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Last update: July 12, 2026

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Kenya

6 6.1 out of 10

Safety Score

Exercise caution

+0.1 vs 7 days ago

Last updated: July 12, 2026 96% data coverage

Kenya has a safety score of 6.1/10 as of July 12, 2026, rated as Moderate risk and ranking 164th out of 248 countries worldwide. The biggest concern is health (4.9/10), while the strongest area is environment (6.0/10). This score is calculated daily from 40+ independent public sources.

What are the safety risk areas?

Health 4.9/10
Governance 5.1/10
Conflict 5.7/10
Crime 6.0/10
Environment 6.0/10
Indicator-level detail

Health 4.9/10 · Moderate · Coverage: 100%

Indicators Value Source Year
wb child mortality 8.1/10 worldbank 2024
inform health 3.3/10 inform 2026
inform epidemic 3.6/10 inform 2026

Governance 5.1/10 · Moderate · Coverage: 100%

Indicators Value Source Year
vdem rule of law 6.4/10 vdem 2025
vdem gov effectiveness 5.7/10 vdem 2025
vdem corruption control 4.4/10 vdem 2025
inform governance 5.0/10 inform 2026

Conflict 5.7/10 · Moderate · Coverage: 100%

Indicators Value Source Year
gpi overall 5.2/10 gpi 2026
gpi militarisation 8.1/10 gpi 2026
ucdp conflict deaths 6.2/10 ucdp 2025

Crime 6.0/10 · Moderate · Coverage: 100%

Indicators Value Source Year
gpi safety security 5.2/10 gpi 2026
wb homicide 9.2/10 worldbank 2022

Environment 6.0/10 · Moderate · Coverage: 80%

Indicators Value Source Year
wb air pollution 8.0/10 worldbank 2023
inform natural 5.8/10 inform 2026
inform climate 4.8/10 inform 2026
reliefweb active disasters 8.0/10 reliefweb 2026

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What do governments say?

Government of Canada

Level 2

Exercise a high degree of caution

Updated: Jul 12, 2026 Source

Australian Government

Level 2

Exercise a high degree of caution

Updated: Jul 12, 2026 Source

UK FCDO

Level 3

Advise against all but essential travel

Updated: Jun 24, 2026 Source

US State Department

Level 2

Exercise Increased Caution

Updated: Mar 17, 2025 Source

Frequently Asked Questions

Is it safe to travel to Kenya in 2026?

Yes, but with caution — Kenya is moderately safe: as of July 2026 it scores 6.1/10 on our daily safety index, classified as Moderate risk. Most trips are trouble-free, but some risks deserve attention.

The score is an uncertainty-weighted (Bayesian shrinkage) geometric mean of five pillars — conflict (30%), crime (25%), health (20%), governance (15%) and environment (10%) — combined with a calibrated consensus of government travel advisories, so a weak pillar drags the overall score down more than a strong one lifts it, and thin or stale data pulls a country's score toward a cautious regional baseline rather than guessing. environment (6.0/10) is Kenya's strongest pillar, while the score is pulled down by governance (5.1/10) and above all by health (4.9/10).

This pillar covers healthcare quality, disease risk and emergency response capacity — a low score means reliable medical help may be hard to reach outside major cities. It is recalculated every day from public sources including government travel advisories, the Global Peace Index, the INFORM Risk Index and World Bank indicators.

What is the biggest risk when traveling to Kenya?

No single factor stands out as critical for Kenya: its relatively weakest area is health at 4.9/10, close to the global mid-range. This pillar covers healthcare quality, disease risk and emergency response capacity — a low score means reliable medical help may be hard to reach outside major cities.

The lowest-scoring signals here are health-system capacity (INFORM) and epidemic and disease risk (INFORM). Its strongest pillar is environment at 6.0/10.

What do government travel advisories say about Kenya?

As of July 2026, Kenya has 12 government travel advisories on record. The prevailing guidance is to exercise increased caution when visiting Kenya; the strongest current warning — do not travel — comes from Japan and Austria.

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How does Kenya compare to nearby countries?

CountryScoreConflictCrimeHealthGovernanceEnvironment
Seychelles7.88.56.37.87.97.9
Mauritius7.88.37.47.36.57.5
Cabo Verde7.57.86.87.56.17.6
Botswana7.57.96.67.26.57.1
Kenya6.15.76.04.95.16.0

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Where does the data come from?

  • Travel advisories from 37 governments worldwide including US, UK, Canada, Australia, Germany, Netherlands, Japan, Slovakia, France, New Zealand, Ireland, Finland, Hong Kong, Brazil, Austria, Philippines, Belgium, Denmark, Singapore, Romania, Serbia, Estonia, Croatia, Argentina, Italy, Spain, South Korea, Taiwan, China, India, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, and Portugal

    Fetched: Jul 12, 2026

  • gpiFresh

    Global Peace Index -- annual peacefulness ranking by IEP

    Fetched: Jul 12, 2026

  • informFresh

    INFORM Risk Index -- hazard, exposure, vulnerability, and coping capacity

    Fetched: Jul 12, 2026

  • ReliefWeb -- humanitarian situation reports and disaster alerts

    Fetched: Jul 12, 2026

  • ucdpFresh

    UCDP Georeferenced Event Dataset (Uppsala Conflict Data Program) -- state-based and one-sided conflict deaths, via the Our World in Data mirror (CC-BY)

    Fetched: Jul 12, 2026

  • vdemFresh

    V-Dem Institute Country-Year Dataset v16 (CC-BY-SA 4.0) -- Rule of Law, Political Corruption, and Public Administration indices (Coppedge et al., DOI 10.23696/vdemds26)

    Fetched: Jul 12, 2026

  • World Bank Development Indicators -- child mortality and PM2.5 air pollution

    Fetched: Jul 12, 2026