Kenya

Kenya jumped 5 places to 63rd, passing Bulgaria to sit just behind Uzbekistan, though most of the +12.9% rise in US$ GDP, to US$135.9 billion, was exchange-rate and price effects, not output. Real growth was a solid +4.6%. Services make up 55.1% of output and agriculture a substantial 23.2%, ahead of industry at 16.3%; manufacturing accounts for 7.1%. Inflation stood at 4.1%, unemployment at 5.5% and government gross debt at 71.3% of GDP.

Now the 3rd-largest economy in Sub-Saharan Africa, Kenya has grown 10.7 times in US$ terms since 2000, when GDP was US$12.7 billion and it ranked 83rd. It is about the size of the Milwaukee, WI metro area. Spread across 57.5 million people, GDP per capita is US$2,363, 156th of 196, and $7,016 international dollars on a PPP basis, 150th. The IMF projects a +41% rise to US$191.0 billion by 2030, which would place Kenya 64th.