Kenya drops five places in global peace rankings amid rising regional risks

Kenya's position in the global peace rankings has deteriorated, with the country dropping five places from 127th in 2025 to 132nd in the 2026 Global Peace Index, as insecurity, regional conflicts and growing economic vulnerabilities continue to weigh on its peace profile.

The country's score also worsened from 2.392 to 2.447.

Kenya is ranked 33rd among 44 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, a region that the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), which produces the index, says experienced a further deterioration in peacefulness during the year.

The report placed Kenya within a much wider and increasingly interconnected security environment in the Horn of Africa, where conflicts in Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia and South Sudan are no longer viewed as isolated crises.