Kenya Government Spending
Kenya government spending data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 11.16%.
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Kenya · government spending data as percent of GDP.
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Interpretation
Kenya recorded 11.16% for Government Spending in 2024, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2023, the indicator decreased by 0.62 percentage points, from 11.78% to 11.16%.
The latest observation is below the average of the last 10 available observations (12.20%).
Across the five latest available observations (2020–2024), the pattern is predominantly downward.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 11.16% in 2024 and the high was 12.73% in 2015.