Sub-Saharan Africa · KEN

Kenya market indicators

A compact view of economic scale, momentum and digital access. Each card uses the latest observation available from the source.

GDP per capita

$2,363
2025current US$

Economic output per person at current market exchange rates.

GDP growth

4.63%
2025annual %

Annual percentage growth of inflation-adjusted GDP.

Inflation

4.07%
2025annual %

Annual change in consumer prices.

Population

57,532,493
2025people

Total resident population.

Internet use

34.98%
2024% of population

Share of people who used the internet recently.

Unemployment

5.45%
2025% of labor force

Modeled ILO estimate of unemployment.

Trade openness

37.52%
2025% of GDP

Exports plus imports as a share of GDP.

Data-led reading

What the latest series says

Automatically calculated from the observations above; descriptive, not a forecast.

Income trend

$2,363 per person

Kenya's GDP per capita was $2,363 in 2025. In current-dollar terms it increased by 22.6% from the closest observation around five years earlier; exchange rates and inflation are part of that movement.

Economic pulse

4.63% real growth

Real GDP growth was 4.63% in 2025. Consumer-price inflation was 4.07% in 2025 and modeled unemployment was 5.45% in 2025. These series may refer to different reporting years.

Digital reach

34.98% online

Internet use reached 34.98% of the population in 2024, while fixed broadband subscriptions were 3.04 per 100 people in 2024. A subscription can serve multiple users, so the measures answer different questions.

People & connections

57,532,493 residents

The population grew at 1.93% in 2025. Life expectancy was 63.83 years, while exports plus imports equaled 37.52% of GDP in their respective latest observations.

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