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Kenya: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1955–2025 · 71 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2025
21.1%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.2 pointsfrom 20.9%
Average, 2016–2025
21.6%10 years
Record high and low
24.7% (2017)low 12.5% (1963)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202521.1
202420.9
202321.3
202222.9
202123.0
202019.3
201918.1
201823.1
201724.7
201621.7

Sources

  • Mitchell1955–2010
  • African Development Bank1980–2025
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2014–2023
  • World Development Indicators2014–2023

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Kenya documentation (PDF)

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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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