The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) places premium on Agriculture, specifically Goal 2: which aims to end hunger and all forms of malnutrition by the year 2030. It also commits to universal access to safe, nutritious and sufficient food at all times of the year. This was said today by Kenya National Bureau of Statistics Director […]Read More »

The County Statistical Abstract, is a publication by Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. It is the first of its kind to be developed for all the 47 counties in the County, and will subsequently be produced annually. The County Statistical Abstract highlights key statistical indicators at the County level. The Abstract will be a single […]Read More »

The Leading Economic Indicators highlights trends in Consumer Price Indices (CPI) and inflation, interest rates, exchange rates, international trade, agriculture, energy, manufacturing, building and construction, tourism and transport. Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased from 182.98 points in March 2017 to 186.24 points in April 2017. The overall rate of inflation rose from 10.28 per cent […]Read More »

Kenya National Bureau of Statistics hereby releases Consumer Price Indices (CPI) and rates of inflation for May, 2017. These numbers have been generated using data collected during the second and third weeks of the month under review. Price changes, therefore, experienced in the first or fourth week of the month are not included in the […]Read More »

There exists data gaps on access and usage of ICTs in enterprises and public institutions, Therefore, the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) and the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) conducted the 2016 ICT Public Sector and Enterprise Surveys with a view to providing comprehensive information on the availability of ICT infrastructure, access and use […]Read More »

Kenya National Bureau of Statistics hereby releases Consumer Price Indices (CPI) and rates of inflation for April, 2017. These numbers have been generated using data collected during the second and third weeks of the month under review. The prices were obtained from selected retail outlets in 25 data collection zones which are located in Nairobi […]Read More »

There exists data gaps on access and usage of ICTs in enterprises and public institutions, Therefore, the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) and the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) conducted the 2016 ICT Public Sector and Enterprise Surveys with a view to providing comprehensive information on the availability of ICT infrastructure, access and use […]Read More »

Kenya National Bureau of Statistics hereby releases the Producer Price Index (PPI) for the first quarter of 2017. Producer Price Index measures the gross changes in the trading price of products on the domestic and non-domestic markets, at all stages of processing. The price changes are measured from the perspective of the producer. The producer […]Read More »

On behalf of the Kenyan Government, Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) is undertaking preparatory activities that will culminate in conducting the forthcoming 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census enumeration. Currently, cartographic mapping, which is a process of dividing the whole country into smaller units called enumeration areas, is on-going. The mapping exercise is conducted […]Read More »

Kenya’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is estimated to have expanded by 5.8 per cent in 2016 compared to a revised growth of 5.7 per cent in 2015. Accommodation and food services recorded improved growth of 13.3 per cent in the year under review compared to a contraction of 1.3 per cent in 2015. The other […]Read More »