Kenya External Debt: Short Term

1970 - 2024 | Yearly | USD mn | CEIC Data

Key information about Kenya External Debt: Short Term

  • Kenya External Debt: Short Term value stood at 2.0 USD bn in Dec 2024, compared with 2.8 USD bn in the previous year.
  • Kenya External Debt: Short Term data is updated yearly, available from Dec 1970 to Dec 2024.
  • The data reached an all-time high of 2.8 USD bn in Dec 2023 and a record low of 69.0 USD mn in Dec 1970.

World Bank provides annual Short Term External Debt in USD.


Related information about Kenya External Debt: Short Term
  • In the latest reports of Kenya, Current Account recorded a deficit of 124.0 USD mn in Jun 2025.
  • Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) increased by 463.4 USD mn in Dec 2024.
  • Kenya Direct Investment Abroad expanded by 417.6 USD mn in Dec 2024.
  • Its Foreign Portfolio Investment increased by 430.6 USD mn in Dec 2024.
  • The country's Nominal GDP was reported at 34.9 USD bn in Jun 2025.

View Kenya's External Debt: Short Term from 1970 to 2024 in the chart:

Kenya External Debt: Short Term

What was Kenya's External Debt: Short Term in 2024?

Kenya External Debt: Short Term value stood at 2.0 USD bn in Dec 2024, compared with 2.8 USD bn in the previous year. See the table below for more data.

Last Previous Min Max Unit Frequency Range
2,007.8 2024 2,815.4 2023 69.0 1970 2,815.4 2023 USD mn yearly 1970 - 2024

