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Socioeconomic Factors for Kenya

Socioeconomic Factors for Kenya. By: Danielle Robertson. Population - 2009 Census. Central Province: 4,383,743 Nyeri District: 693,558 Male: 339,725 Female: 353,833 Othaya: 21,427 Urban population: 4,108. National GDP. $65.95 billion as of 2010 GDP per Capita - $1,600.00

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Socioeconomic Factors for Kenya

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  1. Socioeconomic Factors for Kenya By: Danielle Robertson

  2. Population - 2009 Census Central Province: 4,383,743 Nyeri District: 693,558 Male: 339,725 Female: 353,833 Othaya: 21,427 Urban population: 4,108

  3. National GDP • $65.95 billion as of 2010 • GDP per Capita - $1,600.00 • Growth Rate of 4% (2010), 2.6% (2009), 1.7% (2008) • Kenya is a leader in the economy of Central and East Africa • Factors affecting GDP – 2005 drought, 2008 political and world market shocks

  4. Breakdown of Industries • GDP Composition • Agriculture – 22% • Industry – 16% • Services – 62% • Labor Force • Agriculture – 75% • Industry and Services – 25% The largest earning sector of GDP has the lowest percentage of the population working in it

  5. National Import/Export • Exports • tea, horticultural products, coffee, petroleum products, fish and cement • $5.141 Billion • Imports • machinery and transportation equipment, petroleum products, motor vehicles, iron and steel, resins and plastics • $10.4 Billion There is a $5.259 Billion trade deficit

  6. National Unemployment • 40% Unemployment Rating (2008) • Wealth Gap (2005) • Lowest 10% - earn 1.8% of household income • Highest 10% - earn 37.8% of household income

  7. HPI by Province • Human Poverty Index • Nairobi – 29.9% • Central – 32.3% • North Eastern – 50.5%

  8. Employment by Province

  9. Income Distribution by Province

  10. Poverty Statistics • Lowest proportion of landless rural poor households = 15.8% (2004) • 31% Poverty incidence (2005) – Central • given the richest rating • Nairobi followed with 44% • 19 of the top 23 districts in the richest category (less than 35%) are in Central Province

  11. Gender Ratios At birth: 1.02 male(s)/female Under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.83 male(s)/female Total population: 1.01 male(s)/female Central Province – 49% males & 51% females Nyeri – 48.78% males & 51.22% females

  12. HDI and GDI • National HDI - .470 (2010) • Nairobi had the highest HDI with .773 in 2005 • The Central province followed with .637 in 2005 • The North Eastern province had the least HDI with .285 • National GDI - .540 (2005) • The Central Province had the highest GDI with .626 in 2005 • Followed by Nairobi with .620 • The North Eastern Province had the lowest GDI with .401

  13. Attitude Towards Gender Violence

  14. Literacy in Kenya

  15. Education Primary school education become mandatory in 2003 Central Province - highest gross enrollment rate in primary and secondary schools (2000) Primary school enrollment rate: 106% Secondary school enrollment rate: 38% Driven by implementation of nation-wide policy of free primary education (Nation-wide education is already detailed in Monica’s paper from spring 2010)

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