Kenya's economy advanced by 4.9% in Q1 2025, after a 5.1% expansion in Q4 2024. Growth was broad-based, with particularly strong performance in the key agricultural sector, where output rose by 6.0% thanks to favorable weather conditions. Timely rains in late 2024 and early 2025 led to better harvests of tea, coffee, and maize. Alongside this, government initiatives—like farm input subsidies and the Hustler Fund's affordable loans—further enhanced productivity across the sector. Other contributors included ICT (5.8%), wholesale and retail trade (5.4%), real estate (5.3%), financial & insurance (5.1%), and public administration (6.5%). Professional services and transport grew by 4.6% and 3.8%, respectively, while accommodation & food services added 4.1%. Mining surged 10%, construction increased 3%, and manufacturing rose 2.1%. On a seasonally adjusted basis, the GDP rose by 0.8% in Q1, the least in a year, following a downwardly revised 1.7% rise in Q4 2024. source: Kenya National Bureau of Statistics

The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Kenya expanded 4.90 percent in the first quarter of 2025 over the same quarter of the previous year. GDP Annual Growth Rate in Kenya averaged 4.84 percent from 2004 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 10.30 percent in the second quarter of 2021 and a record low of -4.10 percent in the second quarter of 2020. This page provides the latest reported value for - Kenya GDP Annual Growth Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Kenya GDP Annual Growth Rate - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on September of 2025.

The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Kenya expanded 4.90 percent in the first quarter of 2025 over the same quarter of the previous year. GDP Annual Growth Rate in Kenya is expected to be 5.30 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Kenya GDP Annual Growth Rate is projected to trend around 5.20 percent in 2026 and 5.40 percent in 2027, according to our econometric models.



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2025-05-06 08:50 AM
GDP Growth Rate YoY
Q4 5.1% 4.2% 5%
2025-07-03 09:30 AM
GDP Growth Rate YoY
Q1 4.9% 5.1% 4.7%
2025-10-02 07:30 AM
GDP Growth Rate YoY
Q2 4.9% 4.8%


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
GDP Growth Rate YoY 4.90 5.10 percent Mar 2025
GDP Constant Prices 2852282.00 2827442.00 KES Million Mar 2025
GDP from Agriculture 545182.00 434459.00 KES Million Mar 2025
GDP from Construction 149416.00 157338.00 KES Million Mar 2025
GDP from Manufacturing 219743.00 228855.00 KES Million Mar 2025
GDP from Mining 24758.00 24462.00 KES Million Mar 2025
GDP from Public Administration 171667.00 173232.00 KES Million Mar 2025
GDP from Services 78123.00 84340.00 KES Million Mar 2025
GDP from Transport 255599.00 268636.00 KES Million Mar 2025
GDP from Utilities 65044.00 66526.00 KES Million Mar 2025
GDP Growth Rate 0.80 1.70 percent Mar 2025
Gross Fixed Capital Formation 2015255.00 1897098.00 KES Million Dec 2024

Kenya GDP Annual Growth Rate
Kenya is one the most developed countries in East Africa. Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing (including coffee and tea cultivation) is the largest sector of the economy and accounts for about 22 percent. Manufacturing is the second largest sector and represents around 11 percent of the GDP. Other major sectors include: Real Estate (about 8 percent of total GDP), Wholesales and Retail Trade (around 7 percent), Transport and Storage (around 7 percent) , Education (about 7 percent), Financial and Insurance Activity (around 6 percent) and Construction (around 5 percent).
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
4.90 5.10 10.30 -4.10 2004 - 2025 percent Quarterly
2016=100

News Stream
Kenya GDP Growth Remains Robust in Q1
Kenya's economy advanced by 4.9% in Q1 2025, after a 5.1% expansion in Q4 2024. Growth was broad-based, with particularly strong performance in the key agricultural sector, where output rose by 6.0% thanks to favorable weather conditions. Timely rains in late 2024 and early 2025 led to better harvests of tea, coffee, and maize. Alongside this, government initiatives—like farm input subsidies and the Hustler Fund's affordable loans—further enhanced productivity across the sector. Other contributors included ICT (5.8%), wholesale and retail trade (5.4%), real estate (5.3%), financial & insurance (5.1%), and public administration (6.5%). Professional services and transport grew by 4.6% and 3.8%, respectively, while accommodation & food services added 4.1%. Mining surged 10%, construction increased 3%, and manufacturing rose 2.1%. On a seasonally adjusted basis, the GDP rose by 0.8% in Q1, the least in a year, following a downwardly revised 1.7% rise in Q4 2024.
2025-07-03
Kenya GDP Growth Quickens to 1-Year High
Kenya’s economy expanded by 5.1% year-on-year in Q4 2024, the fastest pace in a year, following an upwardly revised 4.2% growth in the previous quarter. Agriculture, which accounts for over one-fifth of GDP, grew by 4.3%, slightly up from 4% previously. Noteworthy gains were seen in accommodation and food services (+10.9%), public administration (+9.2%), wholesale and retail trade (+6.4%), transportation and storage (+5.6%), information and communication (+5.6%), and finance and insurance (+6%).On a seasonally adjusted quarterly basis, the GDP rose by 1.8% in Q4, the most in eight quarters, after an upwardly revised 1.2% increase in the prior quarter. The 2024 GDP growth came in at 4.7%, the slowest pace since 2020, down from a revised 5.7% in 2023, amid disruptions from political unrest and flood-related damage to both infrastructure and agriculture.
2025-05-06
Kenya GDP Growth Slows to Over 3-Year Low
The economy of Kenya advanced by 4% over a year ago in Q3 2024, following a 4.6% rise in the previous three-month period, marking the slowest growth rate since Q1 2021. This was due to a general slowdown across the various sectors of the economy. Agriculture, contributing over a fifth of GDP, rose by 4.2%, decelerating from 4.8% in the previous period, driven by sugarcane and milk production, which offset a 12.2% decline in tea production. Other economic activities that recorded slower growth were manufacturing, accommodation services, utilities, ICT, professional and administration services, financial and insurance services, and real estate. Additionally, output contracted for mining & quarrying (-11.1% vs -2.7%) and construction (-2% vs -2.9%).
2025-01-07