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Kenya Current Account Balance (% GDP) Statistics

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Country or Region: Kenya › Change country
Economic Indicator: Current Account Balance (% GDP) › See all Kenya indicators, › See Current Account Balance (% GDP) data for all countries
Detailed Analysis for Year: 2010 › Change year
Full Dataset: from 1980 to 2016
Dataset updated: 1st August 2011
Data Source: International Monetary Fund (IMF)
National or Regional Currency: Kenyan Shilling
Currency Symbol: KES

Current account is all transactions other than those in financial and capital items. The major classifications are goods and services, income and current transfers. The focus of the BOP is on transactions (between an economy and the rest of the world) in goods, services, and income. See notes for: Gross domestic product, current prices (National currency) Current account balance (U.S. dollars).

Current Account Balance (% GDP) Statistics for Kenya , Year 2010 - In Detail

Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Kenya in year 2010 is -7.884 %

This makes Kenya No. 128 in world rankings according to Current Account Balance (% GDP) in year 2010. The world's average Current Account Balance (% GDP) value is -2.68 %; Kenya is 5.20 less than the average.

In the previous year, 2009, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Kenya was -5.59 % Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Kenya in 2010 was or will be 40.99% more than it was or will be in 2009.

In the following or forecasted year, 2011, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Kenya was or will be -9.29 %, which is 17.77% more than the 2010 figure.

* Source: IMF
Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Kenya, in other Years
Year %
  2016 -4.016
  2015 -4.066
  2014 -5.881
  2013 -7.864
  2012 -7.912
  2011 -9.285
2010 -7.884
  2009 -5.592
  2008 -6.688
  2007 -3.96
  2006 -2.263
  2005 -1.455
  2004 0.149
  2003 -0.177
  2002 2.207
  2001 -3.084
  2000 -2.309
  1999 -1.819
  1998 -3.99
  1997 -3.389
  1996 -1.631
  1995 -4.265
  1994 -0.161
  1993 2.101
  1992 -0.939
  1991 -1.282
  1990 -3.931
  1989 -5.816
  1988 -3.944
  1987 -4.326
  1986 -0.368
  1985 -1.152
  1984 -1.315
  1983 -0.485
  1982 -3.28
  1981 -6.817
  1980 -10.724