Kenya Teledensity: Mobile

1960 - 2023 | Yearly | Number | World Bank

Key information about Kenya Teledensity: Mobile

  • Kenya Teledensity: Mobile was reported at 120.612 Number in Dec 2023
  • This records a decrease from the previous number of 121.169 Number for Dec 2022
  • Kenya Teledensity: Mobile data is updated yearly, averaging 0.024 Number from Dec 1960 to 2023, with 52 observations
  • The data reached an all-time high of 122.298 Number in 2021 and a record low of 0.000 Number in 1991
  • Kenya Teledensity: Mobile data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank
  • The data is categorized under World Trend Plus’s Association: Telecommunication Sector – Table KE.World Bank.WDI: Telecommunication
Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service that provide access to the PSTN using cellular technology. The indicator includes (and is split into) the number of postpaid subscriptions, and the number of active prepaid accounts (i.e. that have been used during the last three months). The indicator applies to all mobile cellular subscriptions that offer voice communications. It excludes subscriptions via data cards or USB modems, subscriptions to public mobile data services, private trunked mobile radio, telepoint, radio paging and telemetry services.;World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU);Weighted average;

View Kenya's Teledensity: Mobile from 1960 to 2023 in the chart:

Kenya Teledensity: Mobile

What was Kenya's Teledensity: Mobile in 2023?

Kenya Teledensity: Mobile was reported at 120.612 Number in Dec 2023 See the table below for more data.

Last Previous Min Max Unit Frequency Range
120.612 2023 121.169 2022 0.000 1991 122.298 2021 Number yearly 1960 - 2023

Teledensity: Mobile by Country Comparison

country/region Last Frequency Range
Afghanistan (Number) 55.547 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Albania (Number) 92.997 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Algeria (Number) 111.606 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Andorra (Number) 156.097 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Angola (Number) 70.052 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Antigua and Barbuda (Number) 200.541 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Argentina (Number) 137.706 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Armenia (Number) 134.520 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Aruba (Number) 130.648 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Australia (Number) 112.513 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Austria (Number) 121.746 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Azerbaijan (Number) 107.687 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Bahamas (Number) 100.048 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Bahrain (Number) 153.900 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Bangladesh (Number) 114.355 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Barbados (Number) 114.581 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Belarus (Number) 128.979 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Belgium (Number) 103.196 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Belize (Number) 67.175 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Benin (Number) 116.036 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Bermuda (Number) 105.274 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Bhutan (Number) 95.626 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Bolivia (Number) 101.572 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Number) 117.734 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Botswana (Number) 179.027 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Brazil (Number) 101.020 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Brunei (Number) 127.012 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Bulgaria (Number) 117.933 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Burkina Faso (Number) 119.463 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Burundi (Number) 63.163 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Cambodia (Number) 120.809 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Cameroon (Number) 96.482 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Canada (Number) 94.150 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Cape Verde (Number) 113.023 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Cayman Islands (Number) 139.315 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Central African Republic (Number) 38.822 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Chad (Number) 70.187 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Chile (Number) 135.871 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
China (Number) 128.247 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Colombia (Number) 166.980 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Comoros (Number) 109.856 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Congo (Number) 94.871 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Costa Rica (Number) 145.789 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Croatia (Number) 117.113 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Cuba (Number) 69.577 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Cyprus (Number) 155.696 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Czech Republic (Number) 126.005 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Democratic Republic of Congo (Number) 53.189 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Denmark (Number) 126.919 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Djibouti (Number) 48.450 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Dominica (Number) 85.190 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Dominican Republic (Number) 91.868 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Ecuador (Number) 101.032 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Egypt (Number) 92.826 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
El Salvador (Number) 179.706 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Equatorial Guinea (Number) 49.538 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Eritrea (Number) 59.125 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Estonia (Number) 150.196 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Swaziland (Number) 128.399 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Ethiopia (Number) 56.964 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Faroe Islands (Number) 105.804 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Fiji (Number) 111.749 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Finland (Number) 127.473 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
France (Number) 116.688 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
French Polynesia (Number) 118.778 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Gabon (Number) 122.607 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Gambia (Number) 106.782 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Georgia (Number) 155.250 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Germany (Number) 124.663 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Ghana (Number) 98.806 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Greece (Number) 110.792 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Greenland (Number) 118.637 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Grenada (Number) 95.759 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Guatemala (Number) 113.709 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Guinea (Number) 108.885 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Guinea-Bissau (Number) 128.111 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Guyana (Number) 112.565 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Haiti (Number) 65.189 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Honduras (Number) 74.415 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Hong Kong SAR, China (Number) 319.494 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Hungary (Number) 105.054 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Iceland (Number) 123.382 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
India (Number) 80.563 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Indonesia (Number) 125.238 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Iran (Number) 166.280 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Iraq (Number) 101.389 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Ireland (Number) 110.798 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Israel (Number) 153.337 2023 yearly 1990 - 2023
Italy (Number) 131.872 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Ivory Coast (Number) 171.989 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Jamaica (Number) 115.092 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Japan (Number) 178.432 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Jordan (Number) 67.546 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Kazakhstan (Number) 127.115 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Kenya (Number) 120.612 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Kiribati (Number) 51.254 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
South Korea (Number) 162.114 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Kuwait (Number) 167.684 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Kyrgyzstan (Number) 108.591 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Laos (Number) 64.759 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023

