Kenya vs Nepal: Economic Indicators Comparison

Kenya with a GDP of $87.9B ranked the 66th largest economy in the world, while Nepal ranked 103rd with $29B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, Kenya and Nepal ranked 25th vs 37th and 153rd vs 170th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

StatKenyaNepal
GDP$87.9B$29B
GDP growth, 1 year6%6.3%
GDP growth, 5-years average5.6%4.8%
Population48.5M29.4M
GDP per capita$1.7k$1k
GDP per capita growth3.9%4.91%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor49.9734.93
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate0.490.33
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted$3.7k$2.9k
GNI, Atlas method$83.1B$27.2B
GNI per capita$1.6k$970
GNI, PPP adjusted$176.7B$87.4B
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted$3.4k$3.1k

Financial system and Human development

StatKenyaNepal
Income Tax Rate30%25%
Corporate Tax Rate30%25%
Inflation, consumer prices4.7%4.2%
Inflation, GDP deflator2.8%6.3%
Unemployment9.3%1.3%
Economic Freedom Index55.354.2
Personal Freedom Index6.487.75
Human Freedom Index6.616.83
Property Rights Index63.240.7
Judical Effectiveness Index48.632
Business Freedom Index5561.6
Fiscal Health Index13.598.1
Labor Freedom Index55.853.7
Investment Freedom Index5510
Financial Freedom Index5030
Trade Freedom Index60.460.4
Monetary Freedom Index7571.2
Government Spending Index79.677.9
Tax Burden Index78.783.4
Government Integrity Index28.231.5
Corruption Perceptions Index2731
Life expectancy at birth, years65.970.2
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people3.28.8
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people27.815.9
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people52.2
International tourism, number of arrivals1.4M1.2M

Government debt & reserves

StatKenyaNepal
Central government debt, % of GDP57.2%30.4%
External debt stocks, % of GNI36.1%18.9%
External debt stocks$31.5B$5.5B
Short-term debt, % of total reserves31.1%3%
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income22.6%8.5%
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI-2.2%38.1%
Gross savings, % of GDP10.5%49.5%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP18.4%55.2%
Total reserves including gold$8.2B$8.3B
Foreign direct investment net inflows$1.6B$68.2M

Exports, imports and economic structure

StatKenyaNepal
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP13.2%8.9%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP23%46.3%
Current account balance (balance of payments)-$5B-$2.8B
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP22%22.9%
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP$1.5B$629.7M
Personal remittances received$2.7B$8.3B
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP16.4%13.5%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP34.2%25.3%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP$206.8MN/A
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP$68.6MN/A
Expense, % of GDP26.2%19.4%
Government Expenditure, % of GDP26.1%27.2%

Compare with countries close by GDP per capita

Kenya vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
Vietnam
$2.6k
94.7M
Egypt
$2.5k
94.8M
Laos
$2.5k
6.86M
Honduras
$2.5k
9.27M
Ghana
$2.2k
26.9M
Congo
$2.1k
5.26M
Zimbabwe
$2.1k
16.5M
Solomon Islands
$2.1k
611k
East Timor
$2k
1.3M
Syria
$2k
18.3M
Nicaragua
$2k
6.22M
Nigeria
$2k
191M
India
$2k
1.33B
Sao Tome and Principe
$2k
204k
Ivory Coast
$1.7k
24.3M
North Korea
$1.7k
25.5M
Bangladesh
$1.7k
165M
Kiribati
$1.6k
116k
Zambia
$1.5k
17.1M
Cameroon
$1.5k
24.1M
Uzbekistan
$1.5k
32.4M
Senegal
$1.5k
15.9M
Cambodia
$1.5k
16M
Pakistan
$1.5k
197M
Comoros
$1.4k
824k
Myanmar
$1.3k
53.4M
Lesotho
$1.3k
2.23M
Kyrgyzstan
$1.3k
6.2M
Mauritania
$1.2k
4.42M
South Sudan
$1.1k
12.6M

Nepal vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
Bangladesh
$1.7k
165M
Kiribati
$1.6k
116k
Zambia
$1.5k
17.1M
Cameroon
$1.5k
24.1M
Uzbekistan
$1.5k
32.4M
Senegal
$1.5k
15.9M
Cambodia
$1.5k
16M
Pakistan
$1.5k
197M
Comoros
$1.4k
824k
Myanmar
$1.3k
53.4M
Lesotho
$1.3k
2.23M
Kyrgyzstan
$1.3k
6.2M
Mauritania
$1.2k
4.42M
South Sudan
$1.1k
12.6M
Tanzania
$1.1k
57.3M
Sudan
$977
40.5M
Yemen
$944
28.3M
Benin
$902
11.2M
Mali
$900
18.5M
Guinea
$879
12.7M
Haiti
$868
11M
Tajikistan
$827
8.92M
Eritrea
$811
3.5M
Guinea-Bissau
$778
1.86M
Rwanda
$773
12.2M
Ethiopia
$772
105M
Chad
$728
15.5M
Gambia
$716
2.1M
Burkina Faso
$715
19.2M
Togo
$679
7.8M