World Bank · Debt
Kenya: Debt outstanding, public sector, bonds
8.79Bcurrent USD · 2025+219.5% since 2015
Public sector debt from bonds that are either publicly issued or privately placed. Data are in current U.S. dollars. All creditors combined (IDS counterpart area: World); figures by creditor are not carried. Annual figures for Kenya from 1970 to 2025.
Every year
| Year | Value (current USD) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8,785,101,000 | |
| 2024 | 6,600,000,000 | |
| 2023 | 7,100,000,000 | |
| 2022 | 7,100,000,000 | |
| 2021 | 7,100,000,000 | |
| 2020 | 6,100,000,000 | |
| 2019 | 6,100,000,000 | |
| 2018 | 4,750,000,000 | |
| 2017 | 2,750,000,000 | |
| 2016 | 2,750,000,000 | |
| 2015 | 2,750,000,000 | |
| 2014 | 2,750,000,000 | |
| 1982 | 0 | |
| 1981 | 8,061,300 | |
| 1980 | 10,076,625 | |
| 1979 | 9,396,400 | |
| 1978 | 8,595,762.5 | |
| 1977 | 43,685,520 | |
| 1976 | 39,019,008 | |
| 1975 | 50,061,390 | |
| 1974 | 60,671,149 | |
| 1973 | 60,249,868.8 | |
| 1972 | 61,085,821.5 | |
| 1971 | 66,949,381.3 | |
| 1970 | 71,404,800 |
Source
Published by World Bank, produced by World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.
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World Bank (2026). Debt outstanding, public sector, bonds. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-debt-outstanding-public-sector-bonds (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.
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