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Kenya Key Series

Government and Public Finance Last Frequency Range
Consolidated Fiscal Balance: % of GDP (%) -5.9 Jun 2025 quarterly Dec 2009 - Jun 2025
Tax Revenue (USD mn) 13,986.408 Apr 2025 monthly Sep 1999 - Apr 2025
Tax Revenue: % of GDP (%) 6.6 2024 yearly 2006 - 2024
National Government Debt (USD mn) 93,267.3 Sep 2025 monthly Sep 1999 - Sep 2025
Government Debt: % of GDP (%) 69.0 Jun 2025 quarterly Dec 2009 - Jun 2025
Forecast: Government Expenditure (KES bn) 6,515.675 2030 yearly 1982 - 2030
Forecast: Government Net Debt (KES bn) 19,848.135 2030 yearly 1998 - 2030
Forecast: Government Revenue (KES bn) 5,159.680 2030 yearly 1982 - 2030
Central Government Revenue and Grants: ytd: Revenue: Tax: Excise Duty (KES mn) 48,500.000 Aug 2025 monthly Sep 1999 - Aug 2025
Central Government Revenue and Grants: ytd: Revenue: Tax: VAT (KES mn) 173,400.000 Sep 2025 monthly Sep 1999 - Sep 2025
Central Government Expenditure: ytd: Development (KES mn) 53,800.000 Aug 2025 monthly Sep 1999 - Aug 2025
Central Government Revenue and Grants: ytd: Revenue (KES mn) 693,000.000 Sep 2025 monthly Sep 1999 - Sep 2025
Central Government Expenditure: ytd: Recurrent (KES mn) 785,200.000 Sep 2025 monthly Sep 1999 - Sep 2025
Central Government Revenue and Grants: ytd: Revenue: Tax (KES mn) 1,811,438.000 Apr 2025 monthly Sep 1999 - Apr 2025
Central Government Expenditure: ytd (KES mn) 992,500.000 Sep 2025 monthly Sep 1999 - Sep 2025
Foreign Trade Last Frequency Range
Forecast: Exports of Goods Growth (%) 7.212 2028 yearly 1980 - 2028
Trade Balance (USD mn) -1,286.0 Oct 2025 monthly Oct 1992 - Oct 2025
Total Exports (USD mn) 679.4 Oct 2025 monthly Aug 1998 - Oct 2025
Total Exports Growth (%) -30.4 Oct 2025 monthly Aug 1999 - Oct 2025
Aluminum: Exports (USD th) 6,652.580 2024 yearly 1995 - 2024
Exports: Medicament (USD th) 137,291.301 2024 yearly 1995 - 2024
Exports: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Product (USD th) 36,135.594 2024 yearly 1995 - 2024
Total Imports (USD mn) 1,922.9 Sep 2025 monthly Aug 1998 - Sep 2025
Total Imports Growth (%) -10.1 Oct 2025 monthly Aug 1999 - Oct 2025
Imports: Medicament (USD th) 437,549.295 2024 yearly 1995 - 2024
Imports: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Product (USD th) 231,810.109 2024 yearly 1995 - 2024
Total Exports to USA (USD mn) 41.898 Oct 2025 monthly Jan 1998 - Oct 2025
Total Imports from USA (USD mn) 69.475 Oct 2025 monthly Jan 1998 - Oct 2025
Total Exports to China (USD mn) 13.522 Aug 2025 monthly Apr 1998 - Aug 2025
Total Imports from China (USD mn) 488.372 Oct 2025 monthly Jan 2001 - Oct 2025
Exports: Domestic: Horticulture (KES mn) 14,373.020 Sep 2025 monthly Aug 1998 - Sep 2025
Exports: Domestic: Tea (KES mn) 14,545.410 Sep 2025 monthly Aug 1998 - Sep 2025
Exports: Domestic: Cement (KES mn) 162.760 Sep 2025 monthly Aug 1998 - Sep 2025
Exports: Domestic: Coffee (KES mn) 2,749.580 Oct 2025 monthly Aug 1998 - Oct 2025
Exports: Netherlands (KES mn) 5,643.070 Sep 2025 monthly Jan 1998 - Sep 2025
Exports: Tanzania (KES mn) 3,627.950 Oct 2025 monthly Jan 1998 - Oct 2025
Exports: Uganda (KES mn) 10,006.390 Oct 2025 monthly Jan 1998 - Oct 2025
Exports: United Kingdom (KES mn) 4,902.260 Oct 2025 monthly Jan 1998 - Oct 2025
Imports: India (KES mn) 27,602.110 Oct 2025 monthly Jan 1998 - Oct 2025
Imports: Saudi Arabia (KES mn) 17,633.730 Oct 2025 monthly Jan 1998 - Oct 2025
Imports: United Arab Emirates (KES mn) 32,667.060 Oct 2025 monthly Jan 1998 - Oct 2025
