Kenya External Debt: Short Term: % of GDP

Key information about Kenya External Debt: Short Term: % of GDP

• Kenya External Debt: Short Term accounted for 2.6 % of the country's Nominal GDP in 2023, compared with the ratio of 2.2 % in the previous year.
• Kenya External Debt: Short Term: % of Nominal GDP data is updated yearly, available from 1996 to 2023.
• The data reached an all-time high of 6.1 % in 1997 and a record low of 2.2 % in 2021.

CEIC calculates Short Term External Debt as % of Nominal GDP from annual Short Term External Debt and annual Nominal GDP. The World Bank provides Short Term External Debt in USD. The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics provides Nominal GDP in local currency based on SNA 2008. The Central Bank of Kenya average market exchange rate is used for currency conversions. Nominal GDP prior to 2006 is based on SNA 1993.


Related information about Kenya External Debt: Short Term: % of GDP

• In the latest reports of Kenya, Current Account recorded a deficit of 266.0 USD mn in Jun 2024.
• Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) increased by 728.7 USD mn in Dec 2023.
• Kenya Direct Investment Abroad expanded by 500.5 USD mn in Dec 2023.
• Its Foreign Portfolio Investment fell by 153.0 USD mn in Dec 2023.
• Kenya External Debt: Short Term value stood at 2.8 USD bn in Dec 2023.
• The country's Nominal GDP was reported at 26.9 USD bn in Sep 2022.

View Kenya's External Debt: Short Term: % of GDP from 1996 to 2023 in the chart:

What was Kenya's External Debt: Short Term: % of GDP in 2023?

Kenya External Debt: Short Term accounted for 2.6 % of the country's Nominal GDP in 2023, compared with the ratio of 2.2 % in the previous year. See the table below for more data.

Last	Previous	Min	Max	Unit	Frequency	Range
2.6 2023	2.2 2022	2.2 2021	6.1 1997	%	yearly	1996 - 2023

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