Kenya
Kenya's inflation and growth, the shilling, US goods trade with Kenya and cargo through Kenyan ports, each sourced and dated.
Figures checked . Each one names its source and the period it covers.
The latest figures
Inflation2025
4.1%
a year, annual average
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Matches IMF, World Economic Outlook for 2025
Economic growth2025
4.6
real GDP, % a year
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Matches IMF, World Economic Outlook for 2025
Unemployment2025
5.4%
of the labour force, ILO modelled estimate
World Bank, World Development Indicators
The World Bank's figure is the ILO's modelled estimate, not a national survey.
Second source not checked today
Kenyan shillings per US dollar11 October 2026
129.71
KES per USD
An aggregated market rate, not a central-bank fixing.
No central bank publishes this rate in a form the site can fetch; it is shown as an aggregator's market rate, labelled as such.
One source: no second publisher of this figure is available
Goods trade with the United States
US imports from Kenya12 months
$1.4bn
+68.5% on the previous 12 months
US exports to Kenya12 months
$0.9bn
+2.4% on the previous 12 months
US goods balance12 months
−$0.5bn
The US buys more from Kenya than it sells there
September 2025 to August 2026, US$, not seasonally adjusted. Source: US Census Bureau via FRED (IMP7790, EXP7790). These are the US's own customs records, so they measure trade from the American side.
Cargo through its ports
Imports by sea30 days
-14.4%
on the same 30 days a year earlier
Exports by sea30 days
+2.1%
on the same 30 days a year earlier
Port calls30 days
-5.5%
on the same 30 days a year earlier
30 days to 2 October 2026. AIS-based estimates of cargo through the economy's ports; percentage changes only, per PortWatch's terms. Source: IMF PortWatch, https://portwatch.imf.org.
The IMF's figures and projections
| IMF World Economic Outlook | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Real GDP growth, % | 4.9 | 4.5 | 4.7 |
| Inflation, annual average % | 4.1 | 5.9 | 5.9 |
Source: IMF DataMapper, World Economic Outlook, as published when these figures were checked. A year is marked as the IMF's projection until the World Bank publishes an actual figure for it. TradeTurbulence makes no forecasts of its own here.
How these figures are checked
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