The government expenditure in Kenya stood at 182.7 billion Kenyan shillings (around 1.42 billion U.S. dollars) as of July 2024. In the fiscal year 2023/2024, government spending in Kenya totaled 3.6 trillion KSh (28.02 billion U.S. dollars). The amount consisted of interest payments, salaries and wages, pensions and payments for maintenance, and operations. Expenditures incurred on projects were also included.
Government expenditure in Kenya from fiscal year 2018/2019 to fiscal year 2024/2025
(in billion Kenyan shillings)
*Provisional data. The data for the fiscal year 2024/25 ends in July. Figures were calculated by Statista using report data.
The fiscal year starts in July and ends in June of the next calendar year.
According to the source, government expenditures are composed from both recurrent and development expenditures. Recurrent expenditures refer to spending on current activities. It consists of interest payments on debt (domestic and foreign), salaries and wages, pensions and payments for maintenance, and operations. Development expenditure refers to the expenditure incurred on projects.
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Central Bank of Kenya. (July 31, 2024). Government expenditure in Kenya from fiscal year 2018/2019 to fiscal year 2024/2025 (in billion Kenyan shillings) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1223279/government-expenditure-in-kenya/
Central Bank of Kenya. "Government expenditure in Kenya from fiscal year 2018/2019 to fiscal year 2024/2025 (in billion Kenyan shillings)." Chart. July 31, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1223279/government-expenditure-in-kenya/
Central Bank of Kenya. (2024). Government expenditure in Kenya from fiscal year 2018/2019 to fiscal year 2024/2025 (in billion Kenyan shillings). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1223279/government-expenditure-in-kenya/
Central Bank of Kenya. "Government Expenditure in Kenya from Fiscal Year 2018/2019 to Fiscal Year 2024/2025 (in Billion Kenyan Shillings)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Jul 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1223279/government-expenditure-in-kenya/
Central Bank of Kenya, Government expenditure in Kenya from fiscal year 2018/2019 to fiscal year 2024/2025 (in billion Kenyan shillings) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1223279/government-expenditure-in-kenya/ (last visited December 24, 2024)
Government expenditure in Kenya from fiscal year 2018/2019 to fiscal year 2024/2025 (in billion Kenyan shillings) [Graph], Central Bank of Kenya, July 31, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1223279/government-expenditure-in-kenya/
