Kenya: Government deficit (% of GDP)
Percent of GDP · 1955–2025 · 71 observations · forecasts to 2031 · 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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Percent of GDP
| 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
This series is derived from other GMD variables.
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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