Services, value added in Kenya
Kenya: Services, value added was 5.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Services, value added in Kenya, 2007–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in annual % growth.
Analysis
The most recent figure for services, value added in Kenya is 5.0%, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of down 19.0% on the previous year and down 22.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in Kenya peaked at 9.6% in 2021 and was at its lowest, -1.8%, in 2020.
Kenya ranks 51st of 197 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.4% | 2.8% | 6.9% | 3 |
| 2010s | 5.6% | 3.1% | 7.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.4% | -1.8% | 9.6% | 6 |
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- 53 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 4.9% compare
- 54 United Arab Emirates 4.9% compare
More economy & growth data for Kenya
- DEC alternative conversion factor 129.3 LCU per US$ (2025)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) 956.08 billion current LCU (2025)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) 7.39 billion current US$ (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 1.31 trillion current LCU (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 10.15 billion current US$ (2025)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) -276.01 billion current LCU (2025)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) -2.13 billion current US$ (2025)
- GNI per capita 300,727 current LCU (2025)
- GNI per capita, Atlas method 2,200 current US$ (2025)
- GNI 17.30 trillion current LCU (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added in Kenya?
- Services, value added in Kenya was 5.0% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 9.6% in 2021.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was -1.8% in 2020.
- How does Kenya rank for services, value added?
- Kenya ranks 51st out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), published as part of Services, value added (annual % growth). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Services industries correspond to ISIC (Rev. 4) divisions 45-99 and includes wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles, hotels and restaurants, transport, storage and communication, financial intermediation, real estate, renting and business activities, public administration and defence, compulsory social security, education, health and social work, other community, social and personal service activities, private households with employed persons, and extra-territorial organizations and bodies. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.