Kenya - Net acquisition of financial assets

Net acquisition of financial assets (current LCU)

The value for Net acquisition of financial assets (current LCU) in Kenya was 292,648,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 5 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 292,648,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 13,416,300,000 in 2014.

Definition: Net acquisition of government financial assets includes domestic and foreign financial claims, SDRs, and gold bullion held by monetary authorities as a reserve asset. The net acquisition of financial assets should be offset by the net incurrence of liabilities.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

Year Value
2014 13,416,300,000
2015 88,026,550,000
2016 236,461,000,000
2017 199,720,000,000
2018 257,345,000,000
2019 292,648,000,000

Net acquisition of financial assets (% of GDP)

Net acquisition of financial assets (% of GDP) in Kenya was 2.85 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 5 years was 3.11 in 2016, while its lowest value was 0.22 in 2014.

Definition: Net acquisition of government financial assets includes domestic and foreign financial claims, SDRs, and gold bullion held by monetary authorities as a reserve asset. The net acquisition of financial assets should be offset by the net incurrence of liabilities.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
2014 0.22
2015 1.28
2016 3.11
2017 2.35
2018 2.76
2019 2.85

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance