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Browse additional economic indicators and data sets, selected by Global Finance editors, to learn more about Kenya economic outlook, debt to GDP ratio, international trade performance and population trends. Rankings of Kenya best banks and safest banks are also available.
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USD 7.5 billion (2015)
International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved January 2017
Intl$ 165.6 billion (2017, estimate)
2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
5.9% | 6.9% | 0.2% | 3.3% | 8.4% | 6.1% | 4.6% |
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* | ||
5.7% | 5.3% | 5.7% | 6% | 6.1% |
*Estimate
1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2017* |
0.13% | 0.14% | 0.11% | 0.12% | 0.1% |
*Estimate
(2016 estimate)
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* |
5.7% | 6.9% | 6.6% | 6.2% | 5.5% |
*Estimate
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
*Estimate
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* |
41.5% | 46.7% | 51.3% | 52.7% | 53% |
*Estimate
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* |
-5.7% | -7.4% | -8.3% | -7.4% | -6.4% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: B+
Moody'S: B1
Standard & Poor's / Moody's (Updated January 2017)
2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
N/A | N/A | N/A |
9.7% (2020)
0.03% (2020)
0.08% (2019)
Tea, cut flowers, refined petroleum, coffee, titanium (2019)
Refined petroleum, cars, packaged medicines, wheat, iron products (2019)
Uganda 10%, United States 9%, Netherlands 8%, Pakistan 7%, United Kingdom 6%, United Arab Emirates 6%, Tanzania 5% (2019)
China 24%, United Arab Emirates 10%, India 10%, Saudi Arabia 7%, Japan 5% (2019)
2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
USD 1,139 million | USD 1,098 million | USD 717 million |
2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
USD 11 million | USD 11 million | USD -7.1 million |
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Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.
Overall ranking: 56 out of 190 countries (2020)
Subcategories:
Starting a business: 129 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 89 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 134 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 4 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 1 out of 190 countries
Trading Across Borders: 117 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 94 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 105 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 106 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 50 out of 190 countries
13 out of 141 (2019)
Ranking: 138 / Score: 52.6 (Mostly Unfree)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
English (official), Kiswahili (official), numerous indigenous languages
Christian 85.5% (Protestant 33.4%, Catholic 20.6%, Evangelical 20.4%, African Instituted Churches 7%, other Christian 4.1%), Muslim 10.9%, other 1.8%, none 1.6%, don't know/no answer 0.2% (2019 est.)
1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020* |
23.7 million | 32.0 million | 42.0 million | 47.9 million | 53.8 million |
*Estimate
1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2020 |
7.4% | 15.6% | 19.9% | 28.0% |
Total population: 81.5%
Male: 85%
Female: 78.2% (2018)
Definition: age 15 and over can read and write
66.5% (last available estimate, 2015)
40.8 (last available estimate, 2015)
Total score: 48/100
Status: Partly Free
Political Rights: 19/40
Civil Liberties: 29/60 (2022)
Fixed: 0.1%
Mobile: 114.2% (2020)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)