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Kenya — GDP growth
GDP Growth (Annual %) for Kenya, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
4.63%
GDP Growth (Annual %) · annual % · +159.6% since 1961
GDP growth for Kenya was 4.63% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 22.17% in 1971. The lowest was -7.77% in 1961 (about -1.7× the latest value).
Kenya ranks 58 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 27%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 4.61%, so Kenya sits above it. It peaked in 1971 and has fallen 79% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 7%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
4.63%
First (1961)
-7.77%
Change
+159.6%
Highest
22.17%
in 1971
Lowest
-7.77%
in 1961
Average
4.63%
Annual growth (CAGR)
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Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.63% |
| 2024 | 4.66% |
| 2023 | 5.72% |
| 2022 | 4.86% |
| 2021 | 7.59% |
| 2020 | -0.27% |
| 2019 | 5.11% |
| 2018 | 5.65% |
| 2017 | 3.84% |
| 2016 | 4.21% |
| 2015 | 4.97% |
| 2014 | 5.02% |
Reading this correctly. Annual percentage growth rate of GDP at constant market prices. A negative value means the economy contracted that year. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG — GDP Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.