::: STATISTICS Currency: Kenya Shillings (Kshs) Current exchange rate: 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.