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Kenya: Net flows on external debt, short-term

122.74Mcurrent USD · 2025-82.4% since 2015

Net flows (or net lending or net disbursements) received by the borrower during the year are disbursements minus principal repayments. 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 1970 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
2025122,736,000
2024-723,561,000
2023273,839,000
2022108,885,000
2021123,575,000
2020-346,675,000
2019146,492,000
2018-131,725,000
2017457,455,000
2016-593,309,000
2015695,687,000
2014-391,444,000
2013824,544,000
2012290,962,000
2011232,000,000
201073,000,000
20094,000,000
2008-26,000,000
2007354,000,000
200687,000,000
2005-190,000,000
2004-13,000,000
200361,000,000
2002115,000,000
2001-214,000,000
2000-450,000
1999-65,630,000
19987,080,000
1997251,210,000
1996-84,320,000
19956,110,000
1994-65,000,000
199373,000,000
199221,378,000
1991-272,904,000
1990294,073,000
198951,748,000
1988-69,686,000
1987208,677,000
1986-104,391,000
198590,105,000
1984-33,000,000
198368,000,000
1982-132,000,000
1981-172,000,000
1980209,000,000
197926,000,000
1978100,000,000
197787,000,000
197629,000,000
197521,000,000
197444,000,000
197338,000,000
197212,000,000
19713,000,000
197069,000,000

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World Bank (2026). Net flows on external debt, short-term. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-net-flows-on-external-debt-short-term (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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