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Eight Kenya construction indicators, 2021 to 2025
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Cement use increased by about 1.74 million tonnes from 2024 to 2025.
Eight Kenya construction indicators, 2021 to 2025
Figures follow table 11.1 in the full 2026 Economic Survey. The 2025 data are provisional. Shilling amounts are nominal. The loan measure includes loans and advances to building and construction, and real estate.
| Source | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cement consumed | 2021 | Thousand metric tonnes | 9,098.4 | Published | Source 1 |
| Cement consumed | 2022 | Thousand metric tonnes | 9,494.2 | Published | Source 1 |
| Cement consumed | 2023 | Thousand metric tonnes | 9,195.8 | Published | Source 1 |
| Cement consumed | 2024 | Thousand metric tonnes | 8,542.7 | Published | Source 1 |
| Cement consumed | 2025 | Thousand metric tonnes | 10,280.2 | Provisional | Source 1 |
| Annual average construction input inflation | 2021 | Percent | 4.08 | Published | Source 1 |
| Annual average construction input inflation | 2022 | Percent | 7.48 | Published | Source 1 |
| Annual average construction input inflation | 2023 | Percent | 2.3 | Published | Source 1 |
| Annual average construction input inflation | 2024 | Percent | 2.83 | Published | Source 1 |
| Annual average construction input inflation | 2025 | Percent | 0.53 | Provisional | Source 1 |
| Commercial bank loans and advances | 2021 | KSh billion | 539.2 | Published | Source 1 |
| Commercial bank loans and advances | 2022 | KSh billion | 562.0 | Published | Source 1 |
| Commercial bank loans and advances | 2023 | KSh billion | 602.7 | Published | Source 1 |
| Commercial bank loans and advances | 2024 | KSh billion | 576.3 | Published | Source 1 |
| Commercial bank loans and advances | 2025 | KSh billion | 646.5 | Provisional | Source 1 |
| Private sector employment | 2021 | Thousand people | 217.3 | Published | Source 1 |
| Private sector employment | 2022 | Thousand people | 222.2 | Published | Source 1 |
| Private sector employment | 2023 | Thousand people | 226.3 | Published | Source 1 |
| Private sector employment | 2024 | Thousand people | 223.4 | Published | Source 1 |
| Private sector employment | 2025 | Thousand people | 228.2 | Provisional | Source 1 |
| Public sector employment | 2021 | Thousand people | 9.2 | Published | Source 1 |
| Public sector employment | 2022 | Thousand people | 9.5 | Published | Source 1 |
| Public sector employment | 2023 | Thousand people | 9.7 | Published | Source 1 |
| Public sector employment | 2024 | Thousand people | 9.9 | Published | Source 1 |
| Public sector employment | 2025 | Thousand people | 10.1 | Provisional | Source 1 |
| Value of private building plans approved in Nairobi | 2021 | KSh billion | 102.9 | Published | Source 1 |
| Value of private building plans approved in Nairobi | 2022 | KSh billion | 162.5 | Published | Source 1 |
| Value of private building plans approved in Nairobi | 2023 | KSh billion | 220.0 | Published | Source 1 |
| Value of private building plans approved in Nairobi | 2024 | KSh billion | 221.6 | Published | Source 1 |
| Value of private building plans approved in Nairobi | 2025 | KSh billion | 201.3 | Provisional | Source 1 |
| Value of residential housing completed by the state department | 2021 | KSh million | 741.3 | Published | Source 1 |
| Value of residential housing completed by the state department | 2022 | KSh million | 1,761.0 | Published | Source 1 |
| Value of residential housing completed by the state department | 2023 | KSh million | 11,000.3 | Published | Source 1 |
| Value of residential housing completed by the state department | 2024 | KSh million | 3,972.5 | Published | Source 1 |
| Value of residential housing completed by the state department | 2025 | KSh million | 7,231.8 | Provisional | Source 1 |
| Classified paved road length | 2021 | Thousand kilometres | 21.8 | Published | Source 1 |
| Classified paved road length | 2022 | Thousand kilometres | 22.4 | Published | Source 1 |
| Classified paved road length | 2023 | Thousand kilometres | 23.0 | Published | Source 1 |
| Classified paved road length | 2024 | Thousand kilometres | 24.9 | Published | Source 1 |
| Classified paved road length | 2025 | Thousand kilometres | 25.4 | Provisional | Source 1 |