World Bank raises Kenya’s 2025 economic growth forecast to 4.9pc
NAIROBI, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- The World Bank on Monday lifted Kenya's 2025 economic growth projection to 4.9 percent, an upward revision from 4.5 percent Kenya breaking news | Kenya news today |..
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The World Bank has increased Kenya’s 2025 economic growth forecast to 4.9 percent, citing low inflation, easing monetary policy, and improved credit growth. This positive outlook is detailed in its semi-annual Kenya Economic Update report.
- The World Bank projects Kenya's 2025 economic growth at 4.9 percent.
- Qimiao Fan, World Bank country director for Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, and Uganda, highlighted Kenya's pivotal moment due to macro stability and fiscal/structural pressures.
- Gross domestic product per capita is expected to grow by 2.5 percent in 2025, with the international poverty rate projected to decline by half a percentage point to 43.2 percent in 2026.
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World Bank Issues Kenyan Economic Updates as Local Banks Report Financials - November 2025
The World Bank has raised Kenya’s 2025 economic growth forecast to 4.9 percent, citing low inflation, easing monetary policy, and improved credit growth. This positive outlook was detailed in its semi-annual Kenya Economic Update report. However, the World Bank also issued a warning that Kenya's expanding fiscal vulnerabilities, attributed to persistent budget imbalances and high recurrent spending, represent the most significant threat to the country's economic outlook. In the financial sector, Family Bank reported a 56 percent rise in its profit after tax to Sh3.5 billion in the nine months to September 2025, a performance driven by higher interest income. Separately, Paramount Bank successfully met the Central Bank of Kenya's (CBK) minimum core capital requirement of Sh3 billion ahead of the December 2025 deadline.
