Kenya vs Senegal: Number of people without access to electricity, per square kilometre

Kenya
22.67 people per square kilometre
in 2023
Senegal
24.22 people per square kilometre
in 2023
Kenya rank
26th
Senegal rank
25th

Number of people without access to electricity, per square kilometre over time

  • Kenya
  • Senegal
0204060200020112023

How they compare

Senegal currently reports 24.22 people per square kilometre against 22.67 people per square kilometre in Kenya, a difference of 1.55 people per square kilometre.

That makes Senegal's figure about 1.1 times Kenya's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 24 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Kenya ahead.

Kenya ranks 26th and Senegal ranks 25th of 214 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 2 and Senegal in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kenya Senegal Difference Ahead
2000s 48.1 people per square kilometre 32.12 people per square kilometre 15.97 people per square kilometre Kenya
2010s 43.98 people per square kilometre 28.89 people per square kilometre 15.09 people per square kilometre Kenya
2020s 23.06 people per square kilometre 28.35 people per square kilometre 5.29 people per square kilometre Senegal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of people without access to electricity, per square kilometre, Kenya or Senegal?
Senegal, at 24.22 people per square kilometre against 22.67 people per square kilometre in Kenya as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of people without access to electricity, per square kilometre between Kenya and Senegal?
1.55 people per square kilometre, with Senegal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Senegal?
24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.
How do Kenya and Senegal rank globally for number of people without access to electricity, per square kilometre?
Kenya ranks 26th and Senegal ranks 25th of 214 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Number of people without access to electricity, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Kenya vs Senegal: Number of people without access to electricity, per square kilometre. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 08 September 2026, from https://energy.statizoid.com/compare/number-of-people-without-access-to-electricity-per-square-kilometre/kenya/senegal/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://energy.statizoid.com/compare/number-of-people-without-access-to-electricity-per-square-kilometre/kenya/senegal/">Kenya vs Senegal: Number of people without access to electricity, per square kilometre</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Number of people without access to electricity, per square kilometre
Unit
people per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
214 places, 5,049 data points, 2000–2023
Last refreshed

Number of people without access to electricity divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.