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

Kenya: 536 km (2026 edition) · Thailand: 3,219 km (2026 edition)

Kenya’s highest peak towers 2,634 m above Thailand’s

Kenya: 5,199 m (2026 edition) · Thailand: 2,565 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 50% of Kenya, versus 43% of Thailand

Kenya: 50% (2024) · Thailand: 43.3% (2024)

Thailand has 24% more people than Kenya

Kenya: 57.5 million (2025) · Thailand: 71.6 million (2025)

Thailand is 42% more densely populated than Kenya

Kenya: 99 per km² (2025) · Thailand: 140 per km² (2025)

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

Kenya: 19.5 years (2023) · Thailand: 39.7 years (2023)

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

Kenya: 3.17 children per woman (2024) · Thailand: 1.2 children per woman (2024)

16% of people in Thailand are 65 or older, versus 3.0% in Kenya

Kenya: 3% (2025) · Thailand: 16% (2025)

Kenya hosts 9.1 times as many refugees per resident as Thailand

Kenya: 10.7 per 1,000 (2025) · Thailand: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025)

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

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

Kenya has 2 official languages, Thailand 1

Kenya: 2 (2026) · Thailand: 1 (2026)

Thailand’s economy is 4.2 times the size of Kenya’s

Kenya: $136 billion (2025) · Thailand: $577 billion (2025)

Thailand produces 3.7 times as much per person as Kenya

Kenya: Int$7,016 (2025) · Thailand: Int$26,250 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Kenya than in Thailand (Gini 5.2 points higher)

Kenya: 38.5 (2022) · Thailand: 33.3 (2024)

46% of people in Kenya live on less than $3 a day, versus 0% in Thailand

Kenya: 45.5% (2022) · Thailand: 0% (2024)

Unemployment is 5.4% in Kenya, versus 0.8% in Thailand

Kenya: 5.4% (2025) · Thailand: 0.8% (2025)

Kenya and Thailand are practically level

Kenya: 1.1% (2025) · Thailand: 1% (2025)

Thailand’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, Kenya’s 14%

Kenya: 14.1% (2023) · Thailand: 15.2% (2024)

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

Kenya: 34% (2025) · Thailand: 31% (2025)

Thailand spends 3.8 times as much on health per person as Kenya

Kenya: $85 (2023) · Thailand: $327 (2023)

A baby in Kenya is 4.4 times as likely to die before turning one as in Thailand

Kenya: 34.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Thailand: 7.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Thailand has 87% more doctors per person than Kenya

Kenya: 0.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Thailand: 0.5 per 1,000 (2021)

Thailand has 80% more hospital beds per person than Kenya

Kenya: 1.3 per 1,000 (2019) · Thailand: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Kenya is 2 times that in Thailand

Kenya: 19.1 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: 9.6 per 100k (2023)

16% of adults in Thailand are obese, versus 10% in Kenya

Kenya: 10.4% (2024) · Thailand: 15.5% (2024)

18% of adults in Thailand smoke, versus 9.6% in Kenya

Kenya: 9.6% (2024) · Thailand: 17.8% (2024)

People in Thailand rate their lives 1.62 points higher than in Kenya

Kenya: 4.67 (2025) · Thailand: 6.30 (2025)

Adults in Thailand drink 3.5 times as much alcohol as in Kenya

Kenya: 2.2 litres (2023) · Thailand: 7.9 litres (2023)

Thailand has 2.4 times as much meat per person as Kenya

Kenya: 10.2 kg (2023) · Thailand: 24.5 kg (2023)

Thailand has 709 kcal more food per person per day than Kenya

Kenya: 2,146 kcal (2023) · Thailand: 2,855 kcal (2023)

Workers in Thailand put in 143 more hours a year than in Kenya

Kenya: 2,035 hours (2023) · Thailand: 2,177 hours (2023)

Adults in Thailand went to school 0.42 years longer than in Kenya

Kenya: 8.6 years (2023) · Thailand: 9 years (2023)

Thailand welcomed 20 times as many tourists per resident as Kenya (2019)

Kenya: 0.03 (2017) · Thailand: 0.56 (2019)

Thailand has 1 more World Heritage site than Kenya (9 against 8)

Kenya: 8 (2026) · Thailand: 9 (2026)

Kenya has won 124 Olympic medals, Thailand 41

Kenya: 124 (2026 edition) · Thailand: 41 (2026 edition)

91% of people in Thailand are online, versus 35% in Kenya

Kenya: 35% (2024) · Thailand: 91% (2024)

Home internet in Thailand is 8.7 times as fast as in Kenya

Kenya: 41 Mbps (2026) · Thailand: 360 Mbps (2026)

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

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

63% of people in Thailand live in cities, versus 32% in Kenya

Kenya: 32% (2025) · Thailand: 63% (2025)

Thailand has 161 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Kenya 126

Kenya: 126 (2024) · Thailand: 161 (2024)

Thailand’s railway network is 7% longer than Kenya’s

Kenya: 3,819 km (2018) · Thailand: 4,092 km (2017)

Airlines from Thailand fly 8.1 times as many passengers per resident as those from Kenya

Kenya: 0.09 (2023) · Thailand: 0.72 (2023)

Forest covers 39% of Thailand, but only 6.6% of Kenya

Kenya: 6.6% (2024) · Thailand: 38.7% (2024)

The average person in Thailand emits 9.9 times as much CO₂ as someone in Kenya

Kenya: 0.4 t (2024) · Thailand: 3.7 t (2024)

90% of Kenya’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Thailand

Kenya: 90% (2025) · Thailand: 16.6% (2025)

The air in Thailand carries 6% more fine dust than in Kenya

Kenya: 22 µg/m³ (2024) · Thailand: 23.3 µg/m³ (2024)

Kenya: 4.9 per 100k (2022) · Thailand: no data

Roads in Kenya are 55% deadlier than in Thailand

Kenya: 55.3 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: 35.6 per 100k (2023)

Thailand is on average 1.1 °C warmer than Kenya

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

Thailand gets 2.4 times as much rain as Kenya

Kenya: 696 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Thailand: 1,657 mm (2016–2025 avg)