Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Kenya instead of Hong Kong, you would:

Health

live 21.6 years less

In Hong Kong, the average life expectancy is 85 years (83 years for men, 88 years for women) as of 2024. In Kenya, that number is 64 years (62 years for men, 66 years for women) as of 2024.

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Economy

be 94.6% more likely to be unemployed

In Hong Kong, 2.8% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Kenya, that number is 5.5% as of 2025.

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make 95.9% less money

Hong Kong has a GDP per capita of $56,983 as of 2025, while in Kenya, the GDP per capita is $2,363 as of 2025.

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Life

have 5.5 times more children

In Hong Kong, there are approximately 4.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Kenya, there are 27.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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be 13.4 times more likely to die during infancy

In Hong Kong, approximately 2.5 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Kenya, on the other hand, 34.2 children do as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 23.8% less likely to have access to electricity

In Hong Kong, approximately 100% of people have electricity access (100% in urban areas, and 100% in rural areas) as of 2023. In Kenya, that number is 76% of people on average (96% in urban areas, and 68% in rural areas) as of 2023.

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be 63.5% less likely to have internet access

In Hong Kong, approximately 95.8% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Kenya, about 35.0% do as of 2024.

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be 34.4% less likely to have access to drinking water

In Hong Kong, approximately 100% of people have access to drinking water as of 2024. In Kenya, 66% of people do as of 2024.

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Geography

see 26.9% less coastline

Hong Kong has a total of 733 km of coastline. In Kenya, that number is 536 km.

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Safety

be 12.8 times more likely to be murdered

Hong Kong has a homicide rate of 0.4 per 100,000 people as of 2023. In Kenya, that number is 4.9 per 100,000 as of 2022.

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Infrastructure

find 92.5% less home broadband

Hong Kong has 40.3 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Kenya has 3.0 as of 2024.

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use 96.9% less electricity

Hong Kong uses 6,359 kWh of electricity per person each year as of 2023. Kenya uses 195 kWh as of 2024.

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Environment

emit 91.7% less CO2

Hong Kong emits 4.6 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Kenya emits 0.4 tonnes as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2022–2025), The World Factbook (2022). How we calculate this

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Kenya: At a glance

Kenya is a sovereign country in Africa, with a total land area of approximately 569,140 sq km. Founding president and liberation struggle icon Jomo KENYATTA led Kenya from independence in 1963 until his death in 1978, when President Daniel MOI took power in a constitutional succession. The country was a de facto one-party state from 1969 until 1982 when the ruling Kenya African National Union (KANU) made itself the sole legal party in Kenya. MOI acceded to internal and external pressure for political liberalization in late 1991. The ethnically fractured opposition failed to dislodge KANU from power in elections in 1992 and 1997, which were marred by violence and fraud, but were viewed as having generally reflected the will of the Kenyan people. President MOI stepped down in December 2002 following fair and peaceful elections. Mwai KIBAKI, running as the candidate of the multiethnic, united opposition group, the National Rainbow Coalition (NARC), defeated KANU candidate Uhuru KENYATTA and assumed the presidency following a campaign centered on an anticorruption platform. KIBAKI's NARC coalition splintered in 2005 over a constitutional review process. Government defectors joined with KANU to form a new opposition coalition, the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), which defeated the government's draft constitution in a popular referendum in November 2005. KIBAKI's reelection in December 2007 brought charges of vote rigging from ODM candidate Raila ODINGA and unleashed two months of violence in which as many as 1,500 people died. African Union-sponsored mediation led by former UN Secretary General Kofi ANNAN in late February 2008 resulted in a power-sharing accord bringing ODINGA into the government in the restored position of prime minister. The power sharing accord included a broad reform agenda, the centerpiece of which was constitutional reform. In August 2010, Kenyans overwhelmingly adopted a new constitution in a national referendum. The new constitution introduced additional checks and balances to executive power and significant devolution of power and resources to 47 newly created counties. It also eliminated the position of prime minister following the first presidential election under the new constitution, which occurred on 4 March 2013. Uhuru KENYATTA, the son of founding president Jomo KENYATTA, won the March elections in the first round by a close margin and was sworn into office on 9 April 2013.
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