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NATIONAL PUBLIC DEBT Kenya 2019

Public debt went up in Kenya

In 2019 Kenya public debt was 52,946 million euros59,278 million dollars, has increased 8,8907,226 million since 2018.

This amount means that the debt in 2019 reached 59.09% of Kenya GDP, a 2.64 percentage point rise from 2018, when it was 56.45% of GDP.

If we check the tables we can see the evolution of Kenya debt. It has risen since 2009 in global debt terms, when it was 10,930 million euros 15,228 million dollars and also in terms of GDP percentage, when it amounted to 35.96%.

According to the last data point published, Kenya per capita debt in 2019 was 1,112 euros1,245 dollars per inhabitant. In 2018 it was 947 euros 1,119 dollars, afterwards rising by 165 euros126 dollars, and if we again check 2009 we can see that then the debt per person was 290 euros404 dollars .

The position of Kenya, as compared with the rest of the world, has worsened in 2019 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 121 in the list of debt to GDP and 59 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
201952,94659,27859.09%€1,112$1,245
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