Tax revenue in Kenya
Central government tax revenue in Kenya was equal to 14.1% of GDP in 2023.
Kenya, 2023
14.1%
Change from 2022
−0.5percentage points
World, 2023
13.9%
Tax revenue in Kenya over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Kenya | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 13.9% |
| 2023 | 14.1% | 13.9% |
| 2022 | 14.6% | 14.5% |
| 2021 | 13.6% | 14.3% |
| 2020 | 14.3% | 13.7% |
| 2019 | 15.1% | 13.8% |
| 2018 | 14.4% | 13.9% |
| 2017 | 15.1% | 14.2% |
| 2016 | 15.0% | 13.9% |
| 2015 | 14.8% | 14.0% |
| 2014 | 15.2% | 14.0% |
| 2013 | – | 14.0% |
| 2012 | – | 13.8% |
| 2011 | – | 13.7% |
| 2010 | – | 13.3% |
| 2009 | – | 13.1% |
| 2008 | – | 14.3% |
| 2007 | – | 14.8% |
| 2006 | – | 14.5% |
| 2005 | – | 14.1% |
| 2004 | – | 14.5% |
| 2003 | – | 14.4% |
| 2002 | – | 14.6% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.5 percentage points from 14.6% in 2022.
- Since 2014, when it was 15.2%, the figure has changed by −1.1 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 13.9%.