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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.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
20251,482,668,000
2024-1,107,000,000
2023-366,498,000
2022-620,135,000
2021534,512,000
2020-256,030,000
20191,268,000
20181,412,379,000
2017685,059,000
2016-85,689,000
2015556,071,000
20142,009,167,000
2013-32,969,000
2012645,151,000
20114,519,000
20102,061,000
20094,268,000
2008-9,661,000
2007-13,655,000
2006-69,883,000
2005-51,959,000
2004-58,841,000
2003113,179,000
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
1991205,298,000
1990-11,576,000
1989131,746,000
1988-12,519,000
198759,320,000
198638,262,000
1985-113,441,000
1984-95,888,000
1983-103,858,000
1982-149,260,000
1981-29,695,000
1980152,285,000
1979174,598,000
197895,196,000
1977108,533,000
197639,817,000
1975-14,054,000
1974-4,949,000
19732,895,000
19727,943,000
1971-3,604,000
1970-14,695,000

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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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