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Kenya: Interest arrears, private creditors

151.06Mcurrent USD · 2025+77.4% since 2015

Interest in arrears on long-term debt is defined as interest payment due but not paid, on a cumulative basis. Debt from private creditors include bonds that are either publicly issued or privately placed; commercial bank loans from private banks and other private financial institutions; and other private credits from manufacturers, exporters, and other suppliers of goods, and bank credits covered by a guarantee of an export credit agency. Long-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original or extended maturity of more than one year and that is owed to nonresidents by residents of an economy and repayable in currency, goods, or services. 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.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
2025151,058,575
2024113,967,874.7
2023164,106,545
2022179,544,075.4
2021164,155,434.4
2020147,733,807.8
2019126,820,317
2018167,025,185
2017163,019,345
201694,133,136.6
201585,148,059.7
201480,255,080
2013108,942,589.9
201291,337,097.3
201184,365,963.2
201072,485,685.2
200962,428,165.9
200849,635,793.2
200739,492,562.7
200626,975,245
200517,672,125.1
20041,819,943.2
20031,541,333.2
20028,404,525.7
200112,022,581.7
200027,929,749.5
199927,850,783.4
199833,111,306.9
19979,657,588.8
19962,695,884.7
19958,621,520.7
199462,953,410.6
1993182,661,057.5
1992126,584,403
199181,633,146.7
199046,040,828
198927,089,614.8
198810,937,767.7
19871,591,637.9
1986295,326.5
1985130,005
19840
19830
19820
19810
19800
19790
19780
19770
19760
19750
19740
19734,646.4
197211,740.5
19710
197038,400

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World Bank (2026). Interest arrears, private creditors. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-interest-arrears-private-creditors (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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