_*Economy #_Overview: A serious underlying economic problem is Kenya's 3.6% annual population growth rate—one of the highest in the world. In the meantime, GDP growth in the near term has kept slightly ahead of population—annually averaging 4.9% in the 1986-90 period. Undependable weather conditions and a shortage of arable land hamper long-term growth in agriculture, the leading economic sector.
_#_GDP: $8.5 billion, per capita $360; real growth rate 4% (1990 est.)
_#_Inflation rate (consumer prices): 10.9% (1990 est.)
_#_Unemployment rate: NA%, but there is a high level of unemployment and underemployment
_#_Budget: revenues $2.0 billion; expenditures $2.3 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA billion (FY89)
_#_Exports: $1.1 billion (f.o.b., 1990 est.);
commodities—tea 25%, coffee 21%, petroleum products 7% (1989);
partners—EC 44%, Africa 25%, Asia 5%, US 5%, Middle East 4% (1988)
_#_Imports: $2.4 billion (c.i.f., 1990 est.);
commodities—machinery and transportation equipment 29%, petroleum and petroleum products 15%, iron and steel 7%, raw materials, food and consumer goods (1989 est.);