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Kenya: Government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1911–2025 · 92 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govdebt_GDP

2025
69.3%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+2.0 pointsfrom 67.3%
Average, 2016–2025
63.4%10 years
Record high and low
73.4% (2023)low 0.227% (1911)

Government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203175.1Forecast
203074.2Forecast
202973.6Forecast
202873.3Forecast
202772.4Forecast
202671.6Forecast
202569.3
202467.3
202373.4
202267.8
202168.2
202068.0
201959.1
201856.4
201753.9
201650.4

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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