Kenya - Foreign Reserves 2017
$7.3B
−$228.5M from 2016
Kenya's foreign reserves was $7.3B in 2017, decreased +$228.5M from $7.6B in 2016. This was the 78th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2017▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | China | $3.24T | 4.5% |
| 2nd | Japan | $1.26T | 3.9% |
| 3rd | Switzerland | $811.0B | 19.5% |
| 4th | Saudi Arabia | $509.5B | -6.9% |
| 5th | United States | $451.3B | 11.2% |
| 6th | Russian Federation | $432.7B | 14.8% |
| 7th | Hong Kong SAR, China | $431.4B | 11.7% |
| 8th | India | $412.6B | 14.1% |
| 9th | Korea | $388.8B | 5.0% |
| 10th | Brazil | $374.0B | 2.5% |
| 11th | Singapore | $285.0B | 13.5% |
| 12th | Thailand | $202.5B | 17.9% |
| 13th | Germany | $200.0B | 8.7% |
| 14th | Mexico | $175.5B | -1.4% |
| 15th | France | $156.3B | 7.2% |
| 16th | Italy | $151.1B | 11.8% |
| 17th | United Kingdom | $150.9B | 11.8% |
| 18th | Czechia | $148.0B | 72.6% |
| 19th | Indonesia | $130.2B | 11.9% |
| 20th | Poland | $113.3B | -0.9% |
| 21st | Israel | $113.0B | 18.4% |
| 22nd | Türkiye | $107.7B | 2.7% |
| 23rd | Algeria | $104.9B | -13.2% |
| 24th | Malaysia | $102.4B | 8.4% |
| 25th | United Arab Emirates | $95.4B | 11.7% |
| 26th | Canada | $86.7B | 4.8% |
| 27th | Philippines | $81.4B | 0.9% |
| 28th | Libya | $79.4B | 13.1% |
| 29th | Denmark | $75.2B | 17.2% |
| 30th | Spain | $69.4B | 10.1% |
| 31st | Norway | $65.9B | 9.1% |
| 32nd | Australia | $65.7B | 25.1% |
| 33rd | Peru | $63.8B | 3.3% |
| 34th | Sweden | $62.2B | 4.8% |
| 35th | Lebanon | $55.4B | 2.8% |
| 36th | Argentina | $55.3B | 44.0% |
| 37th | South Africa | $50.7B | 7.5% |
| 38th | Iraq | $49.3B | 8.9% |
| 39th | Viet Nam | $49.1B | 34.4% |
| 40th | Colombia | $47.1B | 2.1% |
| 41st | Romania | $44.4B | 11.2% |
| 42nd | Nigeria | $40.5B | 44.5% |
| 43rd | Chile | $39.0B | -3.7% |
| 44th | Netherlands | $38.4B | 7.0% |
| 45th | Kuwait | $36.9B | 8.7% |
| 46th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | $36.4B | 54.0% |
| 47th | Bangladesh | $33.4B | 3.6% |
| 48th | Kazakhstan | $30.7B | 3.9% |
| 49th | Bulgaria | $28.4B | 12.7% |
| 50th | Uzbekistan | $28.1B | 6.8% |
| 51st | Hungary | $28.0B | 8.4% |
| 52nd | Morocco | $26.2B | 4.4% |
| 53rd | Belgium | $26.2B | 11.4% |
| 54th | Portugal | $26.1B | 4.4% |
| 55th | Austria | $21.6B | -7.3% |
| 56th | New Zealand | $20.7B | 16.1% |
| 57th | Macao SAR, China | $20.2B | 3.5% |
| 58th | Croatia | $18.8B | 32.1% |
| 59th | Ukraine | $18.8B | 21.1% |
| 60th | Pakistan | $18.5B | -16.2% |
| 61st | Angola | $17.5B | -26.3% |
| 62nd | Oman | $16.1B | -20.6% |
| 63rd | Uruguay | $16.0B | 18.5% |
| 64th | Jordan | $15.6B | 0.2% |
| 65th | Qatar | $15.0B | -52.9% |
| 66th | Cambodia | $12.2B | 33.9% |
| 67th | Serbia | $11.9B | 10.8% |
| 68th | Guatemala | $11.8B | 28.5% |
| 69th | Finland | $10.5B | 0.4% |
| 70th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | $10.2B | 1.9% |
| 71st | Nepal | $9.4B | 8.0% |
| 72nd | Trinidad and Tobago | $8.4B | -11.6% |
| 73rd | Afghanistan | $8.1B | 11.2% |
| 74th | Sri Lanka | $8.0B | 32.5% |
| 75th | Paraguay | $7.9B | 14.5% |
| 76th | Greece | $7.8B | 13.9% |
| 77th | Botswana | $7.5B | 4.2% |
| 78th | Kenya | $7.3B | -3.0% |
| 79th | Belarus | $7.3B | 49.1% |
| 80th | Costa Rica | $7.1B | -5.6% |
| 81st | Azerbaijan | $7.0B | 4.9% |
| 82nd | Ghana | $7.0B | 19.6% |
| 83rd | Dominican Republic | $6.9B | 12.0% |
| 84th | Iceland | $6.6B | -9.1% |
| 85th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $6.5B | 26.0% |
| 86th | Tunisia | $6.1B | 0.1% |
| 87th | Mauritius | $6.0B | 20.6% |
| 88th | Tanzania | $5.9B | 35.3% |
| 89th | Myanmar | $5.2B | 6.7% |
| 90th | Honduras | $4.7B | 23.5% |
| 91st | Latvia | $4.6B | 31.4% |
| 92nd | Lithuania | $4.4B | 71.2% |
| 93rd | Ireland | $4.4B | 22.9% |
| 94th | Jamaica | $3.8B | 14.9% |
| 95th | Uganda | $3.7B | 20.1% |
| 96th | Slovak Republic | $3.6B | 25.7% |
| 97th | Albania | $3.6B | 15.4% |
