Kenya Foreign Direct Investment: % of GDP

Key information about Kenya Foreign Direct Investment: % of GDP

• Kenya Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) registered a growth equal to 0.7 % of the country's Nominal GDP in Dec 2023, compared with a growth equal to 0.7 % in the previous year.
• Kenya Foreign Direct Investment: % of Nominal GDP data is updated yearly, available from Dec 1996 to Dec 2023.
• The data reached an all-time high of 3.5 % in Dec 2009 and a record low -0.0 % in Dec 2020.

CEIC calculates Foreign Direct Investment as % of Nominal GDP from annual Foreign Direct Investment and annual Nominal GDP. The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics provides Foreign Direct Investment in local currency based on BPM6 and Nominal GDP in local currency based on SNA 2008. Foreign Direct Investment as % of Nominal GDP prior to 2009 is calculated from Foreign Direct Investment based on BPM5 and Nominal GDP based on SNA 1993.


Related information about Kenya Foreign Direct Investment: % of GDP

• In the latest reports of Kenya, Current Account recorded a deficit of 266.0 USD mn in Jun 2024.
• Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) increased by 728.7 USD mn in Dec 2023.
• Kenya Direct Investment Abroad expanded by 500.5 USD mn in Dec 2023.
• Its Foreign Portfolio Investment fell by 153.0 USD mn in Dec 2023.
• The country's Nominal GDP was reported at 26.9 USD bn in Sep 2022.

View Kenya's Foreign Direct Investment: % of GDP from 1996 to 2023 in the chart:

What was Kenya's Foreign Direct Investment: % of GDP in 2023?

Kenya Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) registered a growth equal to 0.7 % of the country's Nominal GDP in Dec 2023, compared with a growth equal to 0.7 % in the previous year. See the table below for more data.

Last	Previous	Min	Max	Unit	Frequency	Range
0.7 2023	0.7 2022	-0.0 2020	3.5 2009	%	yearly	1996 - 2023

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