Getting credit: Distance to frontier in Kenya

Kenya: Getting credit: Distance to frontier was 90 0-100 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
90 0-100
Change on year
up 20.0%
World rank
8th
of 189 countries
All-time high
90 0-100
in 2019
All-time low
35 0-100
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Getting credit: Distance to frontier in Kenya, 2015–2019

0204060801002015201720192015: 35 0-1002016: 70 0-1002017: 70 0-1002018: 75 0-1002019: 90 0-100

Source: World Bank. Measured in 0-100.

Analysis

The most recent figure for getting credit: distance to frontier in Kenya is 90 0-100, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

The figure is up 20.0% on the previous year and up 157.1% over five years.

Kenya ranks 8th of 189 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

Getting credit: Distance to frontier in Kenya, year by year

Annual values for Getting credit: Distance to frontier (0-100) in Kenya, 2015 to 2019.
Year 0-100 Change
2015 35 0-100
2016 70 0-100 +100.0%
2017 70 0-100 +0.0%
2018 75 0-100 +7.1%
2019 90 0-100 +20.0%

Kenya compared with similar countries

  • Kenya's 90 0-100 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 50 0-100, 1.8× the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Kenya's 90 0-100 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 35 0-100, 2.6× the median. (47 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Kenya

  1. 8 Australia 90 0-100 compare
  2. 8 Malawi 90 0-100 compare
  3. 8 Mexico 90 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 189 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is getting credit: distance to frontier in Kenya?
Getting credit: distance to frontier in Kenya was 90 0-100 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest getting credit: distance to frontier recorded in Kenya?
The highest recorded value was 90 0-100 in 2019.
What is the lowest getting credit: distance to frontier recorded in Kenya?
The lowest recorded value was 35 0-100 in 2015.
How does Kenya rank for getting credit: distance to frontier?
Kenya ranks 8th out of 189 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Kenya data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting credit: Distance to frontier (0-100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Getting credit: Distance to frontier (0-100)
Unit
0-100
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
189 places, 945 data points, 2015–2019
Last refreshed

Getting credit: Distance to the frontier denotes the distance of each economy to the “frontier,” which represents the highest performance observed on the getting credit indicator across all economies included in Doing Business. An economy’s distance to frontier is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the lowest performance and 100 the frontier.