Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Kenya
Kenya: Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods was 0.8604 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Kenya, 2000–2025
Source: World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Kenya is 0.8604, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.8% on the previous year and up 41.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Kenya peaked at 0.9649 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.4092, in 2011.
Kenya ranks 27th of 116 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Kenya, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.4295 | — |
| 2001 | 0.4114 | -4.2% |
| 2002 | 0.4926 | +19.7% |
| 2003 | 0.5087 | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 0.4563 | -10.3% |
| 2005 | 0.4135 | -9.4% |
| 2006 | 0.4563 | +10.3% |
| 2007 | 0.5071 | +11.2% |
| 2008 | 0.4202 | -17.1% |
| 2009 | 0.5049 | +20.2% |
| 2010 | 0.4243 | -16.0% |
| 2011 | 0.4092 | -3.6% |
| 2012 | 0.4392 | +7.3% |
| 2013 | 0.5174 | +17.8% |
| 2014 | 0.5301 | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 0.6075 | +14.6% |
| 2016 | 0.6778 | +11.6% |
| 2017 | 0.5779 | -14.7% |
| 2018 | 0.663 | +14.7% |
| 2019 | 0.7319 | +10.4% |
| 2020 | 0.8432 | +15.2% |
| 2021 | 0.7268 | -13.8% |
| 2022 | 0.5718 | -21.3% |
| 2023 | 0.763 | +33.4% |
| 2024 | 0.9649 | +26.5% |
| 2025 | 0.8604 | -10.8% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 0.8604 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.4996, 1.7× the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 0.8604 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.6257, 1.4× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.4601 | 0.4114 | 0.5087 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5579 | 0.4092 | 0.7319 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7883 | 0.5718 | 0.9649 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
More reference data data for Kenya
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.5379 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 12.22 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 14.55 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.377 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 14.55 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.8 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 1.1 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 58.05 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 68.95 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 2.05 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Kenya?
- Foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Kenya was 0.8604 in 2025, according to World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data.
- What is the highest foreign reserves, months import cover, goods recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9649 in 2024.
- What is the lowest foreign reserves, months import cover, goods recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4092 in 2011.
- How does Kenya rank for foreign reserves, months import cover, goods?
- Kenya ranks 27th out of 116 countries with data for 2025.
- Is foreign reserves, months import cover, goods rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data, published as part of Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The stock of international reserves is expressed as the number of months of financing-coverage it represents for the given country's imports of merchandise goods.