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Kenya: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1911–2024 · 89 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2024
65.6%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−7.4 pointsfrom 73.0%
Average, 2015–2024
60.8%10 years
Record high and low
73.0% (2023)low 0.227% (1911)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202465.6
202373.0
202267.8
202168.2
202068.0
201959.1
201856.4
201753.9
201650.4
201545.8

Sources

  • Reinhart & Rogoff1911–2010
  • IMF Global Debt Database1963–2024
  • WDI (archive)1972–1978

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Kenya documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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