Kenya: General government deficit (% of GDP)

Name: Kenya: General government deficit (% of GDP)
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Percent of GDP · 1982–2025 · 44 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdef_GDP

2025: −6.41%percent of GDP
Change on 2024: −0.7 pointsfrom −5.74%
Average, 2016–2025: −6.82%10 years
Record high and low: 0.843% (1999)low −8.57% (1993)

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Year	Value
2031	-6.32	Forecast
2030	-6.16	Forecast
2029	-6.05	Forecast
2028	-5.96	Forecast
2027	-5.97	Forecast
2026	-6.42	Forecast
2025	-6.41
2024	-5.74
2023	-5.61
2022	-6.01
2021	-7.20
2020	-8.13
2019	-7.40
2018	-6.91
2017	-7.37
2016	-7.45

Sources

IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1982–2023
IMF World Economic Outlook1982–2025
IMF Government Finance Statistics2014–2023
IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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Kenya documentation (PDF)

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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