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Kenya: Debt service on external debt, public sector

4.50Bcurrent USD · 2025+561.6% since 2015

Public sector debt service is the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in currency, goods, or services on long-term obligations of public debtors and long-term private obligations guaranteed by a public entity. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Reported as: PPG. All creditors combined (IDS counterpart area: World); figures by creditor are not carried. Annual figures for Kenya from 1970 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
20254,498,532,132.1
20245,257,470,802.7
20233,405,229,250.2
20222,960,842,199.9
20212,081,672,949.7
20202,460,293,098.3
20193,980,775,742.3
20182,311,880,709.8
20171,178,803,438.3
2016766,326,758.4
2015679,901,683.8
20141,230,227,045.9
2013451,065,670.6
2012475,629,146.6
2011386,713,866.2
2010350,347,030.2
2009344,869,057.5
2008380,337,609.6
2007414,815,731.3
2006391,883,766.2
2005502,667,743.8
2004303,852,672.9
2003510,401,641.9
2002424,535,775.5
2001354,841,555.8
2000442,873,123.8
1999509,883,497.8
1998489,407,104.6
1997477,234,513.2
1996643,286,912.2
1995700,829,528
1994711,820,874.9
1993409,351,273.6
1992412,636,565.5
1991521,822,689
1990507,290,736.9
1989428,102,745
1988452,459,339.5
1987417,878,291.2
1986358,486,383
1985344,752,149.2
1984305,554,408.9
1983291,422,436.6
1982307,788,101.7
1981272,034,138.7
1980231,759,747.7
1979137,243,055.9
1978131,871,884.6
197763,627,416.4
197654,710,899.8
197543,056,265.7
197437,394,830.4
197333,110,768.9
197226,521,417.2
197130,037,484.5
197030,088,546.9

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World Bank (2026). Debt service on external debt, public sector. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-debt-service-on-external-debt-public-sector (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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