Kenya — Short-term interest rate
percent · Quarterly · Q1 1990–Q2 2026 · 146 observations
About this series
The short-term interest rate measures the yield or rate on a short-maturity money-market instrument. The instrument and tenor depend on the country series.
Kenya's short-term interest rate reading was 8.13% in Q2 2026. The period change from 7.63% in Q1 2026 was +0.5 percentage points; the year-on-year change from 8.36% in Q2 2025 was −0.23 percentage points.
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Latest observations
Q1 2019–Q2 2026
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 8.13 % |
| Q1 2026 | 7.63 % |
| Q4 2025 | 7.81 % |
| Q3 2025 | 8.05 % |
| Q2 2025 | 8.36 % |
15 earlier values
| Q1 2025 | 9.22 % |
| Q4 2024 | 12.8 % |
| Q3 2024 | 15.9 % |
| Q2 2024 | 16 % |
| Q1 2024 | 16.4 % |
| Q4 2023 | 15.3 % |
| Q3 2023 | 13.3 % |
| Q2 2023 | 10.7 % |
| Q1 2023 | 9.61 % |
| Q4 2022 | 9.19 % |
| Q3 2022 | 8.57 % |
| Q2 2022 | 7.65 % |
| Q1 2022 | 7.28 % |
| Q4 2021 | 7.1 % |
| Q3 2021 | 6.68 % |
Values before Q3 2021, back to Q1 2019, are on the chart — hover to read them.