| 98th | El Salvador | $3.6B | 10.2% |
| 99th | Brunei Darussalam | $3.5B | 0.0% |
| 100th | Mozambique | $3.4B | 64.2% |
| 101st | Cameroon | $3.2B | 43.6% |
| 102nd | Georgia | $3.0B | 10.2% |
| 103rd | Mongolia | $3.0B | 131.3% |
| 104th | Bahrain | $2.8B | 8.1% |
| 105th | Moldova | $2.8B | 27.1% |
| 106th | North Macedonia | $2.8B | 1.8% |
| 107th | Nicaragua | $2.8B | 12.7% |
| 108th | Panama | $2.7B | -29.7% |
| 109th | Namibia | $2.4B | 32.6% |
| 110th | Haiti | $2.3B | 11.3% |
| 111th | Armenia | $2.3B | 5.0% |
| 112th | Kyrgyz Republic | $2.2B | 10.6% |
| 113th | Ecuador | $2.2B | -48.5% |
| 114th | Zambia | $2.1B | -11.5% |
| 115th | Papua New Guinea | $1.7B | 4.8% |
| 116th | Madagascar | $1.6B | 35.2% |
| 117th | Bahamas, The | $1.4B | 41.1% |
| 118th | Tajikistan | $1.3B | 100.4% |
| 119th | Bhutan | $1.2B | 7.0% |
| 120th | Rwanda | $1.2B | 16.3% |
| 121st | Lao PDR | $1.1B | 22.9% |
| 122nd | Fiji | $1.1B | 22.8% |
| 123rd | Montenegro | $1.0B | 28.0% |
| 124th | Guinea | $980.3M | 16.6% |
| 125th | Gabon | $965.1M | 22.3% |
| 126th | Yemen, Republic of | $920.6M | 4.9% |
| 127th | Aruba | $907.1M | -1.7% |
| 128th | Slovenia | $889.8M | 19.9% |
| 129th | Cyprus | $887.7M | 9.3% |
| 130th | Luxembourg | $878.1M | -9.8% |
| 131st | Mauritania | $873.8M | 3.0% |
| 132nd | Malta | $833.0M | 23.0% |
| 133rd | Kosovo | $819.6M | 28.5% |
| 134th | Malawi | $768.4M | 25.8% |
| 135th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | $695.4M | -1.8% |
| 136th | Lesotho | $657.7M | -28.9% |
| 137th | Cabo Verde | $617.4M | 7.8% |
| 138th | Maldives | $587.3M | 25.7% |
| 139th | Liberia | $586.0M | 0.0% |
| 140th | Solomon Islands | $574.2M | 11.7% |
| 141st | Guyana | $565.4M | -2.7% |
| 142nd | Eswatini | $563.1M | -0.2% |
| 143rd | Djibouti | $556.1M | 36.5% |
| 144th | Sierra Leone | $549.1M | 10.4% |
| 145th | Seychelles | $545.2M | 4.1% |
| 146th | Timor-Leste | $544.4M | 93.8% |
| 147th | West Bank and Gaza | $446.3M | 42.7% |
| 148th | Suriname | $424.6M | 11.4% |
| 149th | Vanuatu | $395.1M | 47.8% |
| 150th | Congo, Republic of | $380.0M | -46.8% |
| 151st | St. Kitts and Nevis | $365.1M | 13.9% |
| 152nd | Central African Republic | $362.7M | 51.3% |
| 153rd | San Marino | $359.2M | -20.4% |
| 154th | Estonia | $345.0M | -2.0% |
| 155th | St. Lucia | $321.8M | 5.3% |
| 156th | Antigua and Barbuda | $313.6M | -5.0% |
| 157th | Belize | $312.1M | -17.1% |
| 158th | Zimbabwe | $292.6M | -28.1% |
| 159th | Barbados | $265.8M | -38.4% |
| 160th | Dominica | $212.3M | -4.3% |
| 161st | Comoros | $207.9M | 30.4% |
| 162nd | Micronesia, Federated States of | $203.7M | 29.8% |
| 163rd | Grenada | $199.1M | -4.1% |
| 164th | Tonga | $198.5M | 12.5% |
| 165th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | $182.0M | -5.3% |
| 166th | Sudan | $177.9M | 5.7% |
| 167th | Gambia, The | $170.0M | 94.0% |
| 168th | Eritrea | $143.4M | -1.3% |
| 169th | Samoa | $123.7M | 39.1% |
| 170th | Burundi | $97.4M | 2.4% |
| 171st | São Tomé and Principe | $59.0M | -6.7% |
| 172nd | Equatorial Guinea | $45.5M | -27.0% |
| 173rd | South Sudan | $33.8M | -50.4% |
| 174th | Chad | $8.6M | 4.8% |
FAQ
What was Kenya's foreign reserves in 2017?▾
Kenya's foreign reserves in 2017 was $7.3B. This ranked 78th globally.
How did Kenya's foreign reserves change in 2017?▾
Kenya's foreign reserves decreased by 3.0% in 2017 compared to 2016.
Which country had the highest foreign reserves in 2017?▾
China had the highest foreign reserves in 2017 at $3.24T.
What is the foreign reserves of Kenya in 2017?▾
The foreign reserves of Kenya in 2017 was $7.3B. This ranked 78th globally.
What was Kenya's foreign reserves in billion in 2017?▾
Kenya's foreign reserves in 2017 was approximately 7.33 billion ($7.3B).
How does 2017 compare to 2016 for Kenya's foreign reserves?▾
Kenya's foreign reserves went from $7.6B in 2016 to $7.3B in 2017, a 3.0% decrease.
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