Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices (Gross) in Kenya
Kenya: Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices (Gross) was 1,854 USD in 2024. ▲ Rising
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices in Kenya, 1970–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in USD.
Analysis
In 2024, gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Kenya stood at 1,854 USD. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
The figure is up 2.5% on the previous year and up 27.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Kenya peaked at 1,854 USD in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,010 USD, in 1970.
That places Kenya 181st out of 228 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices (Gross) in Kenya, year by year
| Year | USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 1,010 USD | — |
| 1971 | 1,037 USD | +2.7% |
| 1972 | 1,052 USD | +1.4% |
| 1973 | 1,069 USD | +1.6% |
| 1974 | 1,085 USD | +1.4% |
| 1975 | 1,045 USD | -3.6% |
| 1976 | 1,053 USD | +0.7% |
| 1977 | 1,112 USD | +5.6% |
| 1978 | 1,171 USD | +5.3% |
| 1979 | 1,173 USD | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 1,196 USD | +1.9% |
| 1981 | 1,197 USD | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 1,198 USD | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,170 USD | -2.3% |
| 1984 | 1,148 USD | -1.9% |
| 1985 | 1,154 USD | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 1,194 USD | +3.4% |
| 1987 | 1,220 USD | +2.3% |
| 1988 | 1,251 USD | +2.5% |
| 1989 | 1,265 USD | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 1,273 USD | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 1,250 USD | -1.8% |
| 1992 | 1,203 USD | -3.8% |
| 1993 | 1,172 USD | -2.6% |
| 1994 | 1,168 USD | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 1,186 USD | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 1,201 USD | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 1,172 USD | -2.4% |
| 1998 | 1,178 USD | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 1,169 USD | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 1,140 USD | -2.5% |
| 2001 | 1,154 USD | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 1,125 USD | -2.5% |
| 2003 | 1,122 USD | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 1,143 USD | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 1,174 USD | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 1,211 USD | +3.1% |
| 2007 | 1,256 USD | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 1,221 USD | -2.8% |
| 2009 | 1,277 USD | +4.6% |
| 2010 | 1,341 USD | +5.0% |
| 2011 | 1,371 USD | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 1,395 USD | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 1,413 USD | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 1,450 USD | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 1,489 USD | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 1,518 USD | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 1,543 USD | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 1,597 USD | +3.5% |
| 2019 | 1,646 USD | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 1,610 USD | -2.2% |
| 2021 | 1,699 USD | +5.6% |
| 2022 | 1,748 USD | +2.9% |
| 2023 | 1,809 USD | +3.5% |
| 2024 | 1,854 USD | +2.5% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 1,854 USD is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,008 USD, 92% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 1,854 USD is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,325 USD, 1.4× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1,081 USD | 1,010 USD | 1,173 USD | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,199 USD | 1,148 USD | 1,265 USD | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,197 USD | 1,168 USD | 1,273 USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,182 USD | 1,122 USD | 1,277 USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,476 USD | 1,341 USD | 1,646 USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,744 USD | 1,610 USD | 1,854 USD | 5 |
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More economy & growth data for Kenya
- Real gdp growth, annual growth rate -17.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 3.28 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 5.26 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate -59.19 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 2.42 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate -61.14 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 1.77 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 3.56 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Kenya?
- Gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Kenya was 1,854 USD in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 1,854 USD in 2024.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,010 USD in 1970.
- How does Kenya rank for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices?
- Kenya ranks 181st out of 228 countries with data for 2024.
- Is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAOSTAT Macro Indicators database provides a selection of country-level macro indicators relating to total economy (Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation); agriculture activity; agriculture, forestry and fishing activity; total manufacturing activity; manufacturing of food products and beverages activity; manufacturing activity of tobacco products; and manufacturing activity of food, beverage and tobacco products.It releases time series for a selection of National Accounts variables, including gross domestic product, gross fixed capital formation, industry-level value added and gross output. The database also proposes additional indicators such as gross domestic product per capita, year-on-year growth rates and measures of industry contribution to gross domestic product. All data relating to Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation, agriculture, forestry and fishing activity, and to total manufacturing activity originates from the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates database, which consists of a complete and consistent set of time series of the main National Accounts aggregates of all UN Members States and other territories in the world for which National Accounts information is available. The UNSD database's content is based on the countries' official National Accounts data reported to UNSD through the annual National Accounts Questionnaire, supplemented with data estimates for any years and countries with incomplete or inconsistent information (See http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/Introduction.asp). Data series relating to the sub-industry Agriculture activity are obtained from the UNSD national accounts Official Country Data databases while series on the Manufacturing activity of food and beverages products, manufacturing activity of tobacco products and manufacturing activity of food, beverages and tobacco products originates from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) INDSTAT2 database. In order to ensure that sub-industry series are consistent in levels with National Accounts based series, which is needed to support comparability across industries (agriculture vs. agro-industry and sub-industries), UNIDO originating series are rescaled on UNSD National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates data series (See Section 17.5 for a more detailed description of the data processing steps).