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2026-08-31

The Consumer Price Index and Inflation Report August 2026

Annual consumer price inflation was 6.6 per cent in August 2026, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI). This implies that the general price level was 6.6 per cent higher in August 2026 than it was in August 2025. The price increase was primarily driven by a rise in prices of items in the Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages (9.0%); Transport (15.7%), and Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and other fuels (3.6%) over the one-year period. These three divisions together account for over 57 per cent of the total weight across the 13 major expenditure categories. Consumer Price Index (CPI) is defined as a measure of the weighted aggregate change over time in retail prices paid by consumers for a given basket of goods and services. The CPI measures the cost of purchasing this fixed basket of goods and services, comparingcurrent prices to those of a base period, which for the current CPI is February 2019. Inflation rate is defined as a percentage change of the CPI between two periods. There are different inflation rates that can be computed, such as annual (year-on-year), quarterly (quarter-to-quarter) and monthly (month-on-month) inflation rates. Data used to derive the inflation rates is collected through a monthly survey of retail prices from a statistically representative sample of outlets in urban areas across 50 data collection zones nationwide. The survey is conducted during the second and third weeks of the month.

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2026-06-30

Kenya Quarterly Balance of Payment and International Trade Report First Quarter, 2026

The current account balance widened from a deficit of KSh 70.0 billion in the first quarter of 2025 to a deficit of KSh 120.9 billion in the first quarter of 2026 as highlighted in Table 1. This partly resulted from a 4.5 per cent increase in imports of goods, coupled with a 34.8 per cent increase in service expenditures in the first quarter of 2026. Receipts from exports of merchandise goods registered a 6.2 per cent decline to KSh 385.6 billion uring the same period. The surplus in the services account contracted by 26.7 per cent to KSh 56.2 billion during the review period. This was partly attributable to an increase in expenditure on other business services which doubled in the first quarter of 2026. Telecommunication and transportation services recorded marginal declines in net exports during the review period. On the contrary, a 15.4 per cent increase in net travel receipts was recorded during the same period. Exports of Government goods and services; and financial services outpaced imports of these services, to record net increases during the period under review.

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2025

2025 Economic Survey

The Economic Survey is an annual publication focusing on the socio-economic highlights of the economy for the last five years. The report forms an important source of input into the budgeting, planning, monitoring and policy formulation processes with guidance to national development policy and investment decisions.

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2023-06

Kenya Demographic and Health Survey 2022 Volume 1

The 2022 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey (2022 KDHS) was implemented by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health (MoH) and other stakeholders. Funding for the survey was provided by the Government of Kenya, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Bank, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Nutrition International, the World Food Programme (WFP), the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), the World Health Organization (WHO), the Clinton Health Access Initiative, and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). The UN Resident Coordinator office assured the coordination of UN agencies supporting the 2022 KDHS. ICF provided technical assistance through The DHS Program, a USAID-funded project providing support and technical assistance in implementing population and health surveys in countries worldwide

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Recent Publications

Item type:Statistical Release,
Kenya Consumer Price Indices and Inflation Rates September 2026
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), 2026-09-30 ·
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS)
Monthly statistical release of the Consumer Price Indices (CPI) and inflation rates for Kenya for September 2026. The Overall CPI and Inflation Trends, September 2025 – September 2026 As presented in Figure 1, the overall index increased from 155.85 in August 2026 to 156.47 in September 2026, resulting in a monthly inflation rate of 0.4 per cent. The release presents one-month and twelve-month changes in the price indices by broad commodity group.
Item type:Statistical Release,
The Consumer Price Index and Inflation Report August 2026
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), 2026-08-31 ·
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS)
Annual consumer price inflation was 6.6 per cent in August 2026, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI). This implies that the general price level was 6.6 per cent higher in August 2026 than it was in August 2025. The price increase was primarily driven by a rise in prices of items in the Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages (9.0%); Transport (15.7%), and Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and other fuels (3.6%) over the one-year period. These three divisions together account for over 57 per cent of the total weight across the 13 major expenditure categories. Consumer Price Index (CPI) is defined as a measure of the weighted aggregate change over time in retail prices paid by consumers for a given basket of goods and services. The CPI measures the cost of purchasing this fixed basket of goods and services, comparingcurrent prices to those of a base period, which for the current CPI is February 2019. Inflation rate is defined as a percentage change of the CPI between two periods. There are different inflation rates that can be computed, such as annual (year-on-year), quarterly (quarter-to-quarter) and monthly (month-on-month) inflation rates. Data used to derive the inflation rates is collected through a monthly survey of retail prices from a statistically representative sample of outlets in urban areas across 50 data collection zones nationwide. The survey is conducted during the second and third weeks of the month.
Item type:Survey Report,
Inbound and Outbound Tourism Expenditure Survey Report 2025
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), 2026-08 ·
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS)
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Central Bank of Kenya
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Kenya Tourism Board
Report of the inbound and outbound tourism expenditure surveys carried out in December 2024 and June 2025 by KNBS with tourism sector stakeholders. It estimates the expenditure of international visitors in Kenya and of Kenyan residents travelling abroad, providing inputs for international tourism receipts in the national accounts and balance of payments and for the compilation of a Tourism Satellite Account.
Item type:Statistical Release,
The Kenya Consumer Price Index and Inflation Report July 2026
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), 2026-07-31 ·
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS)
The Kenya Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Inflation Report for July 2026 presents developments in consumer prices and inflation in Kenya during the reference period. Annual consumer price inflation stood at 6.5 per cent in July 2026, while monthly inflation was 0.2 per cent. The increase in the overall price level was primarily driven by Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages, Transport, and Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and Other Fuels, which recorded annual inflation rates of 9.0 per cent, 15.6 per cent and 3.2 per cent, respectively. The report provides an analysis of changes in the Consumer Price Index across the 13 COICOP divisions, movements in national average retail prices of selected commodities, and the contribution of core and non-core inflation to overall inflation. Core inflation stood at 3.2 per cent, while non-core inflation was 15.0 per cent in July 2026. The report also highlights monthly and annual price movements for selected food, energy, transport and other consumer commodities.
Item type:Statistical Release,
Leading Economic Indicators - July 2026
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), 2026-07-31 ·
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS)
The Leading Economic Indicators (LEI) for July 2026 is a monthly publication of the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics that highlights trends in consumer price indices and inflation, interest rates, exchange rates, international trade, agriculture, energy, manufacturing, building and construction, tourism and transport. The annual inflation rate, as measured by the CPI, stood at 6.5 per cent in July 2026, as presented in Table 1(b). In July 2026, the Kenya Shilling appreciated against the US Dollar, Euro, Japanese Yen, South African Rand and Tanzania Shilling, but depreciated against the Sterling Pound and Uganda Shilling, as presented in Table 2. Treasury bill yields increased across all maturities in July.