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NATIONAL PUBLIC DEBT Kenya 2018

The national debt increased in Kenya

In 2018 Kenya public debt was 44,056 million euros52,052 million dollars, has increased 4,9607,901 million since 2017.

This amount means that the debt in 2018 reached 56.45% of Kenya GDP, a 2.58 percentage point rise from 2017, when it was 53.87% of GDP.

If we check the tables we can see the evolution of Kenya debt. It has risen since 2008 in global debt terms, when it was 9,564 million euros 14,064 million dollars and also in terms of GDP percentage, when it amounted to 34.25%.

According to the last data point published, Kenya per capita debt in 2018 was 947 euros1,119 dollars per inhabitant. In 2017 it was 861 euros 972 dollars, afterwards rising by 86 euros147 dollars, and if we again check 2008 we can see that then the debt per person was 261 euros383 dollars .

The position of Kenya, as compared with the rest of the world, has worsened in 2018 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 118 in the list of debt to GDP and 57 in debt per capita, out of the 191 we publish.

In this page we show you the progression of the public debt in Kenya. You can see debt in other countries in Public debt and see all the information about Kenya in economy of Kenya.

Kenya: Evolution of debt
DateDebt (M.€.)Debt ($M)Debt (%GDP)Debt Per CapitaDebt Per Capita
201844,05652,05256.45%€947$1,119
201739,09644,15153.87%€861$972
201634,07437,70650.40%€769$851
201529,06532,25245.83%€671$745
201421,24728,23441.28%€501$666
201318,47024,53039.76%€446$593
201216,50421,21837.62%€409$525
201111,93816,61435.69%€302$421
201012,55816,66236.70%€325$432
200910,93015,22835.96%€290$404
20089,56414,06434.25%€261$383
20079,15812,55234.20%€257$352
20068,75810,99737.07%€252$317
20057,9079,84237.41%€234$291
20047,4709,28840.75%€227$282
20038,2839,36743.79%€259$293
20028,4617,99442.01%€272$257
20018,6177,71741.28%€284$255
20008,4967,85143.12%€288$266
19996,6947,14238.41%€233$249
19987,94238.50%$286
Kenya: Evolution of debt as a percentage of GDP

Kenya: Evolution of debt in millions