Kenya - Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)

The value for Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) in Kenya was 6.11 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 45.98 in 1993 and a minimum value of -0.17 in 1969.

Definition: Inflation as measured by the consumer price index reflects the annual percentage change in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services that may be fixed or changed at specified intervals, such as yearly. The Laspeyres formula is generally used.

Source: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1960 1.24
1961 2.46
1962 3.12
1963 0.70
1964 -0.10
1965 3.58
1966 5.01
1967 1.76
1968 0.37
1969 -0.17
1970 2.19
1971 3.78
1972 5.83
1973 9.28
1974 17.81
1975 19.12
1976 11.45
1977 14.82
1978 16.93
1979 7.98
1980 13.86
1981 11.60
1982 20.67
1983 11.40
1984 10.28
1985 13.01
1986 2.53
1987 8.64
1988 12.26
1989 13.79
1990 17.78
1991 20.08
1992 27.33
1993 45.98
1994 28.81
1995 1.55
1996 8.86
1997 11.36
1998 6.72
1999 5.74
2000 9.98
2001 5.74
2002 1.96
2003 9.82
2004 11.62
2005 10.31
2006 14.45
2007 9.76
2008 26.24
2009 9.23
2010 3.96
2011 14.02
2012 9.38
2013 5.72
2014 6.88
2015 6.58
2016 6.30
2017 8.01
2018 4.69
2019 5.24
2020 5.40
2021 6.11

Aggregation method: Median

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Financial Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exchange rates & prices