External Debt: Short Term by Country Comparison

country/region Last
Albania (USD mn) 1,269.9 Dec 2025
Algeria (USD mn) 2,264.0 Dec 2019
Argentina (USD mn) 83,548.1 Dec 2025
Armenia (USD mn) 4,830.4 Dec 2025
Australia (USD mn) 483,379.8 Dec 2025
Austria (USD mn) 265,289.9 Dec 2025
Azerbaijan (USD mn) 218.4 2024
Bangladesh (USD mn) 14,057.9 Dec 2025
Belarus (USD mn) 10,072.1 Mar 2022
Belgium (USD mn) 795,232.5 Dec 2025
Bolivia (USD mn) 0.0 2019
Bosnia and Herzegovina (USD mn) 3,073.4 2024
Botswana (USD mn) 144.7 2024
Brazil (USD mn) 107,682.3 Mar 2026
Bulgaria (USD mn) 22,910.3 Feb 2026
Canada (USD mn) 1,328,577.2 Dec 2025
Chile (USD mn) 32,004.2 Mar 2026
China (USD mn) 1,316,900.0 Dec 2025
Colombia (USD mn) 33,800.2 Aug 2025
Croatia (USD mn) 14,714.0 Dec 2022
Cyprus (USD mn) 69,607.8 Dec 2025
Czech Republic (USD mn) 136,349.2 Dec 2025
Denmark (USD mn) 294,468.9 Dec 2025
Ecuador (USD mn) 234.7 Dec 2025
Egypt (USD mn) 34,421.1 Dec 2025
Estonia (USD mn) 14,220.9 Dec 2025
Finland (USD mn) 233,071.1 Dec 2025
France (USD mn) 4,101,146.4 Dec 2025
Georgia (USD mn) 5,323.8 Dec 2025
Germany (USD mn) 2,873,834.2 Dec 2025
Greece (USD mn) 214,754.2 Dec 2025
Hong Kong SAR, China (USD mn) 1,237,819.8 Dec 2025
Hungary (USD mn) 37,573.4 Dec 2025
Iceland (USD mn) 2,911.9 Dec 2025
India (USD mn) 150,772.0 Dec 2025
Indonesia (USD mn) 63,348.5 Mar 2026
Iran (USD mn) 3,094.5 2025
Ireland (USD mn) 1,645,599.6 Dec 2025
Israel (USD mn) 55,961.0 Dec 2025
Italy (USD mn) 1,010,412.1 Dec 2025
Ivory Coast (USD mn) 4,284.4 2024
Japan (USD mn) 3,320,427.5 Dec 2025
Jordan (USD mn) 20,017.9 Dec 2025
Kazakhstan (USD mn) 21,688.3 Dec 2025
Kenya (USD mn) 2,007.8 2024
South Korea (USD mn) 179,354.9 Dec 2025
Kosovo (USD mn) 1,874.7 Jun 2025
Kyrgyzstan (USD mn) 1,983.2 Sep 2025
Latvia (USD mn) 19,829.1 Dec 2025
Lithuania (USD mn) 51,238.1 Dec 2025
Luxembourg (USD mn) 1,203,877.3 Dec 2025
North Macedonia (USD mn) 3,679.0 Dec 2025
Malawi (USD mn) 75.4 2024
Malaysia (USD mn) 151,611.0 Mar 2026
Malta (USD mn) 38,947.4 Dec 2025
Mauritius (USD mn) 12,749.3 Mar 2026
Mexico (USD mn) 62,181.8 Dec 2025
Moldova (USD mn) 3,022.9 Sep 2025
Mongolia (USD mn) 2,606.0 Dec 2025
Montenegro (USD mn) 235.2 2024
Morocco (USD mn) 9,945.2 Dec 2022
Mozambique (USD mn) 1,211.8 2024
Myanmar (USD mn) 64.0 2024
Nepal (USD mn) 422.9 2024
Netherlands (USD mn) 1,930,334.9 Dec 2025
New Zealand (USD mn) 82,243.6 Dec 2025
Nigeria (USD mn) 1,513.7 2022
Norway (USD mn) 297,500.0 Dec 2025
Pakistan (USD mn) 15,423.2 Mar 2026
Palestinian Territory (USD mn) 388.5 Dec 2018
Panama (USD mn) 39,768.7 Dec 2021
Paraguay (USD mn) 4,654.1 Dec 2021
Peru (USD mn) 6,929.4 Dec 2025
Philippines (USD mn) 21,409.3 Jun 2025
Poland (USD mn) 78,800.0 Dec 2025
Portugal (USD mn) 222,233.5 Dec 2025
Romania (USD mn) 56,088.8 Feb 2026
Russia (USD mn) 149,850.9 Dec 2025
Serbia (USD mn) 2,273.4 Dec 2025
Singapore (USD mn) 1,523,270.5 Dec 2025
Slovakia (USD mn) 61,970.2 Dec 2025
Slovenia (USD mn) 27,849.8 Mar 2026
South Africa (USD mn) 49,606.0 Dec 2025
Spain (USD mn) 1,201,832.1 Dec 2025
Sri Lanka (USD mn) 5,551.2 Dec 2025
Sudan (USD mn) 4,735.9 2024
Sweden (USD mn) 364,958.2 Dec 2025
Switzerland (USD mn) 1,259,463.0 Dec 2025
Taiwan, China (USD mn) 216,419.0 Sep 2025
Tajikistan (USD mn) 871.2 2024
Thailand (USD mn) 88,307.3 Dec 2025
Tunisia (USD mn) 18,058.6 2025
Turkey (USD mn) 167,742.0 Sep 2025
Ukraine (USD mn) 13,643.0 Dec 2025
United Kingdom (USD mn) 7,861,555.9 Dec 2025
United States (USD mn) 9,884,589.0 Dec 2025
Uruguay (USD mn) 9,315.9 Dec 2025
Venezuela (USD mn) 44,489.0 Mar 2019
Vietnam (USD mn) 37,087.4 2024
Yemen (USD mn) 510.6 2024

