Inflation measured by the GDP deflator in Kenya

The GDP deflator for Kenya changed by 3.5% in 2025.

Measure: Inflation measured by the GDP deflator Unit: Annual % change Data: 1961 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Kenya, 2025 3.5% Annual % change
Change from 2024 +0.3percentage points 2024: 3.2%
World, 2025 3.3% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 85th of 186 See the full ranking

Inflation measured by the GDP deflator in Kenya over time

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Annual % change. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Inflation measured by the GDP deflator (annual % change), 2001 to 2025
Period KenyaWorld
2025 3.5% 3.3%
2024 3.2% 4.1%
2023 5.4% 5.0%
2022 7.0% 7.3%
2021 4.3% 4.6%
2020 4.9% 2.0%
2019 4.3% 2.4%
2018 4.2% 2.8%
2017 7.6% 3.0%
2016 5.8% 2.0%
2015 9.2% 2.3%
2014 7.6% 2.0%
2013 7.3% 2.3%
2012 9.5% 3.6%
2011 10.1% 5.5%
2010 1.6% 4.2%
2009 27.7% 2.0%
2008 15.2% 7.9%
2007 8.1% 6.0%
2006 23.5% 5.9%
2005 4.9% 5.8%
2004 7.1% 5.6%
2003 6.2% 4.0%
2002 0.9% 3.6%
2001 1.6% 3.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 3.2% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 9.2%, the figure has changed by −5.7 percentage points.
  • Among the 186 countries with data for 2025, Kenya has the 85th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 3.3%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
NY.GDP.DEFL.KD.ZG · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2025 for Kenya
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices