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Currency: Kenya Shillings (Kshs)
Current exchange rate: Consult up to date and past exchange rates
Gross Domestic Product (GDP): (current prices) US$M 9,664
GDP per capita: U.S$M 334
Inflation Rate: 6.2% (2000)
Population Growth Rate: 2.9% (1999)
Life expectancy: Male 52 years, female 62 years (1998) (UNDP).
Death rate: 5.9 deaths per 1000 persons (1998) (UNDP).
Population under age 15: 49.5%
Population over age 65: 2.2%
Literacy rate: 80% (1998)
Natural Resources: Minerals, cement, soda ash, diatomite, vermiculite, baryte, flourspar. Various gemstones have also been discovered.