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Kenya Current Account Value and percent from GDP

Kenya Current Account Data

Indicator Data Period
Current Account to GDP -5.1 % 2022
Current Account -4393 USD Million | -4.393 B USD Jul/23


Latest data on Current Account to GDP (%)

Current Account to GDP
                     Kenya - Historical Data (%)

What is ratio of Kenya Current Account to GDP?

  • The deficit of Current Account to GDP in Kenya increased to 5.1 % in 2022. The maximum surplus was 2.2 % and deficit was -12.2 %
  • Data published Yearly by Central Bank.

Historical Data (%) by years

Data
Period
Date
-5.1 2022 19.03.2023
-5.4 2021 05.04.2022
-4.8 2020 28.03.2021
-4.6 2019 27.01.2020
-5.2 2018 12.02.2019
-5.9 2017 12.03.2018
-5.2 2016 11.08.2017
-6.7 2015 31.12.2015


Historical Chart by presidents (%)

Current Account to GDP in Kenya by presidents

Name Period Start Data End Data Max Value Min Value CHG% Start/End
Uhuru Kenyatta 09.04.2013 - -5.2000 -5.9000 -5.2000 -5.9000 13.46%
Daniel Toroitich 22.08.1978 - 30.12.2002 -10.7000 -0.2000 2.1000 -10.7000 -98.13%


Latest data on Current Account (USD Million)

Current Account
                     Kenya - Historical Data (USD Million)

What is Kenya Current Account Deficit?

  • The deficit of Current Account in Kenya increased to 4393 USD Million (4.393 B USD) in July 2023. The maximum value was 160 USD Million and minimum was -5930 USD Million.
  • Data published Monthly by Central Bank.

Historical Data (USD Million) by years

Data
Period
Date
-4393 Jul/23 27.09.2023
-4629 Jun/23 31.08.2023
-5036 May/23 03.08.2023
-5813 Apr/23 28.06.2023
-5641 Mar/23 25.05.2023
-5249 Feb/23 28.04.2023
-5412 Jan/23 28.03.2023
-5478 Dec/22 25.02.2023


Historical Chart by presidents (USD Million)

Current Account in Kenya by presidents

Name Period Start Data End Data Max Value Min Value CHG% Start/End
Uhuru Kenyatta 09.04.2013 - -4553.8000 -4908.0000 -4553.8000 -5193.3000 7.78%
Daniel Toroitich 22.08.1978 - 30.12.2002 -226.0000 -466.0000 -106.0000 -652.0000 106.19%

Other trade indicators in Kenya

Index Updated Actual Previous
Balance of Trade Jul/23 -0.732 B USD -0.835
Capital Flows Jul/23 -3.29 B USD -3.701
Exports Jul/23 0.554 B USD 0.576
Foreign Exchange Reserves Jul/23 13.642 B USD 13.166
Imports Jul/23 1.287 B USD 1.411
Terms of Trade  2022 75 in. pt. 73
Tourist Arrivals Jul/23 0.158 Million Persons 0.132

Current Account to GDP in other countries

Country Updated Actual Previous
Egypt 2022 -3.7 % -4.6
Kenya 2022 -5.1 % -5.4
Madagascar 2021 -5.8 % -5.2
Zimbabwe 20 1 % 2.9
Tanzania 2022 -7.1 % -3.4
Togo 2022 -3.7 % -0.9
Tunisia 2022 -8.6 % -6
Nigeria 2022 -0.3 % -0.5
Sudan 2022 -3.4 % -10
Morocco 2022 -3.5 % -2.3
Senegal 2022 -17.5 % -10.4
Seychelles 2022 -8 % -12
South Africa 2022 -0.5 % 3.7
Uganda 2022 -8.6 % -9.5
Rwanda 2022 -11.6 % -10.9
Liberia 2022 -15.8 % -17
Zambia 2022 3.9 % 11.9
Mozambique 2022 -39.1 % -23.6
Namibia 2022 -12.3 % -9.9
Ghana 2022 -2.1 % -3.2
Swaziland 2021 6 % 1.2
Libya 2022 23.3 % 13.3
Algeria 2022 9.5 % -2.8
Angola 2022 11.4 % 11.2
Benin 2022 -5.7 % -4.5
Botswana 2022 2.2 % -0.5
Burkina Faso 2022 -5.2 % 5.2
Burundi 2022 -13.4 % -11
Central African Republic 2022 -13.8 % -10.8
Chad 2022 0.5 % -3.9
Comoros 2022 -0.5 % -0.3
Republic of the Congo 2022 19.2 % 11.9
Djibouti 2022 -5 % -0.7
Equatorial Guinea 2022 3.9 % -4
Eritrea 2022 12.2 % 13.5
Ethiopia 2022 -4.3 % -3.2
Gabon 2022 1.2 % -5.3
Gambia 2021 -5.3 % -5.1
Guatemala 2022 1.8 % 2.5
Guinea 2021 28.83 % 18.94
Guinea Bissau 2021 -1.1 % -3.7
Lesotho 2021 -3.8 % -1.8
Malawi 2022 -2.8 % -14.4
Mali 2022 -7.2 % -7.7
Mauritania 2022 -14.3 % -7.8
Niger 2022 -15.1 % -13.9
Sao Tome and Principe 2015 -24.7 % -31.7
Sierra Leone 2022 -10.3 % -13.9