Imports: South Africa (KES mn) 6,101.980 Oct 2025 monthly Jan 1998 - Oct 2025
Imports: Italy (KES mn) 2,366.680 Aug 2025 monthly Jan 1998 - Aug 2025
Imports: Mineral Fuels, Lubricants and Related Materials (KES mn) 78,884.370 Sep 2025 monthly Aug 1998 - Sep 2025
Imports: Chemicals (KES mn) 30,112.760 Sep 2025 monthly Aug 1998 - Sep 2025
Imports (KES mn) 254,008.150 Oct 2025 monthly Aug 1998 - Oct 2025
Exports (KES mn) 125,803.300 Sep 2025 monthly Aug 1998 - Sep 2025
Exports: Re-Exports (KES mn) 11,709.290 Oct 2025 monthly Aug 1998 - Oct 2025
Exports: Domestic: Chemicals (KES mn) 5,610.320 Dec 2024 monthly Aug 1998 - Dec 2024
Imports: Food and Live Animals (KES mn) 17,032.330 Dec 2024 monthly Aug 1998 - Dec 2024
Imports: Manufactured Goods Classified Chiefly by Materials (KES mn) 35,443.980 Dec 2024 monthly Aug 1998 - Dec 2024
Imports: Machinery and Transport Equipment (KES mn) 48,967.450 Dec 2024 monthly Aug 1998 - Dec 2024
Imports Volume Index (2009=100) 124.300 2022 yearly 2007 - 2022
Exports Volume Index (2009=100) 125.500 2022 yearly 2007 - 2022
Export Value Index (2015=100) 114.099 2021 yearly 1980 - 2021
Import Value Index (2015=100) 121.536 2021 yearly 1980 - 2021
Balance of Payments Last Frequency Range
Direct Investment Abroad (USD mn) 417.6 2024 yearly 2009 - 2024
Current Account Balance (USD mn) -124.0 Jun 2025 monthly Jan 2002 - Jun 2025
Current Account Balance: % of GDP (%) -1.9 Jun 2025 quarterly Mar 2009 - Jun 2025
Foreign Direct Investment (USD mn) 463.4 2024 yearly 1970 - 2024
Foreign Direct Investment: % of GDP (%) 0.4 2024 yearly 1996 - 2024
Foreign Portfolio Investment (USD mn) 430.625 2024 yearly 2009 - 2024
Foreign Portfolio Investment: % of GDP (%) 0.4 2024 yearly 2009 - 2024
Foreign Portfolio Investment: Equity Securities (USD mn) -122.5 2024 yearly 2009 - 2024
Foreign Portfolio Investment: Debt Securities (USD mn) 553.136 2024 yearly 2009 - 2024
External Debt (USD mn) 41,807.5 Aug 2025 monthly Sep 1999 - Aug 2025
External Debt: % of GDP (%) 31.2 2024 yearly 2006 - 2024
External Debt: Short Term (USD mn) 2,007.8 2024 yearly 1970 - 2024
External Debt: Short Term: % of GDP (%) 1.7 2024 yearly 1996 - 2024
Forecast: Current Account Balance (USD bn) -6.168 2030 yearly 1980 - 2030
Balance of Payment: Current Account (USD mn) -266.000 Jun 2024 monthly Dec 2014 - Jun 2024
BoP: Reserves and Related Items: Reserve Assets (KES mn) -24,917.900 2017 yearly 2009 - 2017
BoP: Net Errors and Omissions (KES mn) 6,858.800 2017 yearly 2009 - 2017
Balance of Payments (BoP) (USD mn) -140.000 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2015 - Sep 2024
BoP: Current Account n.i.e (USD mn) -1,452.000 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2015 - Sep 2024
BoP: Current Account: Goods (USD mn) -2,273.000 Mar 2024 quarterly Mar 2015 - Mar 2024
BoP: Current Account: Goods: Exports (USD mn) 2,195.000 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2015 - Sep 2024
BoP: Current Account: Goods: Imports (USD mn) 5,221.000 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2015 - Sep 2024
BoP: Current Account: Services (USD mn) 182.000 Mar 2024 quarterly Mar 2015 - Mar 2024
BoP: Current Account: Services: Credit (USD mn) 1,438.000 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2015 - Sep 2024
BoP: Current Account: Services: Debit (USD mn) 1,293.000 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2015 - Sep 2024
BoP: Capital Account n.i.e (USD mn) 10.000 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2015 - Sep 2024
