Kenya - Net incurrence of liabilities

Net incurrence of liabilities, total (current LCU)

The value for Net incurrence of liabilities, total (current LCU) in Kenya was 1,016,680,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 5 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,016,680,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 331,590,000,000 in 2014.

Definition: Net incurrence of government liabilities includes foreign financing (obtained from nonresidents) and domestic financing (obtained from residents), or the means by which a government provides financial resources to cover a budget deficit or allocates financial resources arising from a budget surplus. The net incurrence of liabilities should be offset by the net acquisition of financial assets.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

Year Value
2014 331,590,000,000
2015 599,382,000,000
2016 697,528,000,000
2017 900,860,000,000
2018 990,075,000,000
2019 1,016,680,000,000

Net incurrence of liabilities, total (% of GDP)

Net incurrence of liabilities, total (% of GDP) in Kenya was 9.91 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 5 years was 10.62 in 2017, while its lowest value was 5.52 in 2014.

Definition: Net incurrence of government liabilities includes foreign financing (obtained from nonresidents) and domestic financing (obtained from residents), or the means by which a government provides financial resources to cover a budget deficit or allocates financial resources arising from a budget surplus. The net incurrence of liabilities should be offset by the net acquisition of financial assets.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
2014 5.52
2015 8.71
2016 9.19
2017 10.62
2018 10.60
2019 9.91

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance