Deposit money bank assets to deposit money bank assets and central in Kenya
Kenya: Deposit money bank assets to deposit money bank assets and central was 95.3% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Deposit money bank assets to deposit money bank assets and central in Kenya, 1966–2021
Source: International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2021, deposit money bank assets to deposit money bank assets and central in Kenya stood at 95.3%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.6% on the previous year and down 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, deposit money bank assets to deposit money bank assets and central in Kenya peaked at 98.4% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 60.3%, in 1995.
Kenya ranks 73rd of 183 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 56 years of available data.
Deposit money bank assets to deposit money bank assets and central in Kenya, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 94.1% | — |
| 1967 | 95.5% | +1.5% |
| 1968 | 94.3% | -1.3% |
| 1969 | 97.8% | +3.7% |
| 1970 | 96.7% | -1.1% |
| 1971 | 94.3% | -2.5% |
| 1972 | 94.1% | -0.2% |
| 1973 | 94.4% | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 89.6% | -5.1% |
| 1975 | 81.4% | -9.1% |
| 1976 | 88.3% | +8.4% |
| 1977 | 87.8% | -0.6% |
| 1978 | 86.9% | -0.9% |
| 1979 | 87.3% | +0.4% |
| 1980 | 83.7% | -4.1% |
| 1981 | 75.8% | -9.5% |
| 1982 | 66.7% | -12.0% |
| 1983 | 72.6% | +8.9% |
| 1984 | 75.3% | +3.6% |
| 1985 | 72.7% | -3.4% |
| 1986 | 72.5% | -0.2% |
| 1987 | 70.6% | -2.7% |
| 1988 | 71.0% | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 76.6% | +7.9% |
| 1990 | 70.2% | -8.3% |
| 1991 | 70.8% | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 83.4% | +17.8% |
| 1993 | 63.8% | -23.5% |
| 1994 | 69.5% | +9.0% |
| 1995 | 60.3% | -13.2% |
| 1996 | 77.1% | +27.7% |
| 1997 | 83.1% | +7.9% |
| 1998 | 86.2% | +3.7% |
| 1999 | 88.6% | +2.8% |
| 2000 | 89.6% | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 89.4% | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 89.0% | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 90.3% | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 89.8% | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 91.3% | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 92.2% | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 94.5% | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 94.2% | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 94.2% | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 94.8% | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 96.1% | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 97.0% | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 97.0% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 97.8% | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 97.8% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 98.4% | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 98.3% | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 97.9% | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 98.1% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 96.8% | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 95.3% | -1.6% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 95.3% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 86.7%, 1.1× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 95.3% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 78.5%, 1.2× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Deposit money bank assets to deposit money bank assets and central in Kenya changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +27.7% | 60.3% | 77.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 95.4% | 94.1% | 97.8% | 4 |
| 1970s | 90.1% | 81.4% | 96.7% | 10 |
| 1980s | 73.7% | 66.7% | 83.7% | 10 |
| 1990s | 75.3% | 60.3% | 88.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 91.5% | 89.0% | 94.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 97.3% | 94.8% | 98.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 96.1% | 95.3% | 96.8% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 70 El Salvador 95.6% compare
- 71 Lesotho 95.4% compare
- 72 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 95.4% compare
- 74 Poland 95.2% compare
- 75 Kazakhstan 95.1% compare
- 76 Tunisia 94.9% compare
More financial sector data for Kenya
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per capita 0.3189 units per person (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per capita 0.2328 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per capita 0.3189 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, SDR, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is deposit money bank assets to deposit money bank assets and central in Kenya?
- Deposit money bank assets to deposit money bank assets and central in Kenya was 95.3% in 2021, according to International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest deposit money bank assets to deposit money bank assets and central recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 98.4% in 2016.
- What is the lowest deposit money bank assets to deposit money bank assets and central recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 60.3% in 1995.
- How does Kenya rank for deposit money bank assets to deposit money bank assets and central?
- Kenya ranks 73rd out of 183 countries with data for 2021.
- Is deposit money bank assets to deposit money bank assets and central rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Deposit money bank assets to deposit money bank assets and central bank assets (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Raw data are from the electronic version of the IMF's International Financial Statistics (IFS lines 12 and 22, a-d).