Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Kenya
Kenya: Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) was 92.4% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Kenya, 2009–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Kenya is 92.4%, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Kenya peaked at 92.4% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 82.1%, in 2010.
Kenya ranks 122nd of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Kenya, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 82.8% | — |
| 2010 | 82.1% | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 82.5% | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 85.2% | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 86.7% | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 87.5% | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 91.0% | +3.9% |
| 2016 | 92.1% | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 91.1% | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 91.5% | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 92.4% | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 82.8% | 82.8% | 82.8% | 1 |
| 2010s | 88.2% | 82.1% | 92.4% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
More private sector data for Kenya
- Merchandise trade 22.2% (2025)
- Food imports 16.3% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 56.6% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 21.61 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 49.2% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 30.7% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 8.60 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 149.5 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0633 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 4.42 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Kenya?
- Getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Kenya was 92.4% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 92.4% in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 82.1% in 2010.
- How does Kenya rank for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita)?
- Kenya ranks 122nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for cost benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.