Government Expense / Kenya
Kenya Government Expense
Kenya government expense data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 27.84%.
COUNTRY: Kenya
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-09-17 16:00:21
GM ECONOMY RATING
Kenya · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
B
54 / 100
Fragile stability
Fiscal stability
2.0 / 25
Macroeconomic stability
17.0 / 20
External stability
11.0 / 15
Financial robustness
8.0 / 15
Structural stability
10.0 / 15
Future capacity
6.0 / 10
Demographic capacity
3.0 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 100% of weighted inputs available.
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Kenya · government expense data as percent of GDP.
Latest
27.84%
Previous
25.06%
Range avg.
22.75%
Rank
52
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CountryKenya
IndicatorGovernment Expense
27.84%2023 · Rank 52
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All indicators
Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
Kenya recorded 27.84% for Government Expense in 2023, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2022, the indicator increased by 2.78 percentage points, from 25.06% to 27.84%.
The latest observation is above the average of the last 10 available observations (22.75%).
Across the five latest available observations (2019–2023), the pattern is predominantly upward.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 18.80% in 2019 and the high was 27.84% in 2023.
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