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Numbers crunched: Top 10 Transnational Corporations in the world vs Kenya's economy

View of  Apple offices in Chengdu City, China. Forbes has listed Apple at number 8 in the top 10 largest companies in 2018. [Photo: Courtesy]

According to statistics from global business tracker Trading Economics, Kenya’s GDP in 2017 stood at $74.94 billion (Sh7.65 trillion). In 2018, The International Monetary Fund put it at $85.98 billion (Sh8.78 trillion).

The corporations' size, and therefore ranking, have been measured by computing a combination of their sales, profits, assets and market value. 

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