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GDP of
Kenya (purchasing power parity):
|
$37.15 billion
(2005 est.) |
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GDP of
Kenya (official exchange rate):
|
$16.11 billion
(2005 est.) |
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GDP of
Kenya- real growth rate in Kenya:
|
5.2% (2005 est.)
|
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GDP of
Kenya - per capita o(PPP):
|
$1,100 (2005
est.) |
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GDP of
Kenya - composition by sector:
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agriculture:
16.3%
industry: 18.8%
services: 65.1% (2004 est.)
|
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Labor
force in Kenya:
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11.85 million
(2005 est.) |
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Labor
force - by occupation in Kenya:
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agriculture:
75%
industry and services: 25% (2003
est.) |
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Unemployment rate in Kenya:
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40% (2001 est.)
|
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Population below poverty line:
|
50% (2000 est.)
|
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Household
income or consumption by percentage
share:
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lowest 10%:
2%
highest 10%: 37.2% (2000)
|
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Distribution of family income - Gini
index:
|
44.5 (1997)
|
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Inflation
rate (consumer prices):
|
12% (2005 est.)
|
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Investment (gross fixed):
|
17.2% of GDP
(2005 est.) |
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Budget of
Kenya:
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revenues:
$3.715 billion
expenditures: $3.88 billion;
including capital expenditures of $NA (2005
est.) |
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Public
debt of Kenya:
|
67.4% of GDP
(2005 est.) |
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Agriculture - products in Kenya:
|
tea, coffee,
corn, wheat, sugarcane, fruit, vegetables;
dairy products, beef, pork, poultry, eggs
|
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Industries in Kenya:
|
small-scale
consumer goods (plastic, furniture,
batteries, textiles, soap, cigarettes,
flour), agricultural products, oil refining;
aluminum, steel, lead; cement, commercial
ship repair, tourism |
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Industrial production growth rate in
Kenya:
|
4.6% (2005 est.)
|
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Electricity - production in Kenya:
|
4.342 billion
kWh (2003) |
|
Electricity - production by source in
Kenya:
|
fossil fuel:
17.7%
hydro: 71%
nuclear: 0%
other: 11.3% (2001) |
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Electricity - consumption in Kenya:
|
4.238 billion
kWh (2003) |
|
Electricity - exports in Kenya:
|
0 kWh (2003)
|
|
Electricity - imports into Kenya:
|
200 million kWh
(2003) |
|
Oil -
production in Kenya :
|
0 bbl/day (2003
est.) |
|
Oil -
consumption in Kenya:
|
52,000 bbl/day
(2003 est.) |
|
Oil -
exports of Kenya:
|
NA bbl/day
|
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Oil -
imports into Kenya:
|
NA bbl/day
|
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Natural
gas - production in Kenya:
|
0 cu m (2003
est.) |
|
Natural
gas - consumption in Kenya:
|
0 cu m (2003
est.) |
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Current
account balance in Kenya :
|
$-694 million
(2005 est.) |
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Exports
from Kenya:
|
$3.173 billion
f.o.b. (2005 est.) |
|
Exports -
commodities:
|
tea,
horticultural products, coffee, petroleum
products, fish, cement |
|
Exports -
partners of Kenya:
|
Uganda 13.2%, UK
11.3%, US 10.5%, Netherlands 8.1%, Egypt
4.8%, Tanzania 4.4%, Pakistan 4.3% (2004)
|
|
Imports
into Kenya:
|
$5.126 billion
f.o.b. (2005 est.) |
|
Imports -
commodities :
|
machinery and
transportation equipment, petroleum
products, motor vehicles, iron and steel,
resins and plastics |
|
Imports -
partners in Kenya :
|
UAE 12.5%, Saudi
Arabia 9.1%, South Africa 8.7%, US 7.7%,
India 7.2%, UK 6.7%, China 6.4%, Japan 5%
(2004) |
|
Reserves
of foreign exchange and gold:
|
$1.67 billion
(2005 est.) |
|
Debt -
external of Kenya :
|
$7.349 billion
(2005 est.) |
|
Economic
aid - recipient of Kenya:
|
$453 million
(1997) |
|
Currency
(code) for Kenya :
|
Kenyan shilling
(KES) |
|
Currency
code :
|
KES |
|
Exchange
rates of Kenya
|
Kenyan shillings
per US dollar - 75.554 (2005), 79.174
(2004), 75.936 (2003), 78.749 (2002), 78.563
(2001) |
|
Fiscal
year of Kenya :
|
1 July - 30 June
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The
Ministry of Finance headed by David Mwiraria has a
vision of excelling in the prudent management of the
economy in order to maximize the welfare of all
Kenyans.