Media Briefing on 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census Speech by the Cabinet Secretary, The National Treasury and Planning, Mr. Henry K. Rotich, EGH During the Press Briefing on The 2019 Population and Housing Census, Held at Radisson Blu Hotel On 23rd January, 2019 Talking Notes for The Principal Secretary, State Department of Planning, Dr. […]Read More »

Kenya National Bureau of Statistics hereby releases monthly Consumer Price Indices (CPI) and rates of inflation for December, 2018. These numbers were generated from a survey of retail prices that targeted a basket of household consumption goods and services. The exercise was conducted during the second and third weeks of the month, with prices being […]Read More »

The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) would like to bring to the attention of the public that it has not placed any job advertisement for the 2019 Census, as is being purported through social media. We wish to notify the public that all our recruitments are coordinated from our Human Resource Management and Development […]Read More »

Kenya National Bureau of Statistics hereby releases monthly the Consumer Price Indices (CPI) and rates of inflation for November, 2018. These numbers were generated from the survey of retail prices that targeted a basket of household consumption goods and services. The exercise was conducted during the second and third weeks of the month, with prices […]Read More »

This Abstract has been prepared by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. The tables have been compiled partly from statistics collected directly by the Bureau through Surveys and Censuses and also from statistics compiled by other Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) including county Governments. The source of the statistical data is shown under each table. […]Read More »

The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics is joining other statistical agencies in African to celebrate the African Statistics Day. This day is celebrated each year in Africa on 18th November to raise public awareness of the importance of statistics in all aspects of social and economic life. The theme of the Day this year “High-quality […]Read More »

Kenya National Bureau of Statistics hereby releases monthly Consumer Price Indices (CPI) and rates of inflation, for October, 2018. These numbers were generated from a survey of retail prices that targeted a basket of household consumption goods and services. The survey was conducted during the second and third weeks of the month, with prices being […]Read More »

Kenya National Bureau of Statistics hereby releases the Producer Price Index (PPI) for the third quarter of 2018.  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 »

Balance of payments estimates for the second quarter, that is April to June 2018 are presented in Table 1. Current account deficit narrowed to KSh 85.8 billion, in the second quarter of 2018 from KSh 130.4 billion in the second quarter of 2017. The net surpluses in the service and secondary income accounts contributed significantly […]Read More »

The country’s real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is estimated to have expanded by 6.3 per cent in the second quarter of 2018 compared to 4.7 per cent during a similar quarter in 2017. The growth was against a backdrop of a fairly stable macroeconomic environment and favorable weather conditions. During the review period, the country […]Read More »