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Although the regional hub for trade and finance in East Africa, Kenya has been hampered by corruption and by reliance upon several primary goods whose prices have remained low. In 1997, the IMF suspended Kenya's Enhanced Structural Adjustment Program due to the government's failure to maintain reforms and curb corruption. The IMF, which had resumed loans in 2000 to help Kenya through a drought, again halted lending in 2001 when the government failed to institute several anticorruption measures. In the key December 2002 elections, Daniel Arap MOI's 24-year-old reign ended, and a new opposition government took on the formidable economic problems facing the nation. After some early progress in rooting out corruption and encouraging donor support, the KIBAKI government was rocked by high-level graft scandals in 2005 and 2006. In 2006, the World Bank and IMF delayed loans pending action by the government on corruption. The international financial institutions and donors have since resumed lending, despite little action on the government's part to deal with corruption. Post-election violence in early 2008, coupled with the effects of the global financial crisis on remittance and exports, reduced estimated GDP growth to 2% or lower in 2008 and 2009.
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$62.56 billion (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 83
$60.95 billion (2008 est.)
$59.94 billion (2007 est.)
note:
data are in 2009 US dollars
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$32.72 billion (2009 est.)
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2.6% (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 72
1.7% (2008 est.)
7.1% (2007 est.)
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$1,600 (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 193
$1,600 (2008 est.)
$1,600 (2007 est.)
note:
data are in 2009 US dollars
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agriculture: 19.7%
industry:
17.2%
services:
62.1% (2009 est.)
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17.47 million (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 34
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agriculture: 75%
industry and services:
25% (2007 est.)
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40% (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 187
40% (2001 est.)
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50% (2000 est.)
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lowest 10%: 1.8%
highest 10%:
37.8% (2005)
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42.5 (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 51
44.9 (1997)
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20.5% of GDP (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 88
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revenues: $6.732 billion
expenditures:
$8.332 billion (2009 est.)
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66.7% of GDP (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 23
61.3% of GDP (2008 est.)
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9.3% (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 189
16.3% (2008 est.)
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NA%
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14.02% (31 December 2008)
country comparison to the world: 61
13.34% (31 December 2007)
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$6.068 billion (31 December 2008)
country comparison to the world: 64
$5.912 billion (31 December 2007)
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$5.468 billion (31 December 2008)
country comparison to the world: 82
$6.464 billion (31 December 2007)
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$10.83 billion (31 December 2008)
country comparison to the world: 76
$10.67 billion (31 December 2007)
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$10.97 billion (31 December 2009)
country comparison to the world: 67
$10.92 billion (31 December 2008)
$13.39 billion (31 December 2007)
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tea, coffee, corn, wheat, sugarcane, fruit, vegetables; dairy products, beef, pork, poultry, eggs
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small-scale consumer goods (plastic, furniture, batteries, textiles, clothing, soap, cigarettes, flour), agricultural products, horticulture, oil refining; aluminum, steel, lead; cement, commercial ship repair, tourism
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3.7% (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 34
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5.223 billion kWh (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 113
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4.863 billion kWh (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 107
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58.3 million kWh (2007 est.)
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22.5 million kWh (2007 est.)
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0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 161
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76,000 bbl/day (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 88
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7,270 bbl/day (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 99
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80,530 bbl/day (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 73
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0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 166
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 173
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 126
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 82
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 158
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0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 158
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-$1.577 billion (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 143
-$1.978 billion (2008 est.)
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$4.445 billion (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 105
$5.04 billion (2008 est.)
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tea, horticultural products, coffee, petroleum products, fish, cement
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UK 11.31%, Netherlands 9.81%, Uganda 9.07%, Tanzania 8.83%, US 5.93%, Pakistan 5.63% (2009)
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$9.215 billion (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 88
$10.69 billion (2008 est.)
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machinery and transportation equipment, petroleum products, motor vehicles, iron and steel, resins and plastics
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India 11.67%, China 10.58%, UAE 9.32%, South Africa 8.36%, Saudi Arabia 6.53%, US 6.25%, Japan 5.1% (2009)
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$3.8 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 91
$2.879 billion (31 December 2008 est.)
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$7.729 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 88
$7.855 billion (31 December 2008 est.)
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$2.063 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 85
$1.988 billion (31 December 2008 est.)
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$42 million (31 December 2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 81
$12.4 million (31 December 2008 est.)
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Kenyan shillings (KES) per US dollar - 78.042 (2009), 68.358 (2008), 68.309 (2007), 72.101 (2006), 75.554 (2005)
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