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Kenya: Interest payments on external debt, short-term

102.74Mcurrent USD · 2025+164.8% since 2015

Interest payments on short-term debt are actual amounts of interest paid by the borrower in currency, goods, or services in the year specified. This item includes interest paid on long-term debt, IMF charges, and interest paid on short-term debt. Short-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original maturity of one year or less. Available data permit no distinction between public and private nonguaranteed short-term debt. 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 1980 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
2025102,741,000
2024109,718,000
2023168,497,000
2022109,812,000
202127,177,000
202036,160,000
201982,663,000
201881,823,000
201761,304,000
201641,568,000
201538,803,000
201428,803,000
201331,388,000
201232,639,000
201131,323,000
201024,979,000
200923,475,000
200821,000,000
200729,304,000
200622,927,000
200518,150,000
200424,315,000
200323,820,000
200219,453,000
200126,230,000
200041,355,000
199940,136,000
199838,627,000
199729,473,000
199630,239,000
199535,943,000
199437,710,000
199352,880,000
199248,800,000
199154,700,000
199077,690,000
198951,000,000
198846,100,000
198734,700,000
198629,000,000
198535,200,000
198440,100,000
198335,700,000
198242,000,000
198168,000,000
198058,000,000

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Published by World Bank, produced by World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Interest payments on external debt, short-term. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-interest-payments-on-external-debt-short-term (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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