Kenya — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for Kenya, 1960–2025.
Inflation for Kenya was 4.07% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 45.98% in 1993. The lowest was -0.17% in 1969 (about -23.7× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.84% per year.
Kenya ranks 58 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 31%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 3.51%, so Kenya sits above it. It peaked in 1993 and has fallen 91% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 38%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 19 of 46 economies; Mauritius (3.67%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 3704% in 1965. That is 32% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1962; grown tenfold by 1974. Doubling roughly every 38 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 43rd of 63 in 1960 → 74th of 92 in 1970 → 53rd of 106 in 1980 → 33rd of 131 in 1990 → 29th of 163 in 2000 → 78th of 186 in 2010 → 35th of 178 in 2020 → 49th of 169 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.07% | -0.4 pp |
| 2024 | 4.49% | -3.2 pp |
| 2023 | 7.67% | +0.0 pp |
| 2022 | 7.66% | +1.6 pp |
| 2021 | 6.11% | +0.7 pp |
| 2020 | 5.41% | +0.2 pp |
| 2019 | 5.24% | +0.5 pp |
| 2018 | 4.69% | -3.3 pp |
| 2017 | 8.01% | +1.7 pp |
| 2016 | 6.3% | -0.3 pp |
| 2015 | 6.58% | -0.3 pp |
| 2014 | 6.88% | +1.2 pp |
| 2013 | 5.72% | -3.7 pp |
| 2012 | 9.38% | -4.6 pp |
| 2011 | 14.02% | +10.1 pp |
| 2010 | 3.96% | -5.3 pp |
| 2009 | 9.23% | -17.0 pp |
| 2008 | 26.24% | +16.5 pp |
| 2007 | 9.76% | -4.7 pp |
| 2006 | 14.45% | +4.1 pp |
| 2005 | 10.31% | -1.3 pp |
| 2004 | 11.62% | +1.8 pp |
| 2003 | 9.82% | +7.9 pp |
| 2002 | 1.96% | -3.8 pp |
| 2001 | 5.74% | -4.2 pp |
| 2000 | 9.98% | +4.2 pp |
| 1999 | 5.74% | -1.0 pp |
| 1998 | 6.72% | -4.6 pp |
| 1997 | 11.36% | +2.5 pp |
| 1996 | 8.86% | +7.3 pp |
| 1995 | 1.55% | -27.3 pp |
| 1994 | 28.81% | -17.2 pp |
| 1993 | 45.98% | +18.6 pp |
| 1992 | 27.33% | +7.2 pp |
| 1991 | 20.08% | +2.3 pp |
| 1990 | 17.78% | +4.0 pp |
| 1989 | 13.79% | +1.5 pp |
| 1988 | 12.26% | +3.6 pp |
| 1987 | 8.64% | +6.1 pp |
| 1986 | 2.53% | -10.5 pp |
| 1985 | 13.01% | +2.7 pp |
| 1984 | 10.28% | -1.1 pp |
| 1983 | 11.4% | -9.3 pp |
| 1982 | 20.67% | +9.1 pp |
| 1981 | 11.6% | -2.3 pp |
| 1980 | 13.86% | +5.9 pp |
| 1979 | 7.98% | -9.0 pp |
| 1978 | 16.93% | +2.1 pp |
| 1977 | 14.82% | +3.4 pp |
| 1976 | 11.45% | -7.7 pp |
| 1975 | 19.12% | +1.3 pp |
| 1974 | 17.81% | +8.5 pp |
| 1973 | 9.28% | +3.4 pp |
| 1972 | 5.83% | +2.1 pp |
| 1971 | 3.78% | +1.6 pp |
| 1970 | 2.19% | +2.4 pp |
| 1969 | -0.17% | -0.5 pp |
| 1968 | 0.37% | -1.4 pp |
| 1967 | 1.76% | -3.3 pp |
| 1966 | 5.01% | +1.4 pp |
| 1965 | 3.58% | +3.7 pp |
| 1964 | -0.1% | -0.8 pp |
| 1963 | 0.7% | -2.4 pp |
| 1962 | 3.12% | +0.7 pp |
| 1961 | 2.46% | +1.2 pp |
| 1960 | 1.24% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Kenya’s Inflation in 1961?
2.46% (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in annual %, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Kenya’s Inflation growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +227.2% in total — about 1.8% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG. 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: 4.07%; 2024: 4.49%; 2023: 7.67%; 2022: 7.66%; 2021: 6.11%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG — Inflation, Consumer Prices (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.