Economic growth improved from 2% in 2003 to 7% in 2007.[46] In 2008, the growth slumped to 1%[47] due to post-election violence before returning to an average of 5% between 2009 and 2013.[48][49] However, in 2009 due to the drought and the global financial crisis, high input costs and a fall in demand for some of the country's exports, caused the agriculture sector contracted by 2.7%.[50]