Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value US$, per capita (capita US) in Kenya
Kenya: Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value US$, per capita (capita US) was 0.0001 million USD per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value US$, per capita in Kenya, 1970–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in million USD per person.
Analysis
In 2023, value added (total manufacturing) — value us$, per capita in Kenya stood at 0.0001 million USD per person.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.1% on the previous year and down 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, value added (total manufacturing) — value us$, per capita in Kenya peaked at 0.0002 million USD per person in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0 million USD per person, in 1970.
That places Kenya 159th out of 194 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 54 years of available data.
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value US$, per capita (capita US) in Kenya, year by year
| Year | million USD per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0 million USD per person | — |
| 1971 | 0 million USD per person | +12.0% |
| 1972 | 0 million USD per person | +12.7% |
| 1973 | 0.0001 million USD per person | +21.3% |
| 1974 | 0.0001 million USD per person | +17.5% |
| 1975 | 0.0001 million USD per person | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 0.0001 million USD per person | -3.7% |
| 1977 | 0.0001 million USD per person | +22.2% |
| 1978 | 0.0001 million USD per person | +25.9% |
| 1979 | 0.0001 million USD per person | +14.0% |
| 1980 | 0.0001 million USD per person | +14.7% |
| 1981 | 0.0001 million USD per person | -12.0% |
| 1982 | 0.0001 million USD per person | -9.4% |
| 1983 | 0.0001 million USD per person | -13.2% |
| 1984 | 0.0001 million USD per person | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 0.0001 million USD per person | -5.0% |
| 1986 | 0.0001 million USD per person | +14.7% |
| 1987 | 0.0001 million USD per person | +2.1% |
| 1988 | 0.0001 million USD per person | +3.4% |
| 1989 | 0.0001 million USD per person | -5.4% |
| 1990 | 0.0001 million USD per person | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 0.0001 million USD per person | -4.6% |
| 1992 | 0.0001 million USD per person | -12.7% |
| 1993 | 0.0001 million USD per person | -37.8% |
| 1994 | 0.0001 million USD per person | +28.0% |
| 1995 | 0.0001 million USD per person | +14.0% |
| 1996 | 0.0001 million USD per person | +7.5% |
| 1997 | 0.0001 million USD per person | +3.4% |
| 1998 | 0.0001 million USD per person | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 0.0001 million USD per person | -17.7% |
| 2000 | 0.0001 million USD per person | -2.3% |
| 2001 | 0.0001 million USD per person | -4.8% |
| 2002 | 0.0001 million USD per person | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 0.0001 million USD per person | +8.6% |
| 2004 | 0.0001 million USD per person | +7.8% |
| 2005 | 0.0001 million USD per person | +18.9% |
| 2006 | 0.0001 million USD per person | +13.6% |
| 2007 | 0.0001 million USD per person | +21.0% |
| 2008 | 0.0001 million USD per person | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 0.0001 million USD per person | -6.7% |
| 2010 | 0.0001 million USD per person | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 0.0001 million USD per person | +8.4% |
| 2012 | 0.0001 million USD per person | +7.8% |
| 2013 | 0.0001 million USD per person | +5.0% |
| 2014 | 0.0001 million USD per person | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.0001 million USD per person | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.0001 million USD per person | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 0.0001 million USD per person | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 0.0002 million USD per person | +6.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0002 million USD per person | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.0001 million USD per person | -5.5% |
| 2021 | 0.0002 million USD per person | +3.6% |
| 2022 | 0.0002 million USD per person | +7.6% |
| 2023 | 0.0001 million USD per person | -9.1% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 0.0001 million USD per person is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0002 million USD per person, 60% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 0.0001 million USD per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0001 million USD per person, 1.1× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0001 million USD per person | 0 million USD per person | 0.0001 million USD per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0001 million USD per person | 0.0001 million USD per person | 0.0001 million USD per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0001 million USD per person | 0.0001 million USD per person | 0.0001 million USD per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0001 million USD per person | 0.0001 million USD per person | 0.0001 million USD per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0001 million USD per person | 0.0001 million USD per person | 0.0002 million USD per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0002 million USD per person | 0.0001 million USD per person | 0.0002 million USD per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
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 value added (total manufacturing) — value us$, per capita in Kenya?
- Value added (total manufacturing) — value us$, per capita in Kenya was 0.0001 million USD per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest value added (total manufacturing) — value us$, per capita recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0002 million USD per person in 2022.
- What is the lowest value added (total manufacturing) — value us$, per capita recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 million USD per person in 1970.
- How does Kenya rank for value added (total manufacturing) — value us$, per capita?
- Kenya ranks 159th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is value added (total manufacturing) — value us$, per capita rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value US$, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value US$ divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value US$ ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value US$ Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- 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
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value US$ divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.