World Bank · Debt
Kenya: Net transfers, public sector, private creditors
1.48Bcurrent USD · 2025+166.6% since 2015
Public sector 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. Net transfers are net flows minus interest payments during the year; negative transfers show net transfers made by the borrower to the creditor during the year. 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.
Every year
| Year | Value (current USD) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,482,668,000 | |
| 2024 | -1,107,000,000 | |
| 2023 | -366,498,000 | |
| 2022 | -620,135,000 | |
| 2021 | 534,512,000 | |
| 2020 | -256,030,000 | |
| 2019 | 1,268,000 | |
| 2018 | 1,412,379,000 | |
| 2017 | 685,059,000 | |
| 2016 | -85,689,000 | |
| 2015 | 556,071,000 | |
| 2014 | 2,009,167,000 | |
| 2013 | -32,969,000 | |
| 2012 | 645,151,000 | |
| 2011 | 4,519,000 | |
| 2010 | 2,061,000 | |
| 2009 | 4,268,000 | |
| 2008 | -9,661,000 | |
| 2007 | -13,655,000 | |
| 2006 | -69,883,000 | |
| 2005 | -51,959,000 | |
| 2004 | -58,841,000 | |
| 2003 | 113,179,000 | |
| 2002 | -14,810,000 | |
| 2001 | -95,815,000 | |
| 2000 | -58,623,000 | |
| 1999 | -24,521,000 | |
| 1998 | -6,103,000 | |
| 1997 | -106,886,000 | |
| 1996 | -171,863,000 | |
| 1995 | -131,770,000 | |
| 1994 | -294,895,000 | |
| 1993 | -83,210,000 | |
| 1992 | -14,561,000 | |
| 1991 | 205,298,000 | |
| 1990 | -11,576,000 | |
| 1989 | 131,746,000 | |
| 1988 | -12,519,000 | |
| 1987 | 59,320,000 | |
| 1986 | 38,262,000 | |
| 1985 | -113,441,000 | |
| 1984 | -95,888,000 | |
| 1983 | -103,858,000 | |
| 1982 | -149,260,000 | |
| 1981 | -29,695,000 | |
| 1980 | 152,285,000 | |
| 1979 | 174,598,000 | |
| 1978 | 95,196,000 | |
| 1977 | 108,533,000 | |
| 1976 | 39,817,000 | |
| 1975 | -14,054,000 | |
| 1974 | -4,949,000 | |
| 1973 | 2,895,000 | |
| 1972 | 7,943,000 | |
| 1971 | -3,604,000 | |
| 1970 | -14,695,000 |
Source
Published by World Bank, produced by World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.
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World Bank (2026). Net transfers, public sector, private creditors. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-net-transfers-public-sector-private-creditors (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.
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