Kenya — GDP
GDP (Nominal) for Kenya, 1960–2025.
GDP for Kenya was 135.94 billion in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 791.27 million in 1960 (about 171.8× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 8.24% per year.
Kenya ranks 62 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 29%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 19.93 billion, so Kenya sits above it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 94%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 3 of 47 economies; Ethiopia (126.36 billion) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 38% in 2006. That is 35% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1970; grown tenfold by 1987. Doubling roughly every 8.8 years at that pace.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 135,941,278,878.82 | +12.9% |
| 2024 | 120,397,537,849.83 | +12.0% |
| 2023 | 107,500,884,685.01 | -6.1% |
| 2022 | 114,448,978,152.64 | +4.3% |
| 2021 | 109,703,658,904.99 | +9.0% |
| 2020 | 100,657,505,750.55 | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 100,378,436,207.37 | +8.9% |
| 2018 | 92,202,979,985.29 | +12.4% |
| 2017 | 82,036,510,877.26 | +9.7% |
| 2016 | 74,815,144,163.89 | +6.7% |
| 2015 | 70,120,446,896.84 | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 68,285,796,514.29 | +10.7% |
| 2013 | 61,671,440,407.84 | +9.4% |
| 2012 | 56,396,704,671.58 | +20.3% |
| 2011 | 46,869,473,150.61 | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 45,405,615,063.76 | +7.2% |
| 2009 | 42,347,217,912.92 | +18.0% |
| 2008 | 35,895,153,327.85 | +12.3% |
| 2007 | 31,958,195,182.24 | +23.7% |
| 2006 | 25,825,512,284.29 | +37.8% |
| 2005 | 18,737,895,512.74 | +16.4% |
| 2004 | 16,095,337,093.84 | +8.0% |
| 2003 | 14,904,517,649.85 | +13.4% |
| 2002 | 13,147,736,898.52 | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 12,986,007,425.88 | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 12,705,350,097.8 | -1.5% |
| 1999 | 12,896,010,459.37 | -8.5% |
| 1998 | 14,093,998,843.73 | +7.5% |
| 1997 | 13,115,764,358.28 | +8.9% |
| 1996 | 12,045,865,396.13 | +33.2% |
| 1995 | 9,046,320,255.41 | +26.6% |
| 1994 | 7,148,148,564.04 | +24.3% |
| 1993 | 5,751,786,642.56 | -29.9% |
| 1992 | 8,209,120,763.05 | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 8,151,488,783.19 | -4.9% |
| 1990 | 8,572,359,038.17 | +3.5% |
| 1989 | 8,283,114,514.17 | -0.9% |
| 1988 | 8,355,380,879.13 | +4.8% |
| 1987 | 7,970,820,369.29 | +10.1% |
| 1986 | 7,239,126,568.14 | +18.0% |
| 1985 | 6,135,034,213.79 | -0.9% |
| 1984 | 6,191,437,070.18 | +3.5% |
| 1983 | 5,979,198,313.76 | -7.0% |
| 1982 | 6,431,579,356.96 | -6.2% |
| 1981 | 6,854,491,705.88 | -5.7% |
| 1980 | 7,265,315,820.21 | +16.5% |
| 1979 | 6,234,391,113.46 | +17.5% |
| 1978 | 5,303,735,110.55 | +18.0% |
| 1977 | 4,494,378,764.32 | +29.4% |
| 1976 | 3,474,542,391.7 | +6.6% |
| 1975 | 3,259,345,083.26 | +9.7% |
| 1974 | 2,969,958,812.02 | +18.4% |
| 1973 | 2,509,001,324.35 | +19.1% |
| 1972 | 2,107,279,157.09 | +18.5% |
| 1971 | 1,778,391,288.64 | +10.9% |
| 1970 | 1,603,447,358.62 | +9.9% |
| 1969 | 1,458,379,416.65 | +7.8% |
| 1968 | 1,353,295,458.68 | +9.8% |
| 1967 | 1,232,559,506.98 | +5.8% |
| 1966 | 1,164,519,674.19 | +16.7% |
| 1965 | 997,919,320.83 | -0.1% |
| 1964 | 998,759,334.5 | +7.8% |
| 1963 | 926,589,349.36 | +6.7% |
| 1962 | 868,111,400.76 | +9.5% |
| 1961 | 792,959,472.82 | +0.2% |
| 1960 | 791,265,459.49 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Kenya’s GDP in 1961?
792,959,472.82 (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Kenya’s GDP figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Kenya’s GDP growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +17080.2% in total — about 8.2% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 135,941,278,878.82; 2024: 120,397,537,849.83; 2023: 107,500,884,685.01; 2022: 114,448,978,152.64; 2021: 109,703,658,904.99. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.MKTP.CD — GDP (Nominal). 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.