Kenya
Capital: Nairobi · Lower middle income · Pop. 56.4 million
Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT)
Sanitation tracks closely: 35.83% use safely managed sanitation services and 40.88% have at least a basic service (2024).
Kenya has about 382 cubic meters of renewable internal freshwater per person each year — below the ~1,000 m³ threshold widely used to define water scarcity. It withdraws the equivalent of 19% of those internal resources annually (low-medium water stress).
Agriculture accounts for about 80% of Kenya's water withdrawals, the rest going to households and industry.
Common questions
How many people in Kenya have safe drinking water?
Comprehensive safely-managed drinking-water data is not available for Kenya; basic-service estimates may exist.
Does Kenya have enough freshwater?
Kenya has roughly 382 m³ of renewable internal freshwater per person per year, and uses about 19% of it annually (low-medium stress).