Getting credit (DB15-20 methodology) - Score in Kenya
Kenya: Getting credit (DB15-20 methodology) - Score was 95 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting credit (DB15-20 methodology) - Score in Kenya, 2013–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, getting credit (db15-20 methodology) - score in Kenya stood at 95. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.
The figure is up 5.6% on the previous year and up 171.4% over ten years.
That places Kenya 4th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
Getting credit (DB15-20 methodology) - Score in Kenya, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 35 | — |
| 2014 | 35 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 70 | +100.0% |
| 2016 | 70 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 75 | +7.1% |
| 2018 | 90 | +20.0% |
| 2019 | 95 | +5.6% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 95 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 55, 1.7× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 95 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 40, 2.4× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 1 Azerbaijan 100 compare
- 1 Brunei 100 compare
- 1 New Zealand 100 compare
- 4 United States 95 compare
- 4 Australia 95 compare
- 4 Jordan 95 compare
- 4 Puerto Rico 95 compare
- 4 Rwanda 95 compare
- 4 Zambia 95 compare
More private sector data for Kenya
- Merchandise trade 22.2% (2025)
- Food imports 16.3% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 56.6% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 21.61 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 49.2% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 30.7% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 8.60 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 149.5 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0633 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 4.42 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting credit (db15-20 methodology) - score in Kenya?
- Getting credit (db15-20 methodology) - score in Kenya was 95 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting credit (db15-20 methodology) - score recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 95 in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting credit (db15-20 methodology) - score recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 35 in 2013.
- How does Kenya rank for getting credit (db15-20 methodology) - score?
- Kenya ranks 4th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting credit (db15-20 methodology) - score rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 171.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting credit (DB15-20 methodology) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for getting credit benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator set. The score is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance, and is computed based on the methodology in the DB15-20 studies.