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Kenya: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1955–2025 · 71 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govexp_GDP

2025
24.0%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.8 pointsfrom 23.2%
Average, 2016–2025
24.1%10 years
Record high and low
25.3% (2016)low 12.5% (1963)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203122.9Forecast
203022.8Forecast
202922.7Forecast
202822.7Forecast
202722.9Forecast
202623.7Forecast
202524.0
202423.2
202322.6
202223.1
202124.0
202024.8
201924.4
201824.5
201725.2
201625.3

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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