Statizoid

Kenya vs Somalia: Average HDL cholesterol levels

Kenya
1.1
in 2018
Somalia
1.1
in 2018
Kenya rank
102nd
Somalia rank
102nd

Average HDL cholesterol levels over time

  • Kenya
  • Somalia
00.250.50.7511.2198019992018

How they compare

Kenya currently reports 1.1 against 1.1 in Somalia, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 39 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Kenya ahead.

Kenya ranks 102nd and Somalia ranks 102nd of 191 countries.

Individual pages

About this data

Indicator
Average HDL cholesterol levels
Source
World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
191 places, 7,449 data points, 1980–2018
Last refreshed

The estimated average level of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, commonly known as "good cholesterol". Healthy levels are considered to be 1mmol/L or above for men or 1.2mmol/L or above for women.