Kenya vs Saudi Arabia: Economic Indicators Comparison

Saudi Arabia with a GDP of $786.5B ranked the 18th largest economy in the world, while Kenya ranked 66th with $87.9B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, Saudi Arabia and Kenya ranked 124th vs 25th and 41st vs 153rd, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

StatKenyaSaudi Arabia
GDP$87.9B$786.5B
GDP growth, 1 year6%2.2%
GDP growth, 5-years average5.6%2.2%
Population48.5M33M
GDP per capita$1.7k$23k
GDP per capita growth3.9%0.61%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor49.971.58
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate0.490.42
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted$3.7k$56k
GNI, Atlas method$83.1B$727.8B
GNI per capita$1.6k$22k
GNI, PPP adjusted$176.7B$1.9T
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted$3.4k$56k

Financial system and Human development

StatKenyaSaudi Arabia
Income Tax Rate30%2.5%
Corporate Tax Rate30%2.5%
Inflation, consumer prices4.7%2.5%
Inflation, GDP deflator2.8%11.5%
Unemployment9.3%5.9%
Economic Freedom Index55.362.4
Personal Freedom Index6.484.65
Human Freedom Index6.615.66
Property Rights Index63.264.6
Judical Effectiveness Index48.672.3
Business Freedom Index5566.6
Fiscal Health Index13.519.3
Labor Freedom Index55.863.3
Investment Freedom Index5545
Financial Freedom Index5050
Trade Freedom Index60.475.4
Monetary Freedom Index7581
Government Spending Index79.661.8
Tax Burden Index78.799.8
Government Integrity Index28.249.6
Corruption Perceptions Index2749
Life expectancy at birth, years65.974.9
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people3.23.2
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people27.828.8
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people51.3
International tourism, number of arrivals1.4M15.3M

Government debt & reserves

StatKenyaSaudi Arabia
Central government debt, % of GDP57.2%19.1%
External debt stocks, % of GNI36.1%N/A
External debt stocks$31.5BN/A
Short-term debt, % of total reserves31.1%N/A
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income22.6%N/A
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI-2.2%13.4%
Gross savings, % of GDP10.5%33.2%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP18.4%24.2%
Total reserves including gold$8.2B$509.5B
Foreign direct investment net inflows$1.6B$4.2B

Exports, imports and economic structure

StatKenyaSaudi Arabia
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP13.2%39.9%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP23%26.7%
Current account balance (balance of payments)-$5B$70.6B
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP22%26.8%
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP$1.5B$290k
Personal remittances received$2.7B$334.9M
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP16.4%49.5%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP34.2%2.2%
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%28%
Government Expenditure, % of GDP26.1%35.7%

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

Saudi Arabia vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
Israel
$42k
9.09M
France
$41k
66.6M
Japan
$39k
127M
Italy
$34k
60.3M
Kuwait
$34k
4.6M
Bahamas
$32k
395k
Brunei
$32k
429k
South Korea
$31k
51.5M
Spain
$30k
46.7M
Malta
$30k
465k
Cyprus
$28k
1.14M
Slovenia
$26k
2.07M
Taiwan
$25k
23.6M
Bahrain
$24k
1.49M
Portugal
$23k
10.6M
Estonia
$23k
1.32M
Czech Republic
$23k
10.7M
Vatican City
$21k
1k
Greece
$20k
10.8M
Curacao
$20k
160k
Slovakia
$19k
5.4M
Saint Kitts and Nevis
$19k
55.3k
Lithuania
$19k
2.79M
Barbados
$18k
286k
Latvia
$18k
1.91M
Uruguay
$17k
3.46M
Trinidad and Tobago
$17k
1.37M
Antigua and Barbuda
$17k
102k
Seychelles
$16k
95.8k
Oman
$16k
4.83M