nt rate:
40% (2001 est.)

Population below poverty line:
50% (2000 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 37.2% (2000)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
44.9 (1997)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
9% (2004 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
14.7% of GDP (2004 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $2.89 billion
expenditures: $3.443 billion, including capital expenditures of NA
(2004 est.)

Public debt:
74.3% of GDP (2004 est.)

Agriculture - products:
tea, coffee, corn, wheat, sugarcane, fruit, vegetables; dairy
products, beef, pork, poultry, eggs

Industries:
small-scale consumer goods (plastic, furniture, batteries,
textiles, soap, cigarettes, flour), agricultural products; oil
refining, aluminum, steel, lead, cement; commercial ship repair,
tourism

Industrial production growth rate:
2.6% (2004 est.)

Electricity - production:
4.475 billion kWh (2002)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 17.7%
hydro: 71%
nuclear: 0%
other: 11.3% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
4.337 billion kWh (2002)

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2002)

Electricity - imports:
175 million kWh (2002)

Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - consumption:
57,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA

Oil - imports:
NA

Current account balance:
$-459.2 million (2004 est.)

Exports:
$2.589 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Exports - commodities:
tea, horticultural products, coffee, petroleum products, fish,
cement

Exports - partners:
Uganda 13.3%, UK 11.4%, US 10.6%, Netherlands 8.2%, Egypt 4.9%,
Tanzania 4.5%, Pakistan 4.3% (2004)

Imports:
$4.19 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Imports - commodities:
machinery and transportation equipment, petroleum products, motor
vehicles, iron and steel, resins and plastics

Imports - partners:
UAE 12.6%, Saudi Arabia 9.1%, South Africa 8.8%, US 7.7%, India
7.2%, UK 6.7%, China 6.4%, Japan 5% (2004)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$1.5 billion (2004 est.)

Debt - external:
$6.792 billion (2004 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$453 million (1997)

Currency (code):
Kenyan shilling (KES)

Currency code:
KES

Exchange rates:
Kenyan shillings per US dollar - 79.174 (2004), 75.936 (2003),
78.749 (2002), 78.563 (2001), 76.176 (2000)

Fiscal year:
1 July - 30 June

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