Reserve assets, Reserve position in the IMF, Adjusted using IMF in Kenya
Kenya: Reserve assets, Reserve position in the IMF, Adjusted using IMF was 0.3096 US dollar per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Reserve assets, Reserve position in the IMF, Adjusted using IMF in Kenya, 2008–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in US dollar per person.
Analysis
In 2024, reserve assets, reserve position in the imf, adjusted using imf in Kenya stood at 0.3096 US dollar per person. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is down 4.7% on the previous year and down 26.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, reserve assets, reserve position in the imf, adjusted using imf in Kenya peaked at 0.5042 US dollar per person in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.3096 US dollar per person, in 2024.
Kenya ranks 129th of 163 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Reserve assets, Reserve position in the IMF, Adjusted using IMF in Kenya, year by year
| Year | US dollar per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 0.5042 US dollar per person | — |
| 2009 | 0.5002 US dollar per person | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 0.4799 US dollar per person | -4.1% |
| 2011 | 0.4667 US dollar per person | -2.7% |
| 2012 | 0.4558 US dollar per person | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 0.455 US dollar per person | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.4182 US dollar per person | -8.1% |
| 2015 | 0.3911 US dollar per person | -6.5% |
| 2016 | 0.3741 US dollar per person | -4.4% |
| 2017 | 0.3878 US dollar per person | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 0.3711 US dollar per person | -4.3% |
| 2019 | 0.3618 US dollar per person | -2.5% |
| 2020 | 0.3695 US dollar per person | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 0.3523 US dollar per person | -4.7% |
| 2022 | 0.3286 US dollar per person | -6.7% |
| 2023 | 0.3248 US dollar per person | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 0.3096 US dollar per person | -4.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.5022 US dollar per person | 0.5002 US dollar per person | 0.5042 US dollar per person | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.4161 US dollar per person | 0.3618 US dollar per person | 0.4799 US dollar per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3369 US dollar per person | 0.3096 US dollar per person | 0.3695 US dollar per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 126 Nigeria 1.01 US dollar per person compare
- 127 Antigua and Barbuda 0.7418 US dollar per person compare
- 128 Nepal 0.7037 US dollar per person compare
- 130 Dominica 0.188 US dollar per person compare
- 131 Sri Lanka 0.1699 US dollar per person compare
- 132 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.1587 US dollar per person 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 reserve assets, reserve position in the imf, adjusted using imf in Kenya?
- Reserve assets, reserve position in the imf, adjusted using imf in Kenya was 0.3096 US dollar per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest reserve assets, reserve position in the imf, adjusted using imf recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5042 US dollar per person in 2008.
- What is the lowest reserve assets, reserve position in the imf, adjusted using imf recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3096 US dollar per person in 2024.
- How does Kenya rank for reserve assets, reserve position in the imf, adjusted using imf?
- Kenya ranks 129th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is reserve assets, reserve position in the imf, adjusted using imf rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Reserve assets, Reserve position in the IMF, Adjusted using IMF accounting records (Assets, Positions, US dollar), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Reserve assets, Reserve position in the IMF, Adjusted using IMF accounting records (Assets, Positions, US dollar) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Reserve assets, Reserve position in the IMF, Adjusted using IMF accounting records (Assets, Positions, US dollar) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Reserve assets, Reserve position in the IMF, Adjusted using IMF International Monetary Fund
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Reserve assets, Reserve position in the IMF, Adjusted using IMF accounting records (Assets, Positions, US dollar) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.