Stock market total value traded to GDP in Kenya
Kenya: Stock market total value traded to GDP was 0.5% in 2020. ◆ Volatile
Stock market total value traded to GDP in Kenya, 1993–2020
Source: Global Stock Markets Factbook and supplemental S&P data, Standard & Poor's. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2020, stock market total value traded to gdp in Kenya stood at 0.5%.
That represents a change of up 2.3% on the previous year and down 72.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, stock market total value traded to gdp in Kenya peaked at 5.3% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 1993.
Kenya ranks 72nd of 97 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Stock market total value traded to GDP in Kenya, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 0.2% | — |
| 1994 | 1.0% | +356.2% |
| 1995 | 0.7% | -31.1% |
| 1996 | 0.6% | -10.7% |
| 1997 | 0.7% | +25.8% |
| 1998 | 0.5% | -29.2% |
| 1999 | 0.4% | -28.6% |
| 2000 | 0.3% | -20.9% |
| 2001 | 0.3% | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 0.3% | -6.1% |
| 2003 | 1.3% | +372.0% |
| 2004 | 1.8% | +31.4% |
| 2005 | 2.7% | +52.6% |
| 2006 | 5.3% | +96.4% |
| 2007 | 3.5% | -33.2% |
| 2008 | 2.1% | -41.4% |
| 2009 | 0.5% | -77.3% |
| 2010 | 1.7% | +273.1% |
| 2011 | 2.0% | +12.0% |
| 2012 | 1.8% | -8.7% |
| 2013 | 2.9% | +63.7% |
| 2014 | 1.5% | -49.4% |
| 2015 | 1.0% | -34.2% |
| 2016 | 1.1% | +11.9% |
| 2019 | 0.5% | -56.9% |
| 2020 | 0.5% | +2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6% | 0.2% | 1.0% | 7 |
| 2000s | 1.8% | 0.3% | 5.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.6% | 0.5% | 2.9% | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 1 |
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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 stock market total value traded to gdp in Kenya?
- Stock market total value traded to gdp in Kenya was 0.5% in 2020, according to Global Stock Markets Factbook and supplemental S&P data, Standard & Poor's.
- What is the highest stock market total value traded to gdp recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 5.3% in 2006.
- What is the lowest stock market total value traded to gdp recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 1993.
- How does Kenya rank for stock market total value traded to gdp?
- Kenya ranks 72nd out of 97 countries with data for 2020.
- Is stock market total value traded to gdp rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 72.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from Global Stock Markets Factbook and supplemental S&P data, Standard & Poor's, published as part of Stock market total value traded to GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Total value of all traded shares in a stock market exchange as a percentage of GDP. Following deflation method is use: {(0.5)*[Ft/P_et + Ft-1/P_et-1]}/[GDPt/P_at] where F is stock market capitalization, P_e is end-of period CPI, and P_a is average annual CPI. 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).