Health expenditure in Kenya
Kenya: Health expenditure was 1.51 billion current US$ in 2011. ▲ Rising
Health expenditure in Kenya, 1995–2011
Source: World Health Organization Global Health Expenditure database (see http://apps.who.int/nha/database for the most recent updates). Measured in current US$.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 1.51 billion current US$ for health expenditure in 2011. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.8% on the previous year and up 151.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, health expenditure in Kenya peaked at 1.51 billion current US$ in 2011 and was at its lowest, 384.89 million current US$, in 1995.
Kenya ranks 14th of 52 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 519.81 million current US$ | 384.89 million current US$ | 633.19 million current US$ | 5 |
| 2000s | 887.12 million current US$ | 594.96 million current US$ | 1.41 billion current US$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.46 billion current US$ | 1.41 billion current US$ | 1.51 billion current US$ | 2 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
More health data for Kenya
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates 1,119 (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 16,059 (2100)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 3 (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by country 3 (2026)
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 686,178 (2025)
- Population, male 49.7% (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 680,935 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 690,593 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 679,769 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 17.60 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is health expenditure in Kenya?
- Health expenditure in Kenya was 1.51 billion current US$ in 2011, according to World Health Organization Global Health Expenditure database (see http://apps.who.int/nha/database for the most recent updates).
- What is the highest health expenditure recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 1.51 billion current US$ in 2011.
- What is the lowest health expenditure recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 384.89 million current US$ in 1995.
- How does Kenya rank for health expenditure?
- Kenya ranks 14th out of 52 countries with data for 2011.
- Is health expenditure rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 151.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization Global Health Expenditure database (see http://apps.who.int/nha/database for the most recent updates), published as part of Health expenditure (current US$). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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World Health Organization Global Health Expenditure database (see http://apps.who.int/nha/database for the most recent updates).