Livability · rank 111/167
Is 🇰🇪 Kenya (Nairobi) a good place to live?
Quality score 54/100 against essentials of $608/month.
The five metrics
Internet 15 37.4 Mbps median broadband, 35% online
Safety 71 4.9 homicides/100k (2022)
Healthcare 57 UHC service coverage 57/100 (2023)
Air quality 71 PM2.5 18.2 µg/m³ (2023)
Beside the score, not inside it
Neither of these is part of the composite above, deliberately. Folding governance into a quality-of-life number would bury a political judgement where you could not see it or argue with it, and connection price is a different question from connection speed — somewhere fast and expensive and somewhere slow and cheap are different trade-offs, not one average.
- Rule of law
- weak
- World Bank WGI estimate -0.46 · corruption control -0.8 · stability -1.36 (2024). Scale −2.5 to +2.5, higher is better.
- What connectivity costs
- $23.19 /mo broadband
- Mobile 10GB $15.46/month. ITU price basket. The speed above is scored; this price is not.
What your budget buys
| Monthly budget | vs essentials ($608) | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| $2,000 | 3.3× | like royalty |
| $3,000 | 4.9× | like royalty |
| $5,000 | 8.2× | like royalty |
Essentials from the Pint & Property basket. Rank countries by your own priorities in the interactive matrix.
Similar value-for-money
- 🇫🇯 Fiji — quality 67.4, essentials $766/mo
- 🇲🇪 Montenegro — quality 71.1, essentials $804/mo
- 🇳🇮 Nicaragua — quality 54.8, essentials $628/mo
- 🇿🇲 Zambia — quality 54.2, essentials $610/mo
See also: everyday prices · retiring in Kenya
Frequently asked questions
- Is Kenya a good place to live for remote workers?
- Kenya scores 54/100 on our equal-weighted livability composite (internet 37.4 Mbps, safety 71, healthcare 57, air quality 71; English not scored) — rank 111 of 167.
- How fast is the internet in Kenya?
- Median fixed broadband is around 37.4 Mbps.
- What does $3,000/month get you in Kenya?
- Single-person essentials run about $608/month at local prices, so $3,000 lives "like royalty" (4.9× essentials).