Budget balance — all countries

Budget balance — Kenya

Budget balance in Kenya in 2031 — -6.3%. Ranked 168 in the world out of 188. Since 1982, the indicator has fallen by 3.2 pp.

2031 -6.3% −0.1 pp vs 2030
World rank 168of 188
Period maximum 0.8%1999
Period minimum -8.6%1993

Trend over time

1982–2031 · % of GDP

Budget balance — Kenya, 1982–2031-10-7.5-5-2.502.5198219871992199720022007201220172022202720311982: -3.1%1983: -2.2%1984: -2.6%1985: -3.1%1986: -3%1987: -2.3%1988: -2%1989: -2.4%1990: -3.3%1991: -6.6%1992: -8.3%1993: -8.6%1994: -4.1%1995: -0.2%1996: -0.5%1997: -0.9%1998: 0%1999: 0.8%2000: 0.4%2001: -0.5%2002: -1.3%2003: -0.7%2004: 0.5%2005: -0.2%2006: -0.4%2007: -1%2008: -2%2009: -3.1%2010: -3.7%2011: -3.6%2012: -5.3%2013: -5.2%2014: -5.8%2015: -6.7%2016: -7.5%2017: -7.4%2018: -6.9%2019: -7.4%2020: -8.1%2021: -7.2%2022: -6%2023: -5.6%2024: -5.7%2025: -6.4%2026: -6.4%2027: -6%2028: -6%2029: -6.1%2030: -6.2%2031: -6.3%
Change over the period: −3.2 pp Annual average: -0.07 pp

Comparison, 2031

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

Kenya -6.3%
World computed -4.85%
Sub-Saharan Africa computed -3.08%
Eastern Africa computed -3.73%
Budget balance — Kenya, by year Kenya All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2031 -6.3 −0.1 pp
2030 -6.2 −0.1 pp
2029 -6.1 −0.1 pp
2028 -6 +0 pp
2027 -6 +0.4 pp
2026 -6.4 +0 pp
2025 -6.4 −0.7 pp
2024 -5.7 −0.1 pp
2023 -5.6 +0.4 pp
2022 -6 +1.2 pp
2021 -7.2 +0.9 pp
2020 -8.1 −0.7 pp
2019 -7.4 −0.5 pp
2018 -6.9 +0.5 pp
2017 -7.4 +0.1 pp
2016 -7.5 −0.8 pp
2015 -6.7 −0.9 pp
2014 -5.8 −0.6 pp
2013 -5.2 +0.1 pp
2012 -5.3 −1.7 pp
2011 -3.6 +0.1 pp
2010 -3.7 −0.6 pp
2009 -3.1 −1.1 pp
2008 -2 −1 pp
2007 -1 −0.6 pp
2006 -0.4 −0.2 pp
2005 -0.2 −0.7 pp
2004 0.5 +1.2 pp
2003 -0.7 +0.6 pp
2002 -1.3 −0.8 pp
2001 -0.5 −0.9 pp
2000 0.4 −0.4 pp
1999 0.8 +0.8 pp
1998 0 +0.9 pp
1997 -0.9 −0.4 pp
1996 -0.5 −0.3 pp
1995 -0.2 +3.9 pp
1994 -4.1 +4.5 pp
1993 -8.6 −0.3 pp
1992 -8.3 −1.7 pp
1991 -6.6 −3.3 pp
1990 -3.3 −0.9 pp
1989 -2.4 −0.4 pp
1988 -2 +0.3 pp
1987 -2.3 +0.7 pp
1986 -3 +0.1 pp
1985 -3.1 −0.5 pp
1984 -2.6 −0.4 pp
1983 -2.2 +0.9 pp
1982 -3.1

About the indicator

Net lending or net borrowing of general government as a percent of GDP — what is commonly called the budget deficit, taken with a plus sign when there is a surplus. General government includes regions, local authorities and extrabudgetary funds, so the quantity is fuller than the balance of the central budget alone. The IMF series runs with a forecast several years ahead.

Important: Negative values are deficits. Accumulated deficits are what government debt is, so the two indicators are worth looking at together: a country can live with a deficit for years and carry a small debt all the same, if its economy grows faster.

Source: World Economic Outlook (IMF), license IMF open data.