In the fiscal year 2020/2021, the government expenditure in Kenya stood at 2.7 trillion Kenyan shillings (around 23.9 billion U.S. dollars). Government spending in Kenya increased in comparison to the previous fiscal year. The amount consisted of interest payments, salaries and wages, pensions and payments for maintenance, and operations. Expenditures incurred on projects were also included.
Government expenditure in Kenya from fiscal year 2018/2019 to fiscal year 2020/2021
(in billion Kenyan shillings)
The fiscal year starts in July and ends in June of the next calendar year.
According to the source, government expenditures are composed from both recurrent and development expenditures. Recurrent expenditures refer to spending on current activities. It consists of interest payments on debt (domestic and foreign), salaries and wages, pensions and payments for maintenance,
and operations. Development expenditure refers to the expenditure incurred on projects.
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Central Bank of Kenya. (September 1, 2021). Government expenditure in Kenya from fiscal year 2018/2019 to fiscal year 2020/2021 (in billion Kenyan shillings) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 23, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1223279/government-expenditure-in-kenya/
Central Bank of Kenya. "Government expenditure in Kenya from fiscal year 2018/2019 to fiscal year 2020/2021 (in billion Kenyan shillings)." Chart. September 1, 2021. Statista. Accessed January 23, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1223279/government-expenditure-in-kenya/
Central Bank of Kenya. (2021). Government expenditure in Kenya from fiscal year 2018/2019 to fiscal year 2020/2021 (in billion Kenyan shillings). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 23, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1223279/government-expenditure-in-kenya/
Central Bank of Kenya. "Government Expenditure in Kenya from Fiscal Year 2018/2019 to Fiscal Year 2020/2021 (in Billion Kenyan Shillings)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Sep 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1223279/government-expenditure-in-kenya/
Central Bank of Kenya, Government expenditure in Kenya from fiscal year 2018/2019 to fiscal year 2020/2021 (in billion Kenyan shillings) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1223279/government-expenditure-in-kenya/ (last visited January 23, 2022)
