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Kenya: Government revenue (% of GDP)

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

2025
17.6%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.1 pointsfrom 17.5%
Average, 2016–2025
17.3%10 years
Record high and low
20.8% (1956)low 9.33% (1992)

Government revenue (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203116.6Forecast
203016.6Forecast
202916.6Forecast
202816.7Forecast
202716.9Forecast
202617.2Forecast
202517.6
202417.5
202317.0
202217.1
202116.8
202016.7
201917.0
201817.5
201717.8
201617.9

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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