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Kenya is usually read through domestic credit and telecom profits, agriculture and tourism support, and whether the shilling and inflation backdrop remain stable enough for foreign capital. The cleanest read usually comes from shilling stability, bank and telecom profits, and whether domestic demand and fiscal consolidation can coexist.
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Use the key figures to see the country’s size, currency and current economic backdrop.
Pick one variable at a time and see how it has changed over time.
The final cards explain the few forces that can move companies and the local market.
Key facts
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Primary exchange
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Region
Time zone
Source: Kenya National Bureau of Statistics,
Country dashboard
An East African market where banks, telecoms, agriculture, and shilling stability drive the investment case.
Macro explorer
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Kenya starter GDP-growth path anchored to sourced country profile readings; full official historical wiring is still pending.
Available variables
Source: Kenya National Bureau of Statistics,
Trade and external position
The latest available data show exports of $20.5B and imports of $27.8B, leaving an external balance of −$7.3B. Services account for 39.1% of total exports.
This is the broadest external-demand read for Kenya, because it combines merchandise shipments with cross-border services such as travel, transport, finance, and business services.
This is the merchandise side of the export machine for Kenya, useful for judging industrial, energy, and manufacturing exposure in the trade mix.
This shows how much Kenya monetizes travel, logistics, finance, software, licensing, and other non-merchandise external flows.
Trade partners
Commodity lens
Trade in goods and services equaled 40.2% of GDP in 2024. This is a quick read on how externally exposed the economy is.
Services represented 39.2% of total exports in the latest reading, which helps show whether the export mix leans more toward intangibles or merchandise.
Manufactures accounted for 30.7% of merchandise exports in 2024.
Fuel exports accounted for 1.6% of merchandise exports in 2024, useful for reading commodity exposure.
Food exports accounted for 49.2% of merchandise exports in 2024, adding context on agricultural exposure.
Source: World Bank API: totalExports,
What to watch
Kenya should first be read through shilling stability. When this regime shifts, local how highly shares are valued and sector leadership usually shift with it.
The cleanest read usually comes from shilling stability, bank and telecom profits, and whether domestic demand and fiscal consolidation can coexist. That makes bank and telecom profits one of the most important signals for revising the country narrative.
The final layer is domestic demand, because it determines whether the macro backdrop turns into sustainable profits support for the NSE All Share.
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Real GDP growth
What This Signals
GDP growth is published quarterly and annualized, so each point captures how fast real output was expanding or contracting versus the prior quarter at an annual rate. It matters because it is the broadest scorecard of domestic economic momentum and sets the backdrop for revenues, employment, and policy expectations. Versus a year ago, the series is lower by 1.4%, which points to a softer or less supportive backdrop on this measure. Across the displayed window, the broader trend is still upward.