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Kenya: Central government revenue (% of GDP)

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

2025
17.4%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.1 pointsfrom 17.6%
Average, 2016–2025
18.0%10 years
Record high and low
22.6% (1995)low 10.2% (1964)

Central government revenue (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202517.4
202417.6
202317.7
202217.4
202116.8
202017.0
201918.3
201818.2
201720.5
201618.7

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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