Liquid liabilities to GDP in Kenya
Kenya: Liquid liabilities to GDP was 38.8% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Liquid liabilities to GDP in Kenya, 1966–2021
Source: International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 38.8% for liquid liabilities to gdp in 2021.
The figure is down 5.6% on the previous year and up 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, liquid liabilities to gdp in Kenya peaked at 42.8% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 22.7%, in 1966.
That places Kenya 137th out of 184 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 56 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 24.2% | 22.7% | 26.4% | 4 |
| 1970s | 30.2% | 25.7% | 34.5% | 10 |
| 1980s | 29.1% | 26.7% | 30.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 36.0% | 29.6% | 42.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 36.4% | 31.9% | 39.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 38.9% | 35.5% | 42.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 39.9% | 38.8% | 41.1% | 2 |
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More financial sector data for Kenya
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 29.7% (2024)
- Total reserves in months of imports 4.03 (2024)
- Net domestic credit 7.15 trillion current LCU (2023)
- Net foreign assets 796.06 billion current LCU (2023)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 31.8% (2023)
- Broad money 37.6% (2024)
- Claims on central government, etc. 22.4% (2023)
- Domestic credit to private sector 31.8% (2023)
- Official exchange rate 129.3 LCU per US$, period average (2025)
- Net migration -27,330 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is liquid liabilities to gdp in Kenya?
- Liquid liabilities to gdp in Kenya was 38.8% in 2021, according to International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest liquid liabilities to gdp recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 42.8% in 2015.
- What is the lowest liquid liabilities to gdp recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.7% in 1966.
- How does Kenya rank for liquid liabilities to gdp?
- Kenya ranks 137th out of 184 countries with data for 2021.
- Is liquid liabilities to gdp rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.0%. 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 Liquid liabilities to GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Ratio of liquid liabilities to GDP, calculated using the following deflation method: {(0.5)*[Ft/P_et + Ft-1/P_et-1]}/[GDPt/P_at] where F is liquid liabilities, P_e is end-of period CPI, and P_a is average annual CPI. Raw data are from the electronic version of the IMF's International Financial Statistics. Liquid liabilities (IFS lines 55L or, if not available, line 35L); GDP in local currency (IFS line 99B..ZF or, if not available, line 99B.CZF); end-of period CPI (IFS line 64M..ZF or, if not available, 64Q..ZF); and average annual CPI is calculated using the monthly CPI values (IFS line 64M..ZF) For Eurocurrency area countries liquid liabilities are estimated by summing IFS items 34A, 34B and 35.