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Kenyan Shilling
KESKenya · Issued by Central Bank of Kenya
Price (USD)
—
Inflation (2024)
+4.49%
10y M2 change
+140%
M69 Score
72.1
Market Cap (USD)
—
via M2 · 2024
M2 (local currency)
6.11T KES
current LCU
CPI YoY (2024)
+4.49%
World Bank · annual
Country
Kenya
ISO 4217 · KES
Last Update
2026-04-25
Daily ingest · 02:00 UTC
Kenyan Shilling M2 money supply
Broad money in KES (cash + deposits + close substitutes), annual back to ~1960 via World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.CN. Log scale auto-engages for hyperinflation outliers.
Kenyan Shilling inflation history
Annual CPI YoY since 2001 — World Bank consumer price index for Kenya. Inflation volatility is one of three inputs into the Money2069 sound-money score.
Purchasing power calculator
How much would your Kenyan Shilling be worth today if you'd held it since…?
100 KES in 2001 buys today
2.45 KESworth of goods
Lost 98% of purchasing power since 2001.
To match 2001 purchasing power, you need today
4,083.38 KES
46 years of cumulative inflation.
Calculation: cumulative product of (1 + CPI YoY) from the chosen year through 2024. Source: World Bank consumer price index (annual). Daily-refreshed.
Data sources & methodology
- FX (USD):
- Frankfurter / ECB · daily
- CPI YoY:
- World Bank FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG · annual
- M2 broad money:
- World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.CN · annual (LCU)
- Market cap (USD):
- M2 / FX rate · daily
- 10-year M2 change:
- (M2 today / M2 10y ago) − 1
- M69 score:
- Weighted: CPI (50%), 10y M2 growth (40%), 1y FX stability (10%)
- Last fetched:
- 2026-04-25 16:05:55
- Country code (ISO 3166-1):
- KEN
Raw data: /api/v1/currencies/current/KES
Frequently asked questions
Who issues the Kenyan Shilling?+
The Kenyan Shilling (KES) is issued by Central Bank of Kenya. As the monetary authority for Kenya, it sets policy interest rates, manages foreign reserves, and controls the money supply.
What is the inflation rate of the Kenyan Shilling?+
Latest available consumer price inflation for the Kenyan Shilling: 4.49% YoY (2024). Source: World Bank annual series (FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG). Daily-refreshed historical chart on this page.
Has the Kenyan Shilling been debased?+
Every fiat currency loses purchasing power over time as central banks expand the money supply. M2 has grown by approximately 140% over the past decade. Combined with cumulative inflation, this is the gap between KES as accounting unit and KES as a store of value.
Is the Kenyan Shilling sound money?+
On the Money2069 0–100 sound-money scale, the Kenyan Shilling currently scores 72.1. The score weights inflation volatility, 10-year money-supply growth, and 1-year FX stability. Higher = closer to sound. No fiat scores 100 because no fiat has zero issuance.
How does the Kenyan Shilling compare to gold or the US dollar?+
Use the table on the listing page to sort all 138 tracked currencies by inflation, 10-year M2 change, or M69 score. Pegged currencies (USD-pegged dirham, riyal, etc.) inherit the dollar's debasement profile; floating currencies tell their own story.
How often is this data updated?+
We pull fresh exchange rates daily from Frankfurter (ECB-sourced) and refresh the inflation series from the World Bank. The page is statically rendered with 24-hour ISR. Source data is publicly accessible via our /api/v1/currencies endpoints.