NAIROBI, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- The number of Kenyans living below the poverty line has significantly fallen over the past decade, though regional disparities remain, the World Bank said in a report Tuesday. The share of the population living under the international poverty line in the African n...
Utz Johann Pape, senior economist at the World Bank said that poverty rates declined over the period but remain high by the standards of lower middle income countries. "Between 2005/06 and 2015/16 Kenya's annual GDP growth rate averaged 5.3 percent significantly above the 4.9 percent average f...
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Forecast: Population (Person mn) 57.977 2028 yearly 1980 - 2028 Forecast: Unemployment Rate (%) 0.000 yearly - Labour Force Participation Rate (%) 73.7 2023 yearly 1990 - 2023 Labour Productivity Growth (%) 2.70 2022 yearly 2011 - 2022 Monthly Earnings (USD) 590 2023 yearly 1997 - ...
in the early 21st century the rate of natural increase was still above the world average. As some two-thirds of Kenyans were under age 30, the country’s higher-than-average growth rate was expected to continue for some time. The pressure of such a population explosion produced limited empl...
The latest trends in Kenyas fertility and family planning can be expected to be of worldwide interest in view of the countrys record high population growth rate of 4.2% a year. Estimated at 21 million in 1986 the population of Kenya is projected by the UN to quadruple to 83 million by ...
Between 1975 and 1997, the population of Kenya, which more than doubled from 13.7 million to 28.4 million, increased at an exceedingly high average growth rate of 3.4 percent. In July 2000, the CIAWorld Factbookestimated that the population stood at 30,339,770. With a current annual growth...
Currency: Shillings Per capita GDP: $1,455 GDP: $ 70.53 billion GDP growth rate: 5.8% Inflation rate: 7.6% Labor force: 75-80% agriculture. KENYA GEOGRAPHYArea: 224,900 square miles Capital: Nairobi (pop 2,343,000) Environmental concerns: water pollution; deforestation; soil erosion; ...
Kenya's very rapid population growth rate and considerable rural to urban migration were in large part responsible for high unemployment and disorder in the cities. There also was much resentment by blacks at the privileged economic position in the country of Asians and Europeans. Foreign policies...
The economy, however, is well placed to resume its decade-long 5%-6% growth rate. While fiscal deficits continue to pose risks in the medium term, other economic indicators, including foreign exchange reserves, interest rates, current account deficits, remittances and FDI are positive. The credit...