Tanzania’s coastline is 2.7 times as long as Kenya’s

Kenya: 536 km (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 1,424 km (2026 edition)

Tanzania’s highest peak towers 696 m above Kenya’s

Kenya: 5,199 m (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 5,895 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 50% of Kenya, versus 45% of Tanzania

Kenya: 50% (2024) · Tanzania: 45.1% (2024)

Tanzania has 23% more people than Kenya

Kenya: 57.5 million (2025) · Tanzania: 70.5 million (2025)

Kenya is 24% more densely populated than Tanzania

Kenya: 99 per km² (2025) · Tanzania: 80 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Kenya is 2.3 years older than in Tanzania

Kenya: 19.5 years (2023) · Tanzania: 17.2 years (2023)

Women in Tanzania have 1.4 more children on average than in Kenya

Kenya: 3.17 children per woman (2024) · Tanzania: 4.54 children per woman (2024)

Tanzania and Kenya are practically level

Kenya: 3% (2025) · Tanzania: 3% (2025)

Kenya hosts 4.4 times as many refugees per resident as Tanzania

Kenya: 10.7 per 1,000 (2025) · Tanzania: 2.4 per 1,000 (2025)

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

Kenya: 0.2 (2026) · Tanzania: 0 (2026)

Kenya and Tanzania are practically level

Kenya: 2 (2026) · Tanzania: 2 (2026)

Kenya’s economy is 51% larger than Tanzania’s

Kenya: $136 billion (2025) · Tanzania: $90.1 billion (2025)

Kenya produces 57% more per person than Tanzania

Kenya: Int$7,016 (2025) · Tanzania: Int$4,471 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Tanzania than in Kenya (Gini 2 points higher)

Kenya: 38.5 (2022) · Tanzania: 40.5 (2018)

51% of people in Tanzania live on less than $3 a day, versus 46% in Kenya

Kenya: 45.5% (2022) · Tanzania: 51.3% (2018)

Unemployment is 5.4% in Kenya, versus 1.6% in Tanzania

Kenya: 5.4% (2025) · Tanzania: 1.6% (2025)

Tanzania and Kenya are practically level

Kenya: 1.1% (2025) · Tanzania: 1.2% (2025)

Kenya’s central government collects 14% of GDP in tax, Tanzania’s 12%

Kenya: 14.1% (2023) · Tanzania: 12.3% (2024)

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

Kenya: 34% (2025) · Tanzania: 29% (2025)

Kenya spends 2.3 times as much on health per person as Tanzania

Kenya: $85 (2023) · Tanzania: $36 (2023)

A baby in Kenya is 19% more likely to die before turning one than in Tanzania

Kenya: 34.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Tanzania: 28.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Kenya has 2.2 times as many doctors per person as Tanzania

Kenya: 0.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Tanzania: 0.1 per 1,000 (2022)

Kenya has 58% more hospital beds per person than Tanzania

Kenya: 1.3 per 1,000 (2019) · Tanzania: 0.8 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Kenya is 28% higher than in Tanzania

Kenya: 19.1 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 14.9 per 100k (2023)

Tanzania and Kenya are practically level

Kenya: 10.4% (2024) · Tanzania: 10.5% (2024)

9.6% of adults in Kenya smoke, versus 7.7% in Tanzania

Kenya: 9.6% (2024) · Tanzania: 7.7% (2024)

People in Kenya rate their lives 0.77 points higher than in Tanzania

Kenya: 4.67 (2025) · Tanzania: 3.90 (2025)

Adults in Kenya drink 50% more alcohol than in Tanzania

Kenya: 2.2 litres (2023) · Tanzania: 1.5 litres (2023)

Tanzania has 20% more meat per person than Kenya

Kenya: 10.2 kg (2023) · Tanzania: 12.2 kg (2023)

Tanzania has 372 kcal more food per person per day than Kenya

Kenya: 2,146 kcal (2023) · Tanzania: 2,518 kcal (2023)

Workers in Tanzania put in 94 more hours a year than in Kenya

Kenya: 2,035 hours (2023) · Tanzania: 2,129 hours (2023)

Adults in Kenya went to school 2.6 years longer than in Tanzania

Kenya: 8.6 years (2023) · Tanzania: 6.1 years (2023)

Kenya welcomed 23% more tourists per resident than Tanzania (2019)

Kenya: 0.03 (2017) · Tanzania: 0.02 (2022)

Kenya has 1 more World Heritage site than Tanzania (8 against 7)

Kenya: 8 (2026) · Tanzania: 7 (2026)

Kenya has won 124 Olympic medals, Tanzania 2

Kenya: 124 (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 2 (2026 edition)

35% of people in Kenya are online, versus 31% in Tanzania

Kenya: 35% (2024) · Tanzania: 31% (2024)

Home internet in Tanzania is 37% faster than in Kenya

Kenya: 41 Mbps (2026) · Tanzania: 56 Mbps (2026)

77% of people in Kenya have electricity, versus 52% in Tanzania

Kenya: 77% (2024) · Tanzania: 52.4% (2024)

37% of people in Tanzania live in cities, versus 32% in Kenya

Kenya: 32% (2025) · Tanzania: 37% (2025)

Tanzania and Kenya are practically level

Kenya: 126 (2024) · Tanzania: 127 (2024)

Kenya’s railway network is 41% longer than Tanzania’s

Kenya: 3,819 km (2018) · Tanzania: 2,701 km (2017)

Airlines from Kenya fly 3.3 times as many passengers per resident as those from Tanzania

Kenya: 0.09 (2023) · Tanzania: 0.03 (2023)

Forest covers 50% of Tanzania, but only 6.6% of Kenya

Kenya: 6.6% (2024) · Tanzania: 49.6% (2024)

The average person in Kenya emits 29% more CO₂ than someone in Tanzania

Kenya: 0.4 t (2024) · Tanzania: 0.3 t (2024)

90% of Kenya’s electricity is renewable, versus 33% in Tanzania

Kenya: 90% (2025) · Tanzania: 32.9% (2024)

The air in Tanzania carries 12% more fine dust than in Kenya

Kenya: 22 µg/m³ (2024) · Tanzania: 24.6 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 30% more likely to be murdered in Kenya than in Tanzania

Kenya: 4.9 per 100k (2022) · Tanzania: 3.7 per 100k (2020)

Roads in Kenya are 2.8 times as deadly as in Tanzania

Kenya: 55.3 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 20.1 per 100k (2023)

Kenya is on average 2.5 °C warmer than Tanzania

Kenya: 25.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Tanzania: 23.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

Tanzania gets 58% more rain than Kenya

Kenya: 696 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Tanzania: 1,102 mm (2016–2025 avg)