What does a score of 58.6 mean for Kenya?

58.6/100, band 50–65: some of the discipline holds and some of it slips, which is what the middle looks like. That is 8.6 points above the 50 mid-point of the scale. Seven weighted dimensions produce the figure and no analyst adjusts it afterwards. Nothing in it is a forecast — it grades what Kenya's central bank has already done, said and delivered.

How often is Kenya's score updated?

Nightly, off that day's public releases; this page carries the 2026-09-10 run. Seven days of data have left it exactly where it was, on 58.6. A 90-day trailing average damps single prints, so a weekly move past a couple of points is a real one. Tomorrow's run replaces the 2026-09-10 figure outright rather than revising it in place.

What is the 50–65 credibility band?

Five bands cut the scale — ≥ 80, 65–80, 50–65, 35–50, < 35 — and 50–65 is step 3. Kenya clears its 50 floor by 8.6 and stops 6.4 short of 65. The step above is 65–80 and the step below is 35–50. Bands grade monetary behaviour, not default risk, so none of this is a credit rating.

Country

Kenya KEN

CBK

Sub-Saharan Africa

58.6

composite credibility

band 50–65

0.0

7-day

score date 2026-09-10

Kenya sovereign credibility, in brief

Kenya scores 58.6 out of 100 on the composite sovereign credibility index — credibility band 50–65. That ranks it 6 of 43 in Sub-Saharan Africa, the 88th percentile of the region. The score is unchanged over the past seven days. CPI 6.4% vs 5.0% target (+1.4pp) — mild overshoot | credibility under pressure (59/100).

As of 2026-09-10 · scored daily from public data under methodology v8

Regional standing

Rank 6/43 in Sub-Saharan Africa · 88th percentile

In one line

CPI 6.4% vs 5.0% target (+1.4pp) — mild overshoot | credibility under pressure (59/100)

Kenya's regional peers

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Kenya holds #56 on the headline ranking, against 42 others we score in Sub-Saharan Africa. None of them reach a stronger band than Kenya; 17 sit in a weaker one. Their split: 25 in 50–65, 10 in 35–50, 7 in < 35. Uganda tops them at #26; Sudan closes them at #152. Closest either side of Kenya: Tanzania at #53 and Liberia at #62. 11 of the 42 are monitored rather than ranked — the dashes below. Mid-table is where the ranking moves most: a couple of points reshuffles several places. A flat week still shifts a position if the countries around it are moving. Same seven dimensions, same sources, same day.

Rank	Country	Credibility band
26	Uganda	50–65
36	Ghana	50–65
43	South Africa	50–65
53	Tanzania	50–65
62	Liberia	50–65
73	Cabo Verde	50–65
78	Eswatini	50–65
83	Guinea	50–65
97	Mauritius	50–65
98	Gabon	50–65
102	Gambia, The	50–65
105	Namibia	50–65
107	Congo, Rep.	50–65
110	Cameroon	50–65
113	Zambia	50–65
116	Botswana	50–65
120	Lesotho	35–50
122	Madagascar	35–50
124	Zimbabwe	35–50
125	Angola	35–50
129	Nigeria	35–50
131	Burundi	35–50
132	Mauritania	35–50
133	Congo, Dem. Rep.	35–50
136	Rwanda	35–50
140	Mozambique	< 35
141	Ethiopia	< 35
142	Sierra Leone	< 35
144	Malawi	< 35
147	South Sudan	< 35
152	Sudan	< 35
—	Benin	50–65
—	Burkina Faso	50–65
—	Central African Republic	50–65
—	Chad	50–65
—	Cote d'Ivoire	50–65
—	Equatorial Guinea	35–50
—	Mali	50–65
—	Niger	50–65
—	Senegal	50–65
—	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	< 35
—	Togo	50–65

Rank is the position in the full cross-country ranking, not within Sub-Saharan Africa. 31 of these 42 carry one. Composite scores are part of a subscription.

Questions about the Kenya score

What does a score of 58.6 mean for Kenya?: 58.6/100, band 50–65: some of the discipline holds and some of it slips, which is what the middle looks like. That is 8.6 points above the 50 mid-point of the scale. Seven weighted dimensions produce the figure and no analyst adjusts it afterwards. Nothing in it is a forecast — it grades what Kenya's central bank has already done, said and delivered.
How often is Kenya's score updated?: Nightly, off that day's public releases; this page carries the 2026-09-10 run. Seven days of data have left it exactly where it was, on 58.6. A 90-day trailing average damps single prints, so a weekly move past a couple of points is a real one. Tomorrow's run replaces the 2026-09-10 figure outright rather than revising it in place.
What is the 50–65 credibility band?: Five bands cut the scale — ≥ 80, 65–80, 50–65, 35–50, < 35 — and 50–65 is step 3. Kenya clears its 50 floor by 8.6 and stops 6.4 short of 65. The step above is 65–80 and the step below is 35–50. Bands grade monetary behaviour, not default risk, so none of this is a credit rating.

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