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Kenya: External debt stocks, total

42.89Bcurrent USD · 2024+153.6% since 2014

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. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Annual figures for Kenya from 1970 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
202442,886,127,218.3
202342,910,026,054.2
202241,556,299,639.8
202141,219,100,011.5
202038,038,451,074.1
201934,970,099,589.9
201831,433,802,015.7
201726,951,349,499.4
201621,057,671,043.3
201519,783,760,501.7
201416,911,742,536.7
201313,775,500,738.7
201211,832,175,543.2
201110,042,095,566.4
20108,885,235,532.9
20098,585,721,249
20087,691,776,548.9
20077,576,695,048.2
20066,719,657,604
20056,501,013,208.9
20046,916,593,410.5
20036,715,084,650.7
20026,095,869,527.9
20015,495,276,586
20006,147,150,097.6
19996,524,904,617.7
19986,823,161,838.5
19976,465,020,215.1
19966,813,721,635.2
19957,309,198,401
19947,124,419,830.7
19937,111,518,961.1
19926,898,195,691.8
19917,453,499,318.4
19907,055,158,928.9
19895,889,233,567.6
19885,809,644,178.8
19875,783,681,917.2
19864,603,589,573.6
19854,181,365,915.7
19843,511,509,910.2
19833,628,284,465.8
19823,367,814,483.6
19813,228,165,912.1
19803,386,803,513.5
19792,720,995,167.7
19782,173,728,428.2
19771,658,887,244
19761,493,325,017.4
19751,290,219,777.3
19741,152,688,059
1973844,716,764.7
1972581,161,178.6
1971497,894,895.5
1970477,537,524.6

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

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