NAIROBI, Jan 6 (Reuters) – Kenya’s economy grew by 4.9% year-on-year in the third quarter of 2025, from 4.2% in the same quarter the previous year, statistics office data showed on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics said in a report the growth mainly came from the agriculture sector and the construction industry, which rebounded from a contraction of 2.6% in the same quarter in 2024 to an expansion of 6.7% in 2025.<\/p>\n
Sign up here.<\/a><\/p>\n The statistics agency added that a recovery from the mining and quarrying sector also offered some support.<\/p>\n The East African economy has been weighed down by heavy debt repayments in recent years after it increased borrowing to fund infrastructure projects, forcing the government to pursue fiscal consolidation.<\/p>\n In August, President William Ruto said<\/a> East Africa’s largest economy was forecast to grow 5.6% in 2025, up from 4.7% in 2024.The World Bank lifted Kenya’s economic growth<\/a> forecast for last year to 4.9% from 4.5%, citing a pick-up in the construction sector.<\/p>\n Some of Kenya’s main industries, such as construction, suffered in 2024 partly as concerns mounted about the government’s finances, but the trend has begun to reverse, the development lender said.<\/p>\n Reporting by Sfundo Parakozov and Vincent Mumo Nzilani; Editing by Alex Richardson<\/p>\n Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles., opens new tab<\/a><\/p>\n