Country tax profile · 2026
Kenya crypto tax
How Kenya taxes crypto
Kenya has no separate crypto tax; personal crypto gains are generally treated like other capital gains or ordinary income (up to 35%), and staking, mining and trading can be classified differently. Confirm your specific case.
Compiled by MyNomadWorld for Kenya and currently being re-verified against primary sources. Confirm with a local adviser before relying on it.
How Kenya compares
57 of 197 countries we track have no tax on personal crypto gains (no capital gains tax). Kenya is not one of them.
Who is a tax resident of Kenya?
Present in Kenya 183 days or more in the tax year, or averaging 122 days or more a year across the current year and the two before it. Residents are taxed on worldwide employment income plus Kenyan source income.
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What is the crypto tax rate in Kenya?
Kenya has no separate crypto tax; personal crypto gains are generally treated like other capital gains or ordinary income (up to 35%), and staking, mining and trading can be classified differently. Confirm your specific case.