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GDP growth in Kenya

Is that economy growing or stalling?

Kenya's gdp growth is 4.63 % — #26 of 127 countries on the atlas (higher is better). Period 2025.

4.63%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

GDP growth in Kenya over time

8.06 %3.89 %-0.27 %8.06 % · 2010-0.27 % · 20202000: 0.60 %2001: 3.78 %2002: 0.55 %2003: 2.93 %2004: 5.10 %2005: 5.91 %2006: 6.47 %2007: 6.85 %2008: 0.23 %2009: 3.31 %2010: 8.06 %2011: 5.12 %2012: 4.57 %2013: 3.80 %2014: 5.02 %2015: 4.97 %2016: 4.21 %2017: 3.84 %2018: 5.65 %2019: 5.11 %2020: -0.27 %2021: 7.59 %2022: 4.86 %2023: 5.72 %2024: 4.66 %2025: 4.63 %2000201220254.63 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#26 of 127
higher is better
Ranked behind
80 %
101 of 127 countries
Latest move
▼ 0.03 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
3.43 pp
peak 8.06 % in 2010
Full series
▲ 4.03 pp
since 2000

In Africa: #7 of 21vs median 2.90 %: +1.73 pp (better)

Among 127 countries

4 of 127 countries between -2.71 % and -2.14 %2 of 127 countries between -2.14 % and -1.56 %1 of 127 countries between -1.56 % and -0.99 %3 of 127 countries between -0.99 % and -0.41 %12 of 127 countries between 0.16 % and 0.74 %11 of 127 countries between 0.74 % and 1.31 %12 of 127 countries between 1.31 % and 1.89 %9 of 127 countries between 1.89 % and 2.47 %14 of 127 countries between 2.47 % and 3.04 %13 of 127 countries between 3.04 % and 3.62 %11 of 127 countries between 3.62 % and 4.19 %10 of 127 countries between 4.19 % and 4.77 %6 of 127 countries between 4.77 % and 5.34 %3 of 127 countries between 5.34 % and 5.92 %1 of 127 countries between 5.92 % and 6.49 %2 of 127 countries between 6.49 % and 7.07 %3 of 127 countries between 7.07 % and 7.64 %2 of 127 countries between 7.64 % and 8.22 %2 of 127 countries between 8.22 % and 8.79 %2 of 127 countries between 9.37 % and 9.95 %4 of 127 countries between 10.52 % and 11.10 %median 2.90 %Kenya: ahead of 80 % of the 127 countries with a published gdp growthKenya 4.63 %-2.71 %11.10 %
Half of all 127 countries sit between 1.30 % and 4.37 %. Kenya is ahead of 80 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGDP growthvs Kenya
24 Sri Lanka4.95 %+0.32 pp
25 Nicaragua4.92 %+0.29 pp
26 Kenya4.63 %—
27 Morocco4.60 %−0.04 pp
28 Costa Rica4.56 %−0.07 pp

Annual real GDP growth (World Bank).

How to read this figure

Annual growth of real GDP (World Bank) — the size of the economy adjusted for inflation. Population growth matters: a country can grow 2 % while its GDP per person stands still.

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