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Kenya: Current account (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1975–2024 · 50 observations · forecasts to 2031 · CA_GDP

2024
−1.29%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+1.3 pointsfrom −2.55%
Average, 2015–2024
−4.52%10 years
Record high and low
0.888% (2003)low −18.7% (1998)

Current account (% of GDP)

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ForecastPercent of GDP

Compare with other countries →Definition of Current account (% of GDP)

Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2031-3.23Forecast
2030-3.21Forecast
2029-3.33Forecast
2028-3.44Forecast
2027-3.73Forecast
2026-4.07Forecast
2025-2.69Forecast
2024-1.29
2023-2.55
2022-4.20
2021-4.60
2020-3.27
2019-5.24
2018-5.41
2017-7.00
2016-5.40
2015-6.30

Sources

  • WDI (archive)1975–1997
  • World Development Indicators1975–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2024
  • IMF International Financial Statistics2009–2024
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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