Kenya Kenya

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Kenya, is a country located at Eastern Africa, it has an area of 580,370 Km2.

Kenya, with a population of 53,005,614 people, it is ranked at 27º position by population of 196 countries and it has a moderate population density, 91 people per km2.

It's capital is Nairobi and its currency is Kenyan shilling

Kenya is holding the 67 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2022 was 73,812 millions of euros (77,789 millions of dollars), ( 68.42% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €1,393 euros per inhabitant$1,468 dollars per inhabitant.

The last annual rate of CPI published in Kenya was on December of 2023 and it was 6.6%.

In terms of the human development index (HDI) of Kenya, which is the index used by the United Nations to measure the progress of a country, was 0.575 points in 2021, leaving it in 152th place in the table of 191 countries published.

If the reason to visit Kenya are business, you must know it's in the 56th of the Doing Business ranking , which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms.

In the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of Kenya, if you want to see information about other countries click here

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Kenya Economy
Gouvernement
Annual GDP [+]2022€107,888M
Annual GDP [+]2022$113,701M
GDP per capita [+]2022€2,035
GDP per capita [+]2022$2,145
Debt (M.€.) [+]202273,812
Debt ($M) [+]202277,789
Debt (%GDP) [+]202268.42%
Debt Per Capita [+]2022€1,393
Debt Per Capita [+]2022$1,468
Deficit (M.€) [+]2022-6,278
Deficit ($M) [+]2022-6,617
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2022-5.82%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]202224,812.0
Expenditure ($M) [+]202226,148.9
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]20214,481.4
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]20215,303.9
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]201819.04%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]20171,489.8
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]20171,682.4
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]20177.98%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]20221,080.2
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]20221,138.4
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20224.08%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202223.00%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022€468
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022$493
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2021€85
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2021$100
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017€29
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017$33
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022€20
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022$21
S&P Rating [+]02/24/2023B
Fitch Rating [+]12/14/2022B
Corruption Index [+]202232
Competitiveness Ranking [+]201995º
Fragile States Index [+]201897.4
RTI Raking [+]202221º
Innovation Ranking [+]201878º
Labour
NMW [+]2022$136.0
NMW [+]2022€125.3
Human Capital Ranking [+]201778º
Markets
Euro / Kenyan shilling [+]01/04/2024172.2168
US Dollar exchange rate [+]01/04/2024157.3912
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]December 20236.6%
Money Market
Key rates [+]04/03/202413.00%
Business
Doing Business [+]202056º
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 20192,307
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 20190.12
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]201531.90
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202115.2%
Standard VAT [+]01/01/201216.00%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202030.0%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]20181,930,648
Exports [+]2023€6,651.7M
Exports [+]2023$7,192.5M
Exports % GDP [+]20226.52%
Imports [+]2023€17,192.8M
Imports [+]2023$18,590.6M
Imports % GDP [+]202218.63%
Trade balance [+]2023€-10,541.1M
Trade balance [+]2023$-11,398.0M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2022-12.11%
Socio-Demography
Density [+]202191
Global Peace Ranking [+]2023117º
Remittance received ($M) [+]20171,969.9
% Immigrant [+]20202.02%
% Emigrant [+]20201.03%
Birth Rate [+]202127.69‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]2017356.8
Crude death rate [+]20218.06‰
Fertility Rate [+]20213.34
% risk of poverty [+]201536.1%
Population [+]202153,005,614
Immigrant stock [+]20201,050,147
Emigrant stock [+]2020535,348
HDI [+]20210.575
Gender Gap Ranking [+]202377º
Life expectancy [+]202161.43
Suicides [+]20153,004
Suicide rate [+]20156.94
Number of homicides [+]20222,643
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20224.89
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20220.38
Consumption GWh [+]20229,622
Generation GWh [+]202212,365
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]04/14/20245,689
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]04/14/2024344,101
Fully vaccinated [+]04/02/202311,090,440
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]04/14/2024107.33
Doses administered [+]04/02/202323,750,431