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Kenya - Government Revenue 2008

Name: Kenya Government Revenue 2008
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General government revenue as % of GDP · IMF WEO

16.96% −0.16% from 2007 Global rank: 156th

Kenya's government revenue was 16.96% in 2008, decreased +0.16% from 17.12% in 2007. This was the 156th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2008▾

Government Revenue by Country - 2008
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Timor-Leste	103.79%	126.1%
2nd	Libya	68.71%	11.2%
3rd	Tuvalu	68.61%	-1.9%
4th	Marshall Islands	67.97%	0.7%
5th	Kiribati	63.55%	-2.0%
6th	Brunei Darussalam	63.31%	95.1%
7th	Kuwait	62.21%	-7.9%
8th	Lesotho	62.17%	5.6%
9th	Norway	58.29%	0.5%
10th	Micronesia, Federated States of	58.25%	2.9%
11th	Saudi Arabia	56.48%	37.0%
12th	Iraq	56.40%	4.5%
13th	Denmark	53.75%	-1.9%
14th	Finland	52.06%	0.5%
15th	Sweden	51.26%	-1.1%
16th	France	50.78%	0.3%
17th	Iceland	50.76%	2.3%
18th	Belgium	49.68%	2.2%
19th	Belarus	49.10%	18.7%
20th	Montenegro	48.85%	-6.6%
21st	Austria	48.83%	1.4%
22nd	Azerbaijan	48.63%	71.2%
23rd	Congo, Republic of	48.06%	27.9%
24th	Italy	45.17%	-0.2%
25th	Algeria	45.09%	19.5%
26th	Hungary	44.99%	0.4%
27th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	44.55%	-1.8%
28th	Netherlands	44.20%	2.5%
29th	Germany	44.16%	1.1%
30th	São Tomé and Principe	44.10%	-73.1%
31st	Ukraine	43.97%	5.5%
32nd	Croatia	43.92%	-0.3%
33rd	Slovenia	43.74%	0.8%
34th	Angola	43.41%	14.4%
35th	Palau	42.62%	-9.3%
36th	Portugal	41.68%	0.1%
37th	Luxembourg	41.29%	-1.1%
38th	Greece	41.22%	0.6%
39th	Moldova	40.63%	-5.2%
40th	Botswana	40.51%	-5.4%
41st	Poland	40.43%	-1.3%
42nd	Oman	40.24%	-2.4%
43rd	New Zealand	39.98%	-1.7%
44th	United Arab Emirates	39.59%	13.8%
45th	Serbia	39.43%	-0.9%
46th	Cyprus	39.08%	-4.2%
47th	Canada	38.96%	-3.4%
48th	Czechia	38.92%	-2.2%
49th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	38.86%	24.9%
50th	Burundi	38.46%	5.5%
51st	Malta	38.07%	-2.7%
52nd	Israel	37.71%	-5.2%
53rd	Brazil	37.52%	-0.4%
54th	Spain	36.78%	-10.4%
55th	Yemen, Republic of	36.72%	10.7%
56th	Estonia	36.63%	0.8%
57th	Russian Federation	36.56%	-2.6%
58th	Bulgaria	36.18%	0.0%
59th	Ecuador	36.16%	32.2%
60th	United Kingdom	35.87%	-0.4%
61st	Dominica	35.44%	-1.2%
62nd	Lithuania	35.07%	1.7%
63rd	Eswatini	35.00%	6.9%
64th	Latvia	34.90%	-1.4%
65th	Seychelles	34.87%	9.1%
66th	Ireland	34.53%	-3.8%
67th	Equatorial Guinea	34.51%	-6.4%
68th	Australia	33.98%	-5.0%
69th	Slovak Republic	33.94%	0.8%
70th	Trinidad and Tobago	33.90%	12.9%
71st	Bhutan	33.54%	-1.3%
72nd	Macao SAR, China	33.17%	14.5%
73rd	Mongolia	33.11%	-12.7%
74th	Qatar	33.04%	-17.0%
75th	North Macedonia	32.83%	2.5%
76th	Uzbekistan	32.46%	14.3%
77th	Switzerland	31.90%	2.9%
78th	Namibia	31.87%	-0.7%
79th	Eritrea	31.42%	0.1%
80th	Türkiye	31.35%	0.0%
81st	Argentina	31.11%	2.7%
82nd	Romania	30.67%	-2.7%
83rd	United States	30.53%	-3.5%
84th	Jordan	30.37%	-5.9%
85th	Japan	30.00%	-0.7%
86th	Gabon	29.92%	9.0%
87th	Georgia	29.85%	4.9%
88th	Kyrgyz Republic	29.81%	-3.4%
89th	Djibouti	29.45%	19.3%
90th	Solomon Islands	28.89%	-25.9%
91st	Morocco	28.88%	9.8%
92nd	Colombia	28.47%	4.1%
93rd	Kazakhstan	28.30%	-1.9%
94th	St. Kitts and Nevis	27.96%	-10.2%
95th	Vanuatu	27.76%	22.2%
96th	Samoa	27.33%	-13.6%
97th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	27.03%	12.4%
98th	Albania	26.84%	2.7%
99th	Aruba	26.83%	24.3%
100th	Bahrain	26.77%	11.9%
101st	Egypt, Arab Republic of	26.64%	1.1%
