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Kenya: Government debt

Millions of local currency · 1961–2025 · 65 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govdebt

2025
12.2 trillionlocal currency
Change on 2024
+11.5%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+14.5%a year

Government debt

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Recent values

Millions of local currency

YearValue
203124,079,320Forecast
203021,610,912Forecast
202919,405,777Forecast
202817,456,857Forecast
202715,551,517Forecast
202613,902,654Forecast
202512,181,390
202410,925,279
202311,035,454
20229,145,981
20218,206,739
20207,281,826
20196,048,925
20185,272,503
20174,569,630
20163,827,298

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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