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Kenya Key Series

country/region Last
Consolidated Fiscal Balance: % of GDP (%) -6.0 Sep 2025
Tax Revenue (USD mn) 13,337.007 Mar 2026
Tax Revenue: % of GDP (%) 6.6 2025
National Government Debt (USD mn) 95,337.3 Dec 2025
Government Debt: % of GDP (%) 68.9 Sep 2025
Forecast: Government Expenditure (KES bn) 7,377.502 2031
Forecast: Government Net Debt (KES bn) 24,174.502 2031
Forecast: Government Revenue (KES bn) 5,344.364 2031
Central Government Revenue and Grants: ytd: Revenue (KES mn) 2,229,507.786 Mar 2026
Central Government Expenditure: ytd: Recurrent (KES mn) 2,349,658.530 Mar 2026
Central Government Revenue and Grants: ytd: Revenue: Tax: Excise Duty (KES mn) 231,764.560 Mar 2026
Central Government Expenditure: ytd (KES mn) 3,109,699.034 Mar 2026
Central Government Expenditure: ytd: Development (KES mn) 461,563.216 Mar 2026
Central Government Revenue and Grants: ytd: Revenue: Tax (KES mn) 1,726,227.902 Mar 2026
Central Government Revenue and Grants: ytd: Revenue: Tax: VAT (KES mn) 533,242.771 Mar 2026
country/region Last
Forecast: Exports of Goods Growth (%) 7.212 2028
Trade Balance (USD mn) -961.0 Feb 2026
Total Exports (USD mn) 784.7 Feb 2026
Total Exports Growth (%) 8.9 Feb 2026
Aluminum: Exports (USD th) 6,652.580 2024
Exports: Medicament (USD th) 137,291.301 2024
Exports: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Product (USD th) 36,135.594 2024
Total Imports (USD mn) 1,745.7 Feb 2026
Total Imports Growth (%) 11.0 Feb 2026
Imports: Medicament (USD th) 437,549.295 2024
Imports: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Product (USD th) 231,810.109 2024
Total Exports to USA (USD mn) 52.142 Feb 2026
Total Imports from USA (USD mn) 60.908 Feb 2026
Total Exports to China (USD mn) 12.163 Jan 2026
Total Imports from China (USD mn) 461.301 Feb 2026
Imports Volume Index (2009=100) 133.400 2025
Exports Volume Index (2009=100) 160.800 2025
Exports: Domestic: Tea (KES mn) 15,469.650 Feb 2026
Exports: Domestic: Horticulture (KES mn) 16,009.270 Feb 2026
Exports: Domestic: Cement (KES mn) 159.370 Feb 2026
Exports: Domestic: Chemicals (KES mn) 5,330.730 Feb 2026
Exports: Domestic: Coffee (KES mn) 5,774.820 Feb 2026
Exports: Netherlands (KES mn) 8,184.420 Feb 2026
Exports: Uganda (KES mn) 6,571.240 Feb 2026
Exports: United Kingdom (KES mn) 5,455.670 Feb 2026
Exports: Tanzania (KES mn) 2,625.060 Feb 2026
Imports: India (KES mn) 22,454.810 Feb 2026
Imports: Italy (KES mn) 2,018.440 Feb 2026
Imports: South Africa (KES mn) 2,617.320 Feb 2026
Imports: Saudi Arabia (KES mn) 11,346.080 Feb 2026
Imports: United Arab Emirates (KES mn) 30,745.970 Feb 2026
Imports: Manufactured Goods Classified Chiefly by Materials (KES mn) 31,490.510 Feb 2026
Imports: Mineral Fuels, Lubricants and Related Materials (KES mn) 77,411.850 Feb 2026
Imports: Chemicals (KES mn) 31,570.930 Feb 2026
Imports: Food and Live Animals (KES mn) 24,676.570 Feb 2026
Imports: Machinery and Transport Equipment (KES mn) 53,130.890 Feb 2026
Exports (KES mn) 101,235.150 Feb 2026
Imports (KES mn) 225,227.780 Feb 2026
Exports: Re-Exports (KES mn) 22,095.110 Feb 2026
Export Value Index (2015=100) 122.400 2023
Import Value Index (2015=100) 118.200 2023
country/region Last
Direct Investment Abroad (USD mn) 430.2 2025
Current Account Balance (USD mn) -386.0 Sep 2025
Current Account Balance: % of GDP (%) -2.2 Sep 2025
