Kenya vs Zambia: Economic Indicators Comparison

Kenya with a GDP of $87.9B ranked the 66th largest economy in the world, while Zambia ranked 106th with $26.7B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, Kenya and Zambia ranked 25th vs 62nd and 153rd vs 157th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

StatKenyaZambia
GDP$87.9B$26.7B
GDP growth, 1 year6%3.5%
GDP growth, 5-years average5.6%3.6%
Population48.5M17.1M
GDP per capita$1.7k$1.5k
GDP per capita growth3.9%0.82%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor49.973.81
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate0.490.36
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted$3.7k$4.1k
GNI, Atlas method$83.1B$24.8B
GNI per capita$1.6k$1.4k
GNI, PPP adjusted$176.7B$71.2B
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted$3.4k$4.1k

Financial system and Human development

StatKenyaZambia
Income Tax Rate30%35%
Corporate Tax Rate30%35%
Inflation, consumer prices4.7%7%
Inflation, GDP deflator2.8%9.3%
Unemployment9.3%7.2%
Economic Freedom Index55.353.5
Personal Freedom Index6.486.26
Human Freedom Index6.616.67
Property Rights Index63.245.2
Judical Effectiveness Index48.631.3
Business Freedom Index5566.4
Fiscal Health Index13.518.4
Labor Freedom Index55.847
Investment Freedom Index5555
Financial Freedom Index5050
Trade Freedom Index60.472.6
Monetary Freedom Index7572.2
Government Spending Index79.681.7
Tax Burden Index78.773.2
Government Integrity Index28.228.4
Corruption Perceptions Index2735
Life expectancy at birth, years65.963
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people3.26.1
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people27.824.7
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people55.3
International tourism, number of arrivals1.4M1.1M

Government debt & reserves

StatKenyaZambia
Central government debt, % of GDP57.2%72.4%
External debt stocks, % of GNI36.1%73.7%
External debt stocks$31.5B$19.1B
Short-term debt, % of total reserves31.1%42.5%
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income22.6%14.6%
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI-2.2%9.2%
Gross savings, % of GDP10.5%31.3%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP18.4%38.2%
Total reserves including gold$8.2B$1.6B
Foreign direct investment net inflows$1.6B$408.4M

Exports, imports and economic structure

StatKenyaZambia
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP13.2%37.4%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP23%38.2%
Current account balance (balance of payments)-$5B-$342.3M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP22%16.9%
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP$1.5B$806.4M
Personal remittances received$2.7B$107M
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP16.4%36.3%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP34.2%2.6%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP$206.8M$35M
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP$68.6MN/A
Expense, % of GDP26.2%20.8%
Government Expenditure, % of GDP26.1%24.7%

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
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

Zambia vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
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
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
Nepal
$1k
29.4M
Sudan
$977
40.5M
Yemen
$944
28.3M
Benin
$902
11.2M