Country Report of Kenya

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Country Report of Kenya

Song Bao

Student number: 101921143

University of Colorado Denver

International College Beijing

This paper was prepared for ECON 4001, taught by Professor Laura Argys.

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Country Report of Kenya

The Republic of Kenya is in the eastern Africa, with Indian Ocean in the

south-east, Tanzania in the south, Uganda and Lake Victoria in the west, South Sudan

in the north-west, Ethiopia in the north and Somalia in the north-east. (fig 1)

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Kenya covered an area of 580,367 sq km which includes land area of

569,140 sq km and water area of 11,227 sq km, and it has a coastline of 536

km.(The WORLD FACTBOOK, n.d.)

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The population in Kenya is 44,037,656, estimate in July 2013, ranks 31th

in the world. GDP at purchasing power parity is $76.07 billion, estimate in 2012,

ranks 84th in the world. And the GDP per capita is $1800, estimate in 2012, ranks

a dismal 198th out of 229 counties in the world. (The WORLD FACTBOOK, n.d.)

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The sector of agriculture contributes 24.2% of GDP, and it employs 75%

labor force in Kenya in 2012. “Half of the sector’s output remains subsistence

production” (COUNTRY PROFILE: KENYA, 2007) it is really bad for the

economy system. While Kenya’s services sector contributes 61% of GDP in

2012(The WORLD FACTBOOK, n.d.), and it is dominated by tourism.

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In Kenya, 50% population lives below poverty line. There are many poor

people in this country. (The WORLD FACTBOOK, n.d.)

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The household income or consumption proportion hold by the lowest 10%

is 1.8%, and hold by highest 10% is 37.8%.(The WORLD FACTBOOK, n.d.)

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The literacy rate of total population in Kenya is 87.4%. It is the

proportion of people at age 15 and over can read and write. And male is 90.6%,

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female is 84.2%. (The WORLD FACTBOOK, n.d.)The education level between

male and female is not equal.

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