How does Kenya rank for external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp?

Kenya ranks 81st out of 121 countries with data for 2024.

Is external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp rising or falling in Kenya?

Over the last ten years it is down 43.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP in Kenya

Name: External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP in Kenya
Creator: Statizoid (derived)
License: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page

Kenya: External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP was 0.0167 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)

0.0167 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP

Change on year

down 36.3%

World rank

81st

of 121 countries

All-time high

0.1569 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP

in 1993

All-time low

0.0167 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP

in 2024

Years of data

1970–2024

External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP in Kenya, 1970–2024

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP.

Analysis

Kenya recorded 0.0167 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP for external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 55 years on record.

That represents a change of down 36.3% on the previous year and down 43.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp in Kenya peaked at 0.1569 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 1993 and was at its lowest, 0.0167 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP, in 2024.

Kenya ranks 81st of 121 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP in Kenya, year by year

Annual values for External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP in Kenya, 1970 to 2024.
Year	DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	Change
1970	0.0431 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	—
1971	0.0405 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-6.0%
1972	0.0399 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-1.5%
1973	0.0486 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+22.0%
1974	0.0559 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+14.9%
1975	0.0574 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+2.6%
1976	0.0622 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+8.4%
1977	0.0674 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+8.4%
1978	0.076 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+12.7%
1979	0.0688 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-9.4%
1980	0.0881 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+28.1%
1981	0.0686 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-22.2%
1982	0.0528 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-23.0%
1983	0.0683 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+29.4%
1984	0.0607 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-11.1%
1985	0.0766 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+26.1%
1986	0.0514 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-32.9%
1987	0.0742 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+44.4%
1988	0.0639 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-13.9%
1989	0.0736 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+15.2%
1990	0.109 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+48.0%
1991	0.0868 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-20.4%
1992	0.0946 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+9.0%
1993	0.1569 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+65.9%
1994	0.0947 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-39.6%
1995	0.07 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-26.1%
1996	0.0438 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-37.4%
1997	0.0607 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+38.6%
1998	0.0592 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-2.5%
1999	0.0604 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+2.1%
2000	0.0596 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-1.4%
2001	0.0408 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-31.5%
2002	0.0501 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+22.8%
2003	0.0464 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-7.3%
2004	0.0411 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-11.4%
2005	0.0262 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-36.4%
2006	0.0228 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-12.7%
2007	0.0303 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+32.5%
2008	0.0265 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-12.5%
2009	0.0227 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-14.3%
2010	0.0229 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+1.1%
2011	0.0276 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+20.2%
2012	0.028 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+1.4%
2013	0.0392 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+40.3%
2014	0.0293 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-25.4%
2015	0.0385 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+31.6%
2016	0.0285 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-25.9%
2017	0.0324 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+13.5%
2018	0.0276 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-14.7%
2019	0.0261 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-5.5%
2020	0.0228 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-12.7%
2021	0.0222 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-2.6%
2022	0.0224 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+0.8%
2023	0.0262 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+17.0%
2024	0.0167 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-36.3%

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1970s	0.056 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0399 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.076 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
1980s	0.0678 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0514 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0881 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
1990s	0.0836 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0438 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.1569 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
2000s	0.0366 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0227 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0596 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
2010s	0.03 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0229 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0392 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
2020s	0.022 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0167 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0262 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	5

Countries ranked near Kenya

78 Solomon Islands 0.0184 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
79 Cameroon 0.0178 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
80 Yemen 0.0168 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
82 Guinea 0.0151 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
83 Eswatini 0.0144 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
84 Togo 0.0137 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare

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More external debt data for Kenya

IFC, private nonguaranteed -18.53 million NFL, US$ (2024)
IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per capita -0.3284 NFL, US$ per person (2024)
IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per unit of GDP -0.0002 NFL, US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per square kilometre 23.21 NFL, US$ per square kilometre (2023)
Public and publicly guaranteed debt service 4.5% (2024)
Net financial flows, IDA 820.39 million NFL, current US$ (2024)
Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$), per capita 14.54 NFL, current US$ per person (2024)
Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0068 NFL, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
Net financial flows, IBRD 869.28 million NFL, current US$ (2024)
Public and publicly guaranteed debt service 25.4% (2024)

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Frequently asked questions

What is external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp in Kenya?: External debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp in Kenya was 0.0167 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp recorded in Kenya?: The highest recorded value was 0.1569 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 1993.
What is the lowest external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp recorded in Kenya?: The lowest recorded value was 0.0167 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2024.
How does Kenya rank for external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp?: Kenya ranks 81st out of 121 countries with data for 2024.
Is external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp rising or falling in Kenya?: Over the last ten years it is down 43.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Kenya data come from?: The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP
Unit: DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 133 places, 6,110 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed: 27 August 2026

External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.