Foreign banks among total banks in Kenya
Kenya: Foreign banks among total banks was 32.0% in 2013. ▲ Rising
Foreign banks among total banks in Kenya, 1995–2013
Source: Stijn Claessens and Neeltje van Horen, 2012. "Foreign Banks: Trends, Impact and Financial Stability" IMF Working Paper, WP/12/10. Measured in %.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 32.0% for foreign banks among total banks in 2013. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.3% on the previous year and up 23.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, foreign banks among total banks in Kenya peaked at 32.0% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 23.0%, in 1995.
Kenya ranks 85th of 137 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Foreign banks among total banks in Kenya, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 23.0% | — |
| 1996 | 23.0% | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 23.0% | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 24.0% | +4.3% |
| 1999 | 24.0% | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 25.0% | +4.2% |
| 2001 | 24.0% | -4.0% |
| 2002 | 24.0% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 26.0% | +8.3% |
| 2004 | 26.0% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 28.0% | +7.7% |
| 2006 | 28.0% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 25.0% | -10.7% |
| 2008 | 31.0% | +24.0% |
| 2009 | 31.0% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 29.0% | -6.5% |
| 2011 | 29.0% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 29.0% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 32.0% | +10.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 23.4% | 23.0% | 24.0% | 5 |
| 2000s | 26.8% | 24.0% | 31.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 29.8% | 29.0% | 32.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 82 Australia 35.0% compare
- 82 Slovenia 35.0% compare
- 84 Kazakhstan 33.0% compare
- 85 Argentina 32.0% compare
- 87 United States of America 31.0% compare
- 88 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 30.0% compare
More financial sector data for Kenya
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 129,188 current LCU per person (2023)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 66.5 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 12.6 % change on previous year (2023)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 19,618 SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 1.79 million SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 8.93 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 9.05 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 9.05 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 9.05 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 157.31 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is foreign banks among total banks in Kenya?
- Foreign banks among total banks in Kenya was 32.0% in 2013, according to Stijn Claessens and Neeltje van Horen, 2012. "Foreign Banks: Trends, Impact and Financial Stability" IMF Working Paper, WP/12/10.
- What is the highest foreign banks among total banks recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 32.0% in 2013.
- What is the lowest foreign banks among total banks recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.0% in 1995.
- How does Kenya rank for foreign banks among total banks?
- Kenya ranks 85th out of 137 countries with data for 2013.
- Is foreign banks among total banks rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from Stijn Claessens and Neeltje van Horen, 2012. "Foreign Banks: Trends, Impact and Financial Stability" IMF Working Paper, WP/12/10, published as part of Foreign banks among total banks (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of the number of foreign owned banks to the number of the total banks in an Economy. A foreign bank is a bank where 50 percent or more of its shares are owned by foreigners.