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Kenya: External debt stocks (% of GNI)

34.99percent · 2024+25.3% since 2014

Total external debt stocks to gross national income. Total external debt is debt owed to nonresidents repayable in currency, goods, or services. Total external debt is the sum of public, publicly guaranteed, and private nonguaranteed long-term debt, use of IMF credit, and short-term debt. Short-term debt includes all debt having an original maturity of one year or less and interest in arrears on long-term debt. GNI (formerly GNP) is the sum of value added by all resident producers plus any product taxes (less subsidies) not included in the valuation of output plus net receipts of primary income (compensation of employees and property income) from abroad. Annual figures for Kenya from 1970 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202434.993
202340.423
202236.877
202138.104
202038.045
201935.404
201834.614
201733.49
201628.532
201531.306
201427.916
201325.278
201223.576
201123.931
201022.295
200923.219
200821.447
200723.816
200626.09
200534.706
200443.354
200345.562
200246.797
200142.803
200048.882
199951.284
199848.862
199749.948
199657.646
199583.762
1994104.99
1993131.9
199287.823
199195.829
199085.969
198973.258
198872.334
198775.201
198665.77
198570.563
198458.646
198362.678
198254.52
198148.618
198048.085
197945.276
197842.487
197738.257
197644.811
197540.747
197440.178
197335.099
197228.032
197128.39
197030.213

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World Bank (2026). External debt stocks (% of GNI). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-external-debt-stocks (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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