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Government debt

Kenya

Kenya. General government gross debt. Put borrowing in the context of the economy and explore how it has changed over time.

Debt / GDP · 202571.3%History / IMF estimates
Debt, US$ bn · 202596.9History / IMF estimates
Per person, US$ · 20251,816History / IMF estimates
GDP, US$ bn · 2025135.9History / IMF estimates

What the figures show

History / IMF estimates

Kenya: IMF data and estimates put government debt at 71.3% of GDP in 2025. The derived debt amount is US$ 96.9 billion.

  • The debt-to-GDP ratio is 4.0 percentage points above its 2024 level.
  • This is above the median of 52.85% of GDP across 192 countries with data for the selected year.
  • Over 2015–2025, the debt-to-GDP ratio increases by 25.5 percentage points.

The median is not weighted by economic size. A change in the debt-to-GDP ratio does not necessarily imply the same change in the debt amount. About the data ↗

Government debt over time

Debt as % of GDP. Dashed lines: current-year estimate/projection and future projections.

Government debt over time02550751002000200520102015202020252031Kenya · 2000: 43.1% — History / IMF estimatesKenya · 2001: 41.3% — History / IMF estimatesKenya · 2002: 42.0% — History / IMF estimatesKenya · 2003: 43.8% — History / IMF estimatesKenya · 2004: 40.8% — History / IMF estimatesKenya · 2005: 37.4% — History / IMF estimatesKenya · 2006: 37.1% — History / IMF estimatesKenya · 2007: 34.2% — History / IMF estimatesKenya · 2008: 34.3% — History / IMF estimatesKenya · 2009: 36.0% — History / IMF estimatesKenya · 2010: 36.7% — History / IMF estimatesKenya · 2011: 35.7% — History / IMF estimatesKenya · 2012: 37.6% — History / IMF estimatesKenya · 2013: 39.8% — History / IMF estimatesKenya · 2014: 41.3% — History / IMF estimatesKenya · 2015: 45.8% — History / IMF estimatesKenya · 2016: 50.4% — History / IMF estimatesKenya · 2017: 53.9% — History / IMF estimatesKenya · 2018: 56.4% — History / IMF estimatesKenya · 2019: 59.1% — History / IMF estimatesKenya · 2020: 68.0% — History / IMF estimatesKenya · 2021: 68.2% — History / IMF estimatesKenya · 2022: 67.8% — History / IMF estimatesKenya · 2023: 73.4% — History / IMF estimatesKenya · 2024: 67.3% — History / IMF estimatesKenya · 2025: 71.3% — History / IMF estimatesKenya · 2026: 72.9% — IMF estimate / projectionKenya · 2027: 73.8% — IMF projectionKenya · 2028: 74.4% — IMF projectionKenya · 2029: 74.4% — IMF projectionKenya · 2030: 74.3% — IMF projectionKenya · 2031: 74.0% — IMF projection
Kenya
Chart data table
YearKenya (%)Source
203174.0IMF projection
203074.3IMF projection
202974.4IMF projection
202874.4IMF projection
202773.8IMF projection
202672.9IMF estimate / projection
202571.3History / IMF estimates
202467.3History / IMF estimates
202373.4History / IMF estimates
202267.8History / IMF estimates
202168.2History / IMF estimates
202068.0History / IMF estimates
201959.1History / IMF estimates
201856.4History / IMF estimates
201753.9History / IMF estimates
201650.4History / IMF estimates
201545.8History / IMF estimates
201441.3History / IMF estimates
201339.8History / IMF estimates
201237.6History / IMF estimates
201135.7History / IMF estimates
201036.7History / IMF estimates
200936.0History / IMF estimates
200834.3History / IMF estimates
200734.2History / IMF estimates
200637.1History / IMF estimates
200537.4History / IMF estimates
200440.8History / IMF estimates
200343.8History / IMF estimates
200242.0History / IMF estimates
200141.3History / IMF estimates
200043.1History / IMF estimates

The DataMapper API does not provide the actual/estimate cutoff for each country and series. Past years are therefore labelled history/IMF estimates, the current year estimate/projection, and later years projections. Historical values can be revised. There is no simulated real-time debt counter.

Source: IMF WEO · World Economic Outlook (October 2026) · Retrieved 2026-11-01. About the data