Urban Population / Kenya
Kenya Urban Population
Kenya urban population data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 31.89%.
COUNTRY: Kenya
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-06-29 05:07:34
GM ECONOMY RATING
Kenya · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
B
54 / 100
Fragile stability
Fiscal stability
2.0 / 25
Macroeconomic stability
17.0 / 20
External stability
11.0 / 15
Financial robustness
8.0 / 15
Structural stability
10.0 / 15
Future capacity
6.0 / 10
Demographic capacity
3.0 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 100% of weighted inputs available.
Time range:
Selected year: · Value:
Kenya · urban population data as percent of GDP.
Latest
31.89%
Previous
31.63%
Range avg.
31.50%
Rank
73
Countries by urban population
full rankingGM ECONOMY
Data Navigator
Countries, indicators and comparisons
CountryKenya
IndicatorUrban Population
31.89%2024 · Rank 73
Chart range
All indicators
Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
Kenya recorded 31.89% for Urban Population in 2024, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2023, the indicator increased by 0.26 percentage points, from 31.63% to 31.89%.
The latest observation is above the average of the last 10 available observations (31.50%).
Across the five latest available observations (2020–2024), the pattern is predominantly upward.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 31.19% in 2019 and the high was 31.89% in 2024.
Comparison
Related indicators
PopulationSP.POP.TOTL
Age Dependency RatioSP.POP.DPND
Life ExpectancySP.DYN.LE00.IN
Fertility RateSP.DYN.TFRT.IN
Gini IndexSI.POV.GINI
Poverty HeadcountSI.POV.NAHC