As of 2023, cash in the value of nearly 316 billion Kenyan shillings (KSh), around 2.4 billion U.S.dollars, was in circulation in Kenya. This continued the steadily rising trend visible since 2020. That year, currency in circulation in the country, which refers to cash physically used for transactions, amounted to approximately 258 billion KSh (some two billion U.S. dollars).
Annual banknotes and coins in circulation in Kenya from 2020 to 2023
(in billion Kenyan shillings)
Figures have been rounded.
According to the source, currency in circulation represents the nominal value of all bank notes and coins held by the public and commercial banks.
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Central Bank of Kenya. (June 30, 2023). Annual banknotes and coins in circulation in Kenya from 2020 to 2023 (in billion Kenyan shillings) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1465472/annual-value-of-currency-in-circulation-in-kenya/
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Central Bank of Kenya. "Annual Banknotes and Coins in Circulation in Kenya from 2020 to 2023 (in Billion Kenyan Shillings)." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Jun 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1465472/annual-value-of-currency-in-circulation-in-kenya/
Central Bank of Kenya, Annual banknotes and coins in circulation in Kenya from 2020 to 2023 (in billion Kenyan shillings) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1465472/annual-value-of-currency-in-circulation-in-kenya/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Annual banknotes and coins in circulation in Kenya from 2020 to 2023 (in billion Kenyan shillings) [Graph], Central Bank of Kenya, June 30, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1465472/annual-value-of-currency-in-circulation-in-kenya/