Kenya vs Saint Kitts and Nevis: Economic Indicators Comparison

Kenya with a GDP of $87.9B ranked the 66th largest economy in the world, while Saint Kitts and Nevis ranked 185th with $1B. By GDP per capita, Kenya and Saint Kitts and Nevis ranked 153rd vs 48th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Kenya	Saint Kitts and Nevis
GDP	$87.9B	$1B
GDP growth, 1 year	6%	2.92%
GDP growth, 5-years average	5.6%	N/A
Population	48.5M	55k
GDP per capita	$1.7k	$19k
GDP per capita growth	3.9%	2.15%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	49.97	1.72
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.49	0.64
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$3.7k	$30k
GNI, Atlas method	$83.1B	$961.5M
GNI per capita	$1.6k	$18k
GNI, PPP adjusted	$176.7B	$1.5B
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$3.4k	$29k

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Kenya	Saint Kitts and Nevis
Income Tax Rate	30%	N/A
Corporate Tax Rate	30%	N/A
Inflation, consumer prices	4.7%	-1%
Inflation, GDP deflator	2.8%	-1.5%
Unemployment	9.3%	5.1%
Economic Freedom Index	55.3	62
Personal Freedom Index	6.48	6.2
Human Freedom Index	6.61	6.2
Property Rights Index	63.2	N/A
Judical Effectiveness Index	48.6	N/A
Business Freedom Index	55	N/A
Fiscal Health Index	13.5	N/A
Labor Freedom Index	55.8	N/A
Investment Freedom Index	55	N/A
Financial Freedom Index	50	N/A
Trade Freedom Index	60.4	N/A
Monetary Freedom Index	75	N/A
Government Spending Index	79.6	N/A
Tax Burden Index	78.7	N/A
Government Integrity Index	28.2	N/A
Corruption Perceptions Index	27	60
Life expectancy at birth, years	65.9	71.3
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	3.2	1
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	27.8	2
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	5	34.2
International tourism, number of arrivals	1.4M	125k

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Kenya	Saint Kitts and Nevis
Central government debt, % of GDP	57.2%	59.9%
External debt stocks, % of GNI	36.1%	N/A
External debt stocks	$31.5B	N/A
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	31.1%	N/A
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	22.6%	N/A
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	-2.2%	N/A
Gross savings, % of GDP	10.5%	N/A
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	18.4%	N/A
Total reserves including gold	$8.2B	$363.2M
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$1.6B	$93.6M

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Kenya	Saint Kitts and Nevis
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	13.2%	59.9%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	23%	58.8%
Current account balance (balance of payments)	-$5B	-$72.4M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	22%	27.9%
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$1.5B	$15.6M
Personal remittances received	$2.7B	$25.9M
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	16.4%	25.7%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	34.2%	1.2%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	$206.8M	$1.8M
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	$68.6M	$100k
Expense, % of GDP	26.2%	24.3%
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	26.1%	N/A