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Nairobi Metropolitan hub brief
A sub-county view of the Nairobi Metropolitan hub: where growth is going, which places lead each sector, and what to watch.
Overview
Nairobi Metropolitan holds 21.8% of Kenya's people and took 33.8% of its new night-time light.
Buildings in the hub grew 34% between 2016 and 2023, and output grew 6.6% a year in real terms from 2020 to 2024. The brief turns these hub totals into a ranking of every sub-county, so you can see which places carry the growth.
What's inside
- A ranking of all 47 sub-counties by forecast growth to 2031, with population, building growth and place type
- County figures: population, growth to 2035, output, real growth and poverty
- The top five places for retail, financial services, real estate, infrastructure and agriculture, with their strengths
- Rental returns for a 24-flat block, with the chance of beating a government bond and the rent needed to do so
- Household spending, rents and mobile internet speeds by county
- Corridor lookalikes in the hub
- Drought, conflict and unrest in the past year
Preview
| Sub-county | People 2026 | Forecast to 2031 (‰) | Percentile | Building growth | Place type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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