102nd	Jamaica	26.60%	-1.0%
103rd	Andorra	26.27%	6.0%
104th	Cabo Verde	26.19%	0.0%
105th	Honduras	26.14%	8.0%
106th	Tonga	26.13%	-8.6%
107th	Mexico	25.82%	22.6%
108th	Chile	25.72%	-5.6%
109th	Maldives	25.64%	-19.0%
110th	South Africa	25.52%	-0.5%
111th	Uruguay	24.99%	-6.0%
112th	Lebanon	24.47%	0.8%
113th	Barbados	24.43%	4.9%
114th	Fiji	24.39%	2.2%
115th	Grenada	24.18%	11.1%
116th	Malaysia	23.52%	0.8%
117th	Rwanda	23.28%	11.7%
118th	Panama	23.08%	-7.4%
119th	Tunisia	23.05%	10.5%
120th	Belize	23.03%	5.3%
121st	Suriname	22.89%	-17.0%
122nd	Papua New Guinea	22.49%	-9.8%
123rd	Turkmenistan	22.39%	20.3%
124th	Peru	22.38%	2.0%
125th	San Marino	22.21%	-1.2%
126th	Nicaragua	22.15%	-5.2%
127th	China	22.13%	23.5%
128th	Tajikistan	22.12%	-1.5%
129th	St. Lucia	21.63%	5.0%
130th	Guyana	21.36%	-3.4%
131st	Guinea-Bissau	21.02%	40.9%
132nd	Viet Nam	20.93%	1.8%
133rd	El Salvador	20.75%	1.2%
134th	Korea	20.68%	-2.9%
135th	Liechtenstein	20.50%	6.6%
136th	Armenia	20.48%	2.0%
137th	Sudan	20.20%	20.7%
138th	India	20.12%	-10.0%
139th	Syrian Arab Republic	20.07%	-11.7%
140th	Thailand	20.03%	-0.9%
141st	Mauritius	19.78%	13.3%
142nd	Indonesia	19.45%	9.4%
143rd	Mozambique	19.40%	3.6%
144th	Liberia	19.08%	4.1%
145th	Hong Kong SAR, China	18.88%	-11.2%
146th	Zambia	18.79%	-0.5%
147th	Antigua and Barbuda	18.49%	-1.8%
148th	Niger	17.99%	8.0%
149th	Cameroon	17.91%	3.3%
150th	Philippines	17.90%	0.0%
151st	Malawi	17.72%	-2.5%
152nd	Singapore	17.56%	8.9%
153rd	Chad	17.46%	11.5%
154th	Senegal	17.41%	-10.2%
155th	Afghanistan	17.04%	-10.3%
156th	Kenya	16.96%	-0.9%
157th	Mali	16.84%	-10.0%
158th	Mauritania	16.49%	-9.8%
159th	Tanzania	16.17%	-1.3%
160th	Costa Rica	15.36%	1.4%
161st	Dominican Republic	15.06%	-9.3%
162nd	Burkina Faso	14.96%	-16.1%
163rd	Central African Republic	14.80%	6.3%
164th	Benin	14.51%	-9.5%
165th	Côte d'Ivoire	14.38%	-0.5%
166th	Nigeria	14.26%	18.0%
167th	Lao PDR	14.20%	1.5%
168th	Paraguay	14.12%	-1.7%
169th	Madagascar	13.99%	1.5%
170th	Comoros	13.66%	15.0%
171st	Bahamas, The	13.51%	5.1%
172nd	Cambodia	13.51%	4.7%
173rd	Sri Lanka	13.16%	-6.5%
174th	Nepal	13.10%	5.4%
175th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	12.45%	5.4%
176th	Pakistan	12.10%	1.8%
177th	Togo	11.80%	-0.5%
178th	Guatemala	11.69%	-6.5%
179th	Myanmar	11.67%	-4.3%
180th	Gambia, The	11.10%	-3.2%
181st	Ghana	11.07%	-6.8%
182nd	Uganda	10.95%	-11.8%
183rd	Guinea	10.46%	5.3%
184th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	9.66%	5.0%
185th	Haiti	9.41%	-1.9%
186th	Bangladesh	8.18%	5.3%
187th	Sierra Leone	8.12%	-60.7%
188th	Zimbabwe	1.34%	-23.4%

FAQ

What was Kenya's government revenue in 2008?▾

Kenya's government revenue in 2008 was 16.96%. This ranked 156th globally.

How did Kenya's government revenue change in 2008?▾

Kenya's government revenue decreased by 0.9% in 2008 compared to 2007.

Which country had the highest government revenue in 2008?▾

Timor-Leste had the highest government revenue in 2008 at 103.79%.

What is the government revenue of Kenya in 2008?▾

The government revenue of Kenya in 2008 was 16.96%. This ranked 156th globally.

How does 2008 compare to 2007 for Kenya's government revenue?▾

Kenya's government revenue went from 17.12% in 2007 to 16.96% in 2008, a 0.9% decrease.

HistorySaid - pattern alert

Kenya matched the Fiscal Dominance Trap pattern in 2008. Historically: 386 occurrences, 278 successful (72%). Outcome 24 months later: 4.0%. View full analysis →

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