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Government debt in Kenya

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Kenya's government debt is 71.30 % — #86 of 125 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

71.30%

Checked 24 Oct 2026Period 2025

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP)

The central government owes about 0.7 years' worth of the country's entire economic output.

Government debt in Kenya over time

73.40 %53.80 %34.20 %73.40 % · 202334.20 % · 20071998: 38.50 %1999: 38.40 %2000: 43.10 %2001: 41.30 %2002: 42.00 %2003: 43.80 %2004: 40.80 %2005: 37.40 %2006: 37.10 %2007: 34.20 %2008: 34.30 %2009: 36.00 %2010: 36.70 %2011: 35.70 %2012: 37.60 %2013: 39.80 %2014: 41.30 %2015: 45.80 %2016: 50.40 %2017: 53.90 %2018: 56.40 %2019: 59.10 %2020: 68.00 %2021: 68.20 %2022: 67.80 %2023: 73.40 %2024: 67.30 %2025: 71.30 %19982012202571.30 %
28 official observations, 1998 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#86 of 125
lower is better
Ranked behind
31 %
39 of 125 countries
Latest move
▲ 4.00 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
2.10 pp
peak 73.40 % in 2023
Full series
▲ 32.80 pp
since 1998

In Africa: #13 of 21vs median 54.70 %: +16.60 pp (worse)

Among 125 countries

6 of 125 countries between 12.30 % and 17.90 %2 of 125 countries between 17.90 % and 23.49 %10 of 125 countries between 23.49 % and 29.09 %11 of 125 countries between 29.09 % and 34.68 %8 of 125 countries between 34.68 % and 40.28 %9 of 125 countries between 40.28 % and 45.88 %7 of 125 countries between 45.88 % and 51.47 %13 of 125 countries between 51.47 % and 57.07 %8 of 125 countries between 57.07 % and 62.66 %10 of 125 countries between 62.66 % and 68.26 %4 of 125 countries between 68.26 % and 73.85 %3 of 125 countries between 73.85 % and 79.45 %7 of 125 countries between 79.45 % and 85.05 %6 of 125 countries between 85.05 % and 90.64 %2 of 125 countries between 90.64 % and 96.24 %6 of 125 countries between 96.24 % and 101.83 %2 of 125 countries between 101.83 % and 107.43 %1 of 125 countries between 107.43 % and 113.02 %2 of 125 countries between 113.02 % and 118.62 %1 of 125 countries between 124.22 % and 129.81 %2 of 125 countries between 135.41 % and 141.00 %5 of 125 countries between 141.00 % and 146.60 %median 54.70 %Kenya: ahead of 31 % of the 125 countries with a published government debtKenya 71.30 %12.30 %146.60 %
Half of all 125 countries sit between 36.10 % and 81.70 %. Kenya is ahead of 31 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Kenya
84 Israel67.90 %−3.40 pp
85 Malaysia70.50 %−0.80 pp
86 Kenya71.30 %—
87 Bahamas71.70 %+0.40 pp
88 Pakistan72.80 %+1.50 pp

General government gross debt as a share of GDP (IMF World Economic Outlook, annual).

How to read this figure

Central government debt as a share of GDP (World Bank). General government debt (including local government and social funds) can be meaningfully higher; comparisons across countries are indicative.

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