BoP: Capital Account: Credit n.i.e (USD mn) 10.000 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2015 - Sep 2024
BoP: Capital Account: Debit (USD mn) 0.000 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2015 - Sep 2024
BoP: Financial Account n.i.e (USD mn) -1,260.000 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2015 - Sep 2024
BoP: Financial Account: Direct Investment: Assets (USD mn) 110.000 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2015 - Sep 2024
BoP: Financial Account: Direct Investment: Liabilities n.i.e (USD mn) 186.000 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2015 - Sep 2024
BoP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Assets (USD mn) 71.000 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2015 - Sep 2024
BoP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Liabilities n.i.e (USD mn) 135.000 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2015 - Sep 2024
BoP: Financial Account: Financial Derivatives: Net (USD mn) -18.000 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2015 - Sep 2024
BoP: Financial Account: Other Investment: Assets (USD mn) -184.000 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2015 - Sep 2024
BoP: Financial Account: Other Investment: Liabilities n.i.e (USD mn) 917.000 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2015 - Sep 2024
BoP: Current Account: Primary Income: Credit (USD mn) 80.000 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2015 - Sep 2024
BoP: Current Account: Primary Income: Debit (USD mn) 912.000 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2015 - Sep 2024
BoP: Current Account: Secondary Income: Credit n.i.e (USD mn) 2,004.000 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2015 - Sep 2024
BoP: Current Account: Secondary Income: Debit (USD mn) 32.000 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2015 - Sep 2024
BoP: Financial Account: Direct Investment: Liabilities (KES mn) 101,915.400 2023 yearly 2009 - 2023
Monetary Last Frequency Range
Non Performing Loans Ratio (%) 15.1 Jun 2025 quarterly Mar 2016 - Jun 2025
Non-Performing Loans (USD mn) 2,674.259 Dec 2019 monthly Apr 2001 - Dec 2019
Money Supply M1 (USD mn) 17,833.741 Oct 2025 monthly Dec 1995 - Oct 2025
Money Supply M2 (USD mn) 40,281.524 Oct 2025 monthly Dec 1995 - Oct 2025
M2 Growth (%) 11.2 Oct 2025 monthly Dec 1996 - Oct 2025
Reserve Requirement Ratio (%) 4.3 Mar 2023 monthly Dec 1999 - Mar 2023
Foreign Exchange Reserves (USD mn) 11,383.6 Sep 2025 monthly Dec 2000 - Sep 2025
Foreign Exchange Reserves: % of GDP (%) 8.977 Jun 2025 quarterly Dec 2009 - Jun 2025
Foreign Exchange Reserves: Months of Import (NA) 4.9 Sep 2025 monthly Sep 2005 - Sep 2025
Gold Reserves (USD mn) 2.237 Oct 2025 monthly Sep 1973 - Oct 2025
Total Deposits (USD mn) 43,578.237 Jun 2025 monthly Jan 1999 - Jun 2025
Total Deposits Growth (%) 6.5 Jun 2025 monthly Jan 2000 - Jun 2025
Domestic Credit (USD mn) 52,325.8 Jul 2025 monthly Dec 1995 - Jul 2025
Domestic Credit Growth (%) 8.0 Jul 2025 monthly Dec 1996 - Jul 2025
Total Loans (USD mn) 58,481.108 Jun 2025 monthly Jan 1999 - Jun 2025
Total Loans Growth (%) 10.54 Jun 2025 monthly Jan 2000 - Jun 2025
Private Debt: % of Nominal GDP (%) 27.48 Jun 2025 quarterly Dec 2009 - Jun 2025
Money Supply: M3: M2 (KES mn) 5,205,960.000 Oct 2025 monthly Dec 1995 - Oct 2025
Money Supply: M3 (KES mn) 6,492,000.000 Oct 2025 monthly Dec 1995 - Oct 2025
Money Supply: M3: M2: M1 (KES mn) 2,304,822.000 Oct 2025 monthly Dec 1995 - Oct 2025

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