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Kenya: Current account balance (% of GDP)

-2.12percent · 2025+66.3% since 2015

Balance of current transactions (transactions in goods and services, earned income and transfer income) between residents and non-residents. The term current account balance is used in the external accounts and is expressed from the perspective of resident units. The term current external balance is used in the national accounts and is expressed from the perspective of the non-resident units, and therefore with the opposite sign. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. Annual figures for Kenya from 1975 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
2025-2.124
2024-1.759
2023-2.816
2022-4.2
2021-4.599
2020-3.269
2019-5.239
2018-5.411
2017-6.997
2016-5.397
2015-6.305
2014-9.34
2013-7.852
2012-7.476
2011-8.149
2010-5.217
2009-3.987
2008-5.523
2007-3.229
2006-1.976
2005-1.347
2004-0.819
20030.888
2002-0.895
2001-2.466
2000-1.569
1999-18.341
1998-18.68
1997-13.653
1996-7.979
1995-17.446
1994-6.28
1993-4.553
1992-2.195
1991-2.617
1990-6.149
1989-7.128
1988-5.641
1987-6.299
1986-0.621
1985-1.875
1984-2.049
1983-0.79
1982-4.747
1981-8.193
1980-12.061
1979-7.904
1978-12.43
19770.817
1976-3.411
1975-6.593

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World Bank (2026). Current account balance (% of GDP). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-current-account-balance-zs (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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