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Countdown Indicators Breakdown

The Food Systems Countdown Initiative (FSCI) is a collaborative interdisciplinary effort to monitor global food systems. The Countdown developed a framework that includes five themes: (1) diets, nutrition, and health; (2) environment, natural resources, and production; (3) livelihoods, poverty, and equity; (4) governance; and (5) resilience and identified 50 indicators across these themes. This page presents national level data for these 50 indicators for Kenya.

Kenya income group: Lower Middle Income
Comparison
Kenya
Eastern Africa
World

Diets, Nutrition, and Health

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Cost of a healthy diet
3.54 PPP dollar/capita/day
Percent of the population who cannot afford a healthy diet
79%
Availability of fruits
172.7 g/capita/day
Availability of vegetables
173.6 g/capita/day
Percent of the population using safely managed drinking water services (SDG 6.1.1)
No Data
Retail value (total sales) of ultra-processed foods per capita
36.8 USD/capita
MDD-W: Minimum dietary diversity for women (SDG 2.2.4)
69%
All-5: Consumption of all five food groups
38%
NCD-Protect
4
NCD-Risk
1.6
Adults: Zero fruit or vegetable consumption
7%
Adults: Soft drink consumption
22%
Prevalence of undernourishment (SDG 2.1.1)
35%
Percent population experiencing moderate or severe food insecurity (SDG 2.1.2)
73%
MDD (IYCF): Minimum dietary diversity for infants and young children
36%
Children (6-23 months): Zero fruit or vegetable consumption
29% population 6-23 months
Less Desirable
More Desirable

Environment, Natural Resources, and Production

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Cropland nitrogen use efficiency
61%
Cereals yield
0.2 tonnes/ha
Fruit yield
2.1 tonnes/ha
Vegetable yield
1.4 tonnes/ha
Cow's milk yield
9,382 100 g/animal
Beef yield
125 kg/animal
Fishery health index progress score
6.1
Agri-food systems greenhouse gas emissions
63,173.6 kT CO2eq
Greenhouse gas emissions intensity for cereals (excluding rice)
0.2 kg CO2eq/kg product
Greenhouse gas emissions intensity for rice
0.4 kg CO2eq/kg product
Greenhouse gas emissions intensity for cow's milk
2 kg CO2eq/kg product
Greenhouse gas emissions intensity for beef
91.9 kg CO2eq/kg product
Cropland area change
0% change
Functional integrity: Agricultural land with minimum level of natural habitat
46% agricultural land
Agriculture water withdrawal as percent of total renewable water resources
11%
Pesticide use per area of cropland
0.7 kg/ha
Less Desirable
More Desirable

Livelihoods, Poverty, and Equity

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Share of agriculture in GDP (SDG 2.a.1)
22% GDP
Unemployment rate (Rural)
3% working age population
Underemployment rate (Rural)
7% working age population
Social protection coverage
27% population
Social protection adequacy
6% welfare of beneficiary households
Percent of children 5-17 years engaged in child labor
19% children 5-17
Share of women among owners or rights-bearers of agricultural land (SDG 5.a.1)
45% female land owners
Less Desirable
More Desirable

Governance

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Civil society participation index
0.8
Percent of the urban population living in cities signed onto the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact
13%
Degree of legal recognition of the right to food
Explicit protection of the right to food or directive of state policy
Presence of a national food system transformation pathway
Yes
Government effectiveness index
-0.3
Food safety capacity
60
Presence of national health-related food environment policies
None
V-Dem accountability index
1
Open budget index score
50
Guarantees for public access to information (SDG 16.10.2)
Yes
Less Desirable
More Desirable

Resilience

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Ratio of total damages from all disasters to GDP
0.227
Dietary sourcing flexibility index
0.8
Mobile cellular subscriptions
121.7 Number per 100 people
Social capital index
0.3
Proportion of agricultural land with minimum level of species diversity (crop and pasture)
31% agricultural land
Number of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture secured in either medium- or long-term conservation facilities (SDG 2.5.1a)
51,405
Number of animal genetic resources for food and agriculture secured in either medium- or long-term conservation facilities (SDG 2.5.1b)
0
Prevalence of severe coping strategies
0.4
Food price volatility
0.7
Food supply variability
46 kcal/capita/day
Less Desirable
More Desirable