Net Foreign Assets (Local Currency) rose 180% to KES 796 bil in Kenya in 2023

Net Foreign Assets (Local Currency) (KES bil), 2023
Banking | Kenya | September 1, 2025
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Net foreign assets rose 180% to KES 796 bil in Kenya in 2023, according to the National Central Bank.

Historically, net foreign assets in Kenya reached an all time high of KES 801 bil in 2019 and an all time low of KES -8.03 bil in 1991.

Kenya has been ranked 47th within the group of 141 countries we follow in terms of net foreign assets, 16 places above the position seen 10 years ago.

Net Foreign Assets (Local Currency) Unit 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Congo (DRC) CDF bil 3,439 5,052 9,315 15,432 13,856 ...
Djibouti DJF bil 273 274 351 340 303
Eritrea ERN bil ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Ethiopia ETB bil ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Kenya KES bil 711 801 742 589 285 ...
Mozambique MZN bil 196 246 313 242 203
Rwanda RWF bil 987 1,082 1,441 1,415 1,432
Somalia SOS bil ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 0.229 0.279 0.500 0.716 0.852
South Sudan SSP bil ... ... ... ... ... ... ... -82.3 -53.2 -91.2 -325 -593 ...
Sudan SDG bil -223 -221 -453 -2,731 -3,959 ... ...
Tanzania TNS bil 10,635 12,041 10,699 12,707 7,846
Uganda UGX bil 13,940 14,076 16,006 15,578 11,354
Yemen YER bil ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Zambia ZMW bil 24.8 24.2 39.0 37.6 50.6