Kenya: USD exchange rate

The currency chart for Kenya shows historical data for the Kenyan Shillings per USD exchange rate. These are monthly averages and not end-of-month currency values. An increase means depreciation against the USD as one can exchange more Kenyan Shillings per USD. Depreciation implies that goods from Kenya become cheaper to export and it becomes cheaper for foreigners to visit Kenya.

The series for Kenya are available from September 2004 to November 2024. For that period, the average exchange rate for Kenya was 94.7572 Kenyan Shillings per USD with a minimum of 62.0735 Kenyan Shillings per USD in May 2008 and a maximum of 159.7159 Kenyan Shillings per USD in January 2024. The most recent available data point is 129.3335 Kenyan Shillings per USD, a change of 0.22% from the previous data point of 129.0555 Kenyan Shillings per USD and a change of -14.82% from a year ago when the level was 151.8399 Kenyan Shillings per USD.

Currency values in Kenya and elsewhere have different driving forces over the short-run and the long-run. Countries may have fixed or floating exchange rate regimes or be part of monetary unions. They may experience currency crises. These and other issues are discussed in detail on our Exchange rate page.