 times as densely populated as Sweden

Kenya: 99 per km² (2025) · Sweden: 26 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Sweden is 20 years older than in Kenya

Kenya: 19.5 years (2023) · Sweden: 39.9 years (2023)

Women in Kenya have 1.7 more children on average than in Sweden

Kenya: 3.17 children per woman (2024) · Sweden: 1.43 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in Sweden are 65 or older, versus 3.0% in Kenya

Kenya: 3% (2025) · Sweden: 20.9% (2025)

Sweden hosts 27% more refugees per resident than Kenya

Kenya: 10.7 per 1,000 (2025) · Sweden: 13.6 per 1,000 (2025)

Sweden has produced 28.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Kenya 0.2

Kenya: 0.2 (2026) · Sweden: 28.3 (2026)

Kenya has 2 official languages, Sweden 1

Kenya: 2 (2026) · Sweden: 1 (2026)

Sweden’s economy is 4.9 times the size of Kenya’s

Kenya: $136 billion (2025) · Sweden: $669 billion (2025)

Sweden produces 10 times as much per person as Kenya

Kenya: Int$7,016 (2025) · Sweden: Int$72,529 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Kenya than in Sweden (Gini 9.2 points higher)

Kenya: 38.5 (2022) · Sweden: 29.3 (2023)

46% of people in Kenya live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.8% in Sweden

Kenya: 45.5% (2022) · Sweden: 0.8% (2023)

Unemployment is 8.7% in Sweden, versus 5.4% in Kenya

Kenya: 5.4% (2025) · Sweden: 8.7% (2025)

Sweden spends 2.5% of its GDP on the military, Kenya 1.1%

Kenya: 1.1% (2025) · Sweden: 2.5% (2025)

Sweden’s central government collects 27% of GDP in tax, Kenya’s 14%

Kenya: 14.1% (2023) · Sweden: 27.2% (2024)

Sweden’s price level (US = 100) is 2.6× Kenya’s

Kenya: 34% (2025) · Sweden: 87% (2025)

Sweden spends 76 times as much on health per person as Kenya

Kenya: $85 (2023) · Sweden: $6,485 (2024)

A baby in Kenya is 17 times as likely to die before turning one as in Sweden

Kenya: 34.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Sweden: 2 per 1,000 (2024)

Sweden has 15 times as many doctors per person as Kenya

Kenya: 0.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Sweden: 4.4 per 1,000 (2021)

Sweden has 43% more hospital beds per person than Kenya

Kenya: 1.3 per 1,000 (2019) · Sweden: 1.9 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Kenya is 50% higher than in Sweden

Kenya: 19.1 per 100k (2023) · Sweden: 12.7 per 100k (2023)

19% of adults in Sweden are obese, versus 10% in Kenya

Kenya: 10.4% (2024) · Sweden: 18.7% (2024)

20% of adults in Sweden smoke, versus 9.6% in Kenya

Kenya: 9.6% (2024) · Sweden: 20.3% (2024)

People in Sweden rate their lives 2.58 points higher than in Kenya

Kenya: 4.67 (2025) · Sweden: 7.26 (2025)

Adults in Sweden drink 3.9 times as much alcohol as in Kenya

Kenya: 2.2 litres (2023) · Sweden: 8.7 litres (2023)

Sweden has 6.7 times as much meat per person as Kenya

Kenya: 10.2 kg (2023) · Sweden: 68.4 kg (2023)

Sweden has 1,221 kcal more food per person per day than Kenya

Kenya: 2,146 kcal (2023) · Sweden: 3,367 kcal (2023)

Workers in Kenya put in 603 more hours a year than in Sweden

Kenya: 2,035 hours (2023) · Sweden: 1,432 hours (2023)

Adults in Sweden went to school 4.1 years longer than in Kenya

Kenya: 8.6 years (2023) · Sweden: 12.7 years (2023)

Sweden welcomed 23 times as many tourists per resident as Kenya (2019)

Kenya: 0.03 (2017) · Sweden: 0.63 (2022)

Sweden has 7 more World Heritage sites than Kenya (15 against 8)

Kenya: 8 (2026) · Sweden: 15 (2026)

Sweden has won 709 Olympic medals, Kenya 124

Kenya: 124 (2026 edition) · Sweden: 709 (2026 edition)

96% of people in Sweden are online, versus 35% in Kenya

Kenya: 35% (2024) · Sweden: 96% (2025)

Home internet in Sweden is 6 times as fast as in Kenya

Kenya: 41 Mbps (2026) · Sweden: 248 Mbps (2026)

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

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

89% of people in Sweden live in cities, versus 32% in Kenya

Kenya: 32% (2025) · Sweden: 89% (2025)

Sweden has 141 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Kenya 126

Kenya: 126 (2024) · Sweden: 141 (2024)

Sweden’s railway network is 2.5 times as long as Kenya’s

Kenya: 3,819 km (2018) · Sweden: 9,714 km (2021)

Airlines from Sweden fly 21 times as many passengers per resident as those from Kenya

Kenya: 0.09 (2023) · Sweden: 1.85 (2023)

Forest covers 69% of Sweden, but only 6.6% of Kenya

Kenya: 6.6% (2024) · Sweden: 68.6% (2024)

The average person in Sweden emits 9.5 times as much CO₂ as someone in Kenya

Kenya: 0.4 t (2024) · Sweden: 3.6 t (2024)

90% of Kenya’s electricity is renewable, versus 71% in Sweden

Kenya: 90% (2025) · Sweden: 71.2% (2025)

The air in Kenya carries 3.9 times as much fine dust as in Sweden

Kenya: 22 µg/m³ (2024) · Sweden: 5.7 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 4.2 times as likely to be murdered in Kenya as in Sweden

Kenya: 4.9 per 100k (2022) · Sweden: 1.1 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Kenya are 16 times as deadly as in Sweden

Kenya: 55.3 per 100k (2023) · Sweden: 3.4 per 100k (2023)

Kenya is on average 21.3 °C warmer than Sweden

Kenya: 25.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Sweden: 4.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

Sweden gets 15% more rain than Kenya

Kenya: 696 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Sweden: 801 mm (2016–2025 avg)