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Government consumption (% of GDP) — Kenya

Government consumption (% of GDP) in Kenya in 2025 — 11.2%. Ranked 105 in the world out of 132. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 0.3 pp.

2025 11.2% +0 pp vs 2024
World rank 105of 132
Period maximum 19.8%1980
Period minimum 11%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Government consumption (% of GDP) — Kenya, 1960–20251012.51517.52019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 11%1962: 11.6%1964: 13.8%1966: 13.7%1968: 15.2%1970: 16.3%1972: 17.6%1974: 17%1976: 17.5%1978: 19.5%1980: 19.8%1982: 18.4%1984: 17.4%1986: 18.3%1988: 18.4%1990: 18.6%1992: 15.7%1994: 15.2%1996: 15.2%1998: 16.2%2000: 15.1%2002: 17.1%2004: 17.9%2006: 14.3%2008: 15.7%2010: 13%2012: 12.3%2014: 11.7%2016: 12.6%2018: 12.3%2020: 12.5%2022: 12.2%2024: 11.2%2025: 11.2%
Change over the period: +0.3 pp Annual average: 0 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Kenya

Kenya 11.2%
Sub-Saharan Africa 17%
Eastern Africa computed 10.7%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 11.6%
Government consumption (% of GDP) — Kenya, by year Kenya All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 11.2 +0 pp
2024 11.2 −0.6 pp
2023 11.8 −0.4 pp
2022 12.2 +0.1 pp
2021 12.1 −0.3 pp
2020 12.5 +0.3 pp
2019 12.2 −0.2 pp
2018 12.3 +0 pp
2017 12.3 −0.3 pp
2016 12.6 −0.1 pp
2015 12.7 +1 pp
2014 11.7 −0.1 pp
2013 11.8 −0.4 pp
2012 12.3 −0.4 pp
2011 12.7 −0.3 pp
2010 13 −0.6 pp
2009 13.6 −2.1 pp
2008 15.7 +1 pp
2007 14.6 +0.3 pp
2006 14.3 −3 pp
2005 17.4 −0.5 pp
2004 17.9 −0.3 pp
2003 18.1 +1.1 pp
2002 17.1 +1.1 pp
2001 16 +0.9 pp
2000 15.1 −0.7 pp
1999 15.8 −0.5 pp
1998 16.2 +0.7 pp
1997 15.5 +0.4 pp
1996 15.2 +0.3 pp
1995 14.8 −0.3 pp
1994 15.2 +0.7 pp
1993 14.5 −1.2 pp
1992 15.7 −1.1 pp
1991 16.8 −1.9 pp
1990 18.6 +0.6 pp
1989 18.1 −0.3 pp
1988 18.4 −0.2 pp
1987 18.6 +0.2 pp
1986 18.3 +0.9 pp
1985 17.5 +0.1 pp
1984 17.4 −1 pp
1983 18.4 −0 pp
1982 18.4 −0.2 pp
1981 18.6 −1.2 pp
1980 19.8 +0.6 pp
1979 19.2 −0.3 pp
1978 19.5 +2.3 pp
1977 17.2 −0.3 pp
1976 17.5 −0.9 pp
1975 18.3 +1.3 pp
1974 17 +0.6 pp
1973 16.5 −1.2 pp
1972 17.6 −0.3 pp
1971 18 +1.7 pp
1970 16.3 −0.2 pp
1969 16.4 +1.2 pp
1968 15.2 +1.1 pp
1967 14.1 +0.4 pp
1966 13.7 −1.1 pp
1965 14.8 +1 pp
1964 13.8 +2.4 pp
1963 11.5 −0.1 pp
1962 11.6 −0.4 pp
1961 12 +1.1 pp
1960 11 —

Eastern Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

SC Seychelles 25.1 BI Burundi 20.6 MZ Mozambique 19.2 MW Malawi 18.2 RW Rwanda 15.1 DJ Djibouti 15 MG Madagascar 14.6 MU Mauritius 14.2 UG Uganda 11.7 KE Kenya 11.2 TZ Tanzania 9.8 KM Comoros 9 SO Somalia 8.1 ET Ethiopia 5.8
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About the indicator

General government final consumption expenditure as a percent of GDP: compensation of public employees, purchases of goods and services for delivering public services, and spending on defense and security. It leaves out public investment and social transfers, so the indicator is lower than the overall size of the budget.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.

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