Transport and infrastructure in Kenya

Our listing of the primary types of transport compares the infrastructure of Kenya with the average of all countries in Africa. The traffic routes have noticeable defects in many places and are often not in particularly good condition.

In terms of the length of its rail network, Kenya ranks 89th in the world with 0.07 meters per inhabitant. In total, the rail network is 3,819 kilometers long.

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Road traffic

The network of roads and highways has a total length of 161,452 km. For each of the country's 53.01 million inhabitants, this corresponds to 3.05 meters. This puts Kenya in 144th place in the global ranking. However, the country's size and population density of around 91 inhabitants per km² must also be taken into account. Countries with fewer inhabitants in the same or even larger area naturally achieve quite different values here and have to connect remote areas to the transport network despite a smaller population.

With an average of 13444 traffic fatalities per year (2013 - 2019), road traffic in Kenya is considered quite dangerous. This corresponds to 27.4 accident fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants per year. By comparison, this figure is 12.3 in the USA and 17.0 worldwide.

In Kenya, left-hand traffic is the rule on the roads, i.e. you drive in the left lane and overtake on the right. Oncoming traffic comes to meet you on the right side. Here you can also find an overview of all countries with left-hand traffic.

	total	per 1 mio inhabitants	per km²
	Kenya
Roadways	161,500 km	3,045.94 km	278.19 m
Railroads	3,800 km	72.05 km	6.58 m
Waterways	0 km	0.00 km	0.00 m
Commercial harbors	26	0.49	0.000
Airports	16	0.30	0.028

	total	per 1 mio inhabitants	per km²
	Africa
Roadways	2,997,800 km	2,151.40 km	98.86 m
Railroads	88,600 km	63.57 km	2.92 m
Waterways	68,400 km	49.09 km	2.26 m
Commercial harbors	7,949	5.70	0.000
Airports	413	0.30	0.000

Data sources used

• Global Health Observatory Data Repository (World Health Organization)
• UNCTAD
• Internation Union of Railways (UIC)
• CIA Factbook
• OECD Statistics
• Wikipedia (german)

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