CPIA property rights and rule-based governance rating in Kenya
Kenya: CPIA property rights and rule-based governance rating was 3.5 1=low to 6=high in 2025. ▲ Rising
CPIA property rights and rule-based governance rating in Kenya, 2005–2025
Source: CPIA database, World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 1=low to 6=high.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 3.5 1=low to 6=high for cpia property rights and rule-based governance rating in 2025. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
The figure is up 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cpia property rights and rule-based governance rating in Kenya peaked at 3.5 1=low to 6=high in 2021 and was at its lowest, 2.5 1=low to 6=high, in 2007.
Kenya ranks 9th of 84 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
CPIA property rights and rule-based governance rating in Kenya, year by year
| Year | 1=low to 6=high | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 3 1=low to 6=high | — |
| 2006 | 3 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | -16.7% |
| 2008 | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 3 1=low to 6=high | +20.0% |
| 2013 | 3 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 3 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 3 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 3 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 3 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 3 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 3 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 3 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | +16.7% |
| 2022 | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.7 1=low to 6=high | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 3 1=low to 6=high | 5 |
| 2010s | 2.9 1=low to 6=high | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 3 1=low to 6=high | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.42 1=low to 6=high | 3 1=low to 6=high | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 6 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 9 Armenia 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 9 Benin 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 9 Côte d'Ivoire 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 9 Dominica 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 9 Georgia 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 9 Grenada 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 9 India 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 9 Kiribati 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 9 Kosovo 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 9 Kyrgyzstan 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 9 Malawi 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 9 Marshall Islands 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 9 Micronesia, Federated States of 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 9 Republic of Moldova 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 9 Rwanda 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 9 Senegal 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 9 Togo 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 9 Uganda 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 9 Uzbekistan 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 9 Vanuatu 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 9 Viet Nam 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
More public sector data for Kenya
- Arms imports 17.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.3012 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -75 % change on previous year (2022)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 17.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 21.82 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0102 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 16.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 1.23 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 1.72 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cpia property rights and rule-based governance rating in Kenya?
- Cpia property rights and rule-based governance rating in Kenya was 3.5 1=low to 6=high in 2025, according to CPIA database, World Bank Group (WBG).
- What is the highest cpia property rights and rule-based governance rating recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 3.5 1=low to 6=high in 2021.
- What is the lowest cpia property rights and rule-based governance rating recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.5 1=low to 6=high in 2007.
- How does Kenya rank for cpia property rights and rule-based governance rating?
- Kenya ranks 9th out of 84 countries with data for 2025.
- Is cpia property rights and rule-based governance rating rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from CPIA database, World Bank Group (WBG), published as part of CPIA property rights and rule-based governance rating (1=low to 6=high). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) measures the extent to which a country’s policy and institutional framework supports sustainable growth and poverty reduction, and consequently the effective use of development assistance. The outcome of the exercise yields both an overall score and scores for sixteen criteria that compose the CPIA. These criteria include: A. Economic Management (1. Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies; 2. Fiscal Policy; 3. Debt Policy and Management), B. Structural Policies (4. Trade; 5. Financial Sector; 6. Business Regulatory Environment), C. Policies for Social Inclusion/Equity (7. Gender equality; 8. Equity of public resource use; 9. Building human resources; 10. Social protection and labor; 11. Policies and institutions for environmental sustainability), D. Public Sector Management and Institutions (12. Property rights and rule-based governance; 13. Quality of budgetary and financial management; 14. Efficiency of revenue mobilization; 15. Quality of public administration; 16. Transparency, accountability, and corruption in the public sector). The Property Rights and Rule-Based Governance criterion assesses the extent to which economic activity is facilitated by an effective legal system and rule-based governance structure in which property and contract rights are reliably respected and enforced. It encompasses three dimensions: (a) legal framework for secure property and contract rights, including predictability and impartiality of laws and regulations; (b) quality of the legal and judicial system, as measured by independence, accessibility, legitimacy, efficiency, transparency, and integrity of the courts and other relevant dispute resolution mechanisms; and (c) crime and violence as an impediment to economic activity and citizen security.