Healthy diet unaffordable in Kenya
In Kenya, 76.3% of people could not afford a healthy diet in 2025.
The latest value carries the source flag “Estimate”.
Kenya, 2025
76.3%e (Estimate)
Change from 2024
−0.1percentage points
World, 2025
32.7%e (Estimate)
Position in 2025
14th of 145
Healthy diet unaffordable in Kenya over time
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% of the population. Source: FAO, FAOSTAT. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Kenya | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 76.3%e (Estimated value) | 32.7%e (Estimated value) |
| 2024 | 76.4%e (Estimated value) | 34.3%e (Estimated value) |
| 2023 | 76.9%e (Estimated value) | 35.4%e (Estimated value) |
| 2022 | 77.8%e (Estimated value) | 36.7%e (Estimated value) |
| 2021 | 78.0%e (Estimated value) | 37.4%e (Estimated value) |
| 2020 | 76.3%e (Estimated value) | 39.6%e (Estimated value) |
| 2019 | 72.1%e (Estimated value) | 38.0%e (Estimated value) |
| 2018 | 69.8%e (Estimated value) | 39.0%e (Estimated value) |
| 2017 | 69.8%e (Estimated value) | 41.0%e (Estimated value) |
Flags: e Estimated value . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 76.4% in 2024.
- Since 2017, when it was 69.8%, the figure has changed by +6.5 percentage points.
- Among the 145 countries with data for 2025, Kenya has the 14th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 32.7%.
More for Kenya
All statistics for Kenya
Cost of a healthy diet
Int$4.50e (Estimate) per person per day
2025 · FAOSTAT
Pesticide use
0.90e (Estimate) kg/ha
2024 · FAOSTAT
Nitrogen fertiliser use
21.3e (Estimate) kg/ha
2024 · FAOSTAT
Agriculture share of GDP
23.2%
2025 · World Bank
Cereal yield
1,693 kg per hectare
2024 · World Bank
Agricultural land
50.0%
2024 · World Bank