Foreign Direct Investment (USD mn) 1,110.8 2025
Foreign Direct Investment: % of GDP (%) 0.8 2025
Foreign Portfolio Investment (USD mn) 1,846.554 2025
Foreign Portfolio Investment: % of GDP (%) 1.4 2025
Foreign Portfolio Investment: Equity Securities (USD mn) -92.0 2025
Foreign Portfolio Investment: Debt Securities (USD mn) 1,938.576 2025
External Debt (USD mn) 42,337.5 Dec 2025
External Debt: % of GDP (%) 31.1 2025
External Debt: Short Term (USD mn) 2,007.8 2024
External Debt: Short Term: % of GDP (%) 1.7 2024
Forecast: Current Account Balance (USD bn) -6.323 2031
Balance of Payment: Current Account (USD mn) -386.000 Sep 2025
BoP: Financial Account: Direct Investment: Liabilities (KES mn) 143,628.000 2025
Balance of Payments (BoP) (USD mn) 519.000 Sep 2025
BoP: Current Account: Goods (USD mn) -2,753.000 Sep 2025
BoP: Capital Account: Credit n.i.e (USD mn) 23.000 Sep 2025
BoP: Current Account: Goods: Exports (USD mn) 3,642.000 Sep 2025
BoP: Current Account: Services (USD mn) 443.000 Sep 2025
BoP: Financial Account: Direct Investment: Liabilities n.i.e (USD mn) 269.000 Sep 2025
BoP: Capital Account n.i.e (USD mn) 23.000 Sep 2025
BoP: Current Account: Goods: Imports (USD mn) 6,395.000 Sep 2025
BoP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Liabilities n.i.e (USD mn) 154.000 Sep 2025
BoP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Assets (USD mn) 194.000 Sep 2025
BoP: Financial Account: Direct Investment: Assets (USD mn) 120.000 Sep 2025
BoP: Financial Account n.i.e (USD mn) -357.000 Sep 2025
BoP: Current Account: Secondary Income: Debit (USD mn) 14.000 Sep 2025
BoP: Financial Account: Other Investment: Liabilities n.i.e (USD mn) -166.000 Sep 2025
BoP: Current Account: Primary Income: Debit (USD mn) 693.000 Sep 2025
BoP: Current Account: Secondary Income: Credit n.i.e (USD mn) 1,869.000 Sep 2025
BoP: Financial Account: Financial Derivatives: Net (USD mn) 22.000 Sep 2025
BoP: Financial Account: Other Investment: Assets (USD mn) -436.000 Sep 2025
BoP: Capital Account: Debit (USD mn) 0.000 Sep 2025
BoP: Current Account: Services: Debit (USD mn) 1,749.000 Sep 2025
BoP: Current Account: Primary Income: Credit (USD mn) 101.000 Sep 2025
BoP: Current Account: Services: Credit (USD mn) 2,192.000 Sep 2025
BoP: Current Account n.i.e (USD mn) -711.000 Sep 2025
BoP: Reserves and Related Items: Reserve Assets (KES mn) -24,917.900 2017
BoP: Net Errors and Omissions (KES mn) 6,858.800 2017
country/region Last
Non Performing Loans Ratio (%) 14.4 Sep 2025
Non-Performing Loans (USD mn) 2,674.259 Dec 2019
Money Supply M1 (USD mn) 19,121.051 Feb 2026
Money Supply M2 (USD mn) 43,064.695 Feb 2026
M2 Growth (%) 13.2 Feb 2026
Reserve Requirement Ratio (%) 4.3 Mar 2023
Foreign Exchange Reserves (USD mn) 12,535.0 Feb 2026
Foreign Exchange Reserves: % of GDP (%) 8.419 Sep 2025
Foreign Exchange Reserves: Months of Import (NA) 5.3 Feb 2026
Gold Reserves (USD mn) 2.547 Mar 2026
Total Deposits (USD mn) 46,744.891 Dec 2025
Total Deposits Growth (%) 6.5 Jun 2025
Domestic Credit (USD mn) 49,839.7 Dec 2025
Domestic Credit Growth (%) -0.4 Dec 2025
Total Loans (USD mn) 60,943.259 Dec 2025
Total Loans Growth (%) 10.11 Dec 2025
Private Debt: % of Nominal GDP (%) 27.59 Sep 2025
Money Supply: M3: M2 (KES mn) 5,556,207.000 Feb 2026
Money Supply: M3: M2: M1 (KES mn) 2,466,998.000 Feb 2026
Money Supply: M3 (KES mn) 6,869,176.000 Feb 2026

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