Kenya - Average maturity on new external debt commitments

Average maturity on new external debt commitments (years)

The value for Average maturity on new external debt commitments (years) in Kenya was 33.41 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 40 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 39.09 in 2007 and a minimum value of 10.32 in 2002.

Definition: Maturity is the number of years to original maturity date, which is the sum of grace and repayment periods. Grace period for principal is the period from the date of signature of the loan or the issue of the financial instrument to the first repayment of principal. The repayment period is the period from the first to last repayment of principal. To obtain the average, the maturity for all public and publicly guaranteed loans have been weighted by the amounts of the loans. Public debt is an external obligation of a public debtor, including the national government, a political subdivision (or an agency of either), and autonomous public bodies. Publicly guaranteed debt is an external obligation of a private debtor that is guaranteed for repayment by a public entity.

Source: World Bank, Global Development Finance.

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Year Value
1970 37.32
1971 23.67
1972 29.91
1973 28.17
1974 33.34
1975 23.71
1976 15.72
1977 20.72
1978 25.00
1979 19.77
1980 31.30
1981 20.60
1982 28.26
1983 30.64
1984 21.91
1985 19.40
1986 20.81
1987 23.97
1988 22.99
1989 27.37
1990 24.93
1991 26.23
1992 31.41
1993 31.77
1994 36.39
1995 25.90
1996 35.17
1997 31.42
1998 18.87
1999 22.47
2000 38.57
2001 23.50
2002 10.32
2003 24.15
2004 37.90
2005 32.43
2006 33.36
2007 39.09
2008 29.41
2009 32.63
2010 33.41

Average maturity on new external debt commitments, official (years)

The value for Average maturity on new external debt commitments, official (years) in Kenya was 33.57 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 40 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 39.70 in 2007 and a minimum value of 24.93 in 1985.

Definition: Maturity is the number of years to original maturity date, which is the sum of grace and repayment periods. Grace period for principal is the period from the date of signature of the loan or the issue of the financial instrument to the first repayment of principal. The repayment period is the period from the first to last repayment of principal. To obtain the average, the maturity for all public and publicly guaranteed loans have been weighted by the amounts of the loans. Debt from official creditors includes loans from international organizations (multilateral loans) and loans from governments (bilateral loans). Loans from international organization include loans and credits from the World Bank, regional development banks, and other multilateral and intergovernmental agencies. Excluded are loans from funds administered by an international organization on behalf of a single donor government; these are classified as loans from governments. Government loans include loans from governments and their agencies (including central banks), loans from autonomous bodies, and direct loans from official export credit agencies.

Source: World Bank, Global Development Finance.

See also:

Year Value
1970 37.90
1971 27.13
1972 35.63
1973 28.98
1974 34.39
1975 27.48
1976 26.08
1977 26.57
1978 28.79
1979 33.22
1980 31.50
1981 26.79
1982 31.60
1983 31.39
1984 26.39
1985 24.93
1986 28.25
1987 35.14
1988 28.48
1989 32.77
1990 29.63
1991 34.87
1992 34.73
1993 31.77
1994 36.39
1995 35.69
1996 38.03
1997 32.91
1998 37.29
1999 27.79
2000 39.03
2001 33.39
2002 31.03
2003 30.72
2004 39.58
2005 32.43
2006 33.36
2007 39.70
2008 30.57
2009 32.80
2010 33.57

Average maturity on new external debt commitments, private (years)

The value for Average maturity on new external debt commitments, private (years) in Kenya was 8.33 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 40 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 17.30 in 2007 and a minimum value of 0.00 in 1993.

Definition: Maturity is the number of years to original maturity date, which is the sum of grace and repayment periods. Grace period for principal is the period from the date of signature of the loan or the issue of the financial instrument to the first repayment of principal. The repayment period is the period from the first to last repayment of principal. To obtain the average, the maturity for all public and publicly guaranteed loans have been weighted by the amounts of the loans. Debt from private creditors include bonds that are either publicly issued or privately placed; commercial bank loans from private banks and other private financial institutions; and other private credits from manufacturers, exporters, and other suppliers of goods, and bank credits covered by a guarantee of an export credit agency.

Source: World Bank, Global Development Finance.

See also:

Year Value
1970 11.20
1971 5.95
1972 7.90
1973 8.86
1974 8.50
1975 12.71
1976 10.23
1977 10.99
1978 14.09
1979 7.75
1980 5.90
1981 8.41
1982 11.99
1983 13.55
1984 10.06
1985 13.64
1986 9.40
1987 8.37
1988 12.35
1989 9.56
1990 12.80
1991 12.11
1992 2.70
1993 0.00
1994 0.00
1995 5.23
1996 5.05
1997 4.05
1998 5.23
1999 13.06
2000 5.92
2001 13.55
2002 3.78
2003 6.75
2004 10.50
2005 0.00
2006 0.00
2007 17.30
2008 12.96
2009 7.75
2010 8.33

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: External debt