Shocking Number of Bars in Nairobi Compared to Global Average
by admin | Nov 15, 2019 | Entertainment |
According to a 2016 report, Nairobi had 12,500 bars. This is a shockingly high number of bars for a city in a third-world country. This translates to 284 bars for every 100,000 people, one of the highest figures in the world. For some context see the number of bars in other parts of the world below.
| City | Number of Bars | Bars per 100,000 population |
| Amsterdam | 1,516 | 63.5 |
| Austin | 245 | 25.9 |
| Bogotá | 12,348 | 152.8 |
| Brussels | 1,743 | 148.3 |
| Buenos Aires | 11,189 | 366.9 |
| Chengdu | 2,078 | 13 |
| Dublin | 773 | 57 |
| Edinburgh | 1,410 | 274.7 |
| Helsinki | 1,200 | 187 |
| Hong Kong | 1,253 | 16.9 |
| Istanbul | 304 | 2.1 |
| Lisbon | 392 | 78 |
| London | 3,615 | 40 |
| Los Angeles | 1,644 | 16 |
| Madrid | 5,877 | 185.6 |
| Melbourne | 2,840 | 59 |
| Montréal | 2,559 | 131.8 |
| Moscow | 1,421 | 11 |
| New York | 2,113 | 24.5 |
| Oslo | 250 | 37 |
| Paris | 4,316 | 35 |
| Rome | 9,515 | 331 |
| San Francisco | 469 | 53 |
| Seoul | 18,279 | 186 |
| Shanghai | 2,693 | 11.1 |
| Shenzhen | 1,521 | 12.8 |
| Singapore | 660 | 11.8 |
| Stockholm | 1,500 | 65 |
| Sydney | 802 | 17 |
| Taipei | 290 | 11 |
| Tokyo | 29,358 | 217 |
| Toronto | 483 | 16 |
Source
World Cities Culture Forum
Business Daily
