CPIA debt policy rating in Kenya
Kenya: CPIA debt policy rating was 3 1=low to 6=high in 2025. ▼ Falling
CPIA debt policy rating in Kenya, 2005–2025
Source: CPIA database, World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 1=low to 6=high.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 3 1=low to 6=high for cpia debt policy rating in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.
The figure is down 14.3% on the previous year and down 33.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cpia debt policy rating in Kenya peaked at 4.5 1=low to 6=high in 2011 and was at its lowest, 3 1=low to 6=high, in 2025.
Kenya ranks 42nd of 84 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4 1=low to 6=high | 4 1=low to 6=high | 4 1=low to 6=high | 5 |
| 2010s | 4.3 1=low to 6=high | 4 1=low to 6=high | 4.5 1=low to 6=high | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.67 1=low to 6=high | 3 1=low to 6=high | 4 1=low to 6=high | 6 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 42 Angola 3 1=low to 6=high compare
- 42 Cape Verde 3 1=low to 6=high compare
- 42 Central African Republic 3 1=low to 6=high compare
- 42 Dominica 3 1=low to 6=high compare
- 42 Gambia 3 1=low to 6=high compare
- 42 Ghana 3 1=low to 6=high compare
- 42 Liberia 3 1=low to 6=high compare
- 42 Micronesia (country) 3 1=low to 6=high compare
- 42 Mongolia 3 1=low to 6=high compare
- 42 Myanmar 3 1=low to 6=high compare
- 42 Papua New Guinea 3 1=low to 6=high compare
- 42 Sierra Leone 3 1=low to 6=high compare
- 42 Sri Lanka 3 1=low to 6=high compare
- 42 Saint Lucia 3 1=low to 6=high compare
- 42 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3 1=low to 6=high compare
- 42 Tajikistan 3 1=low to 6=high compare
- 42 Tonga 3 1=low to 6=high compare
- 42 Vanuatu 3 1=low to 6=high compare
- 42 Zambia 3 1=low to 6=high compare
More public sector data for Kenya
- Arms imports 17.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Tax revenue 14.1% (2023)
- Taxes on income, profits and capital gains 33.3% (2023)
- Taxes on goods and services 33.5% (2023)
- Net investment in nonfinancial assets 6.9% (2023)
- Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) -10.0% (2023)
- Interest payments 24.3% (2023)
- Grants and other revenue 21.3% (2023)
- Interest payments 16.4% (2023)
- Other taxes 0.0% (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cpia debt policy rating in Kenya?
- Cpia debt policy rating in Kenya was 3 1=low to 6=high in 2025, according to CPIA database, World Bank Group (WBG).
- What is the highest cpia debt policy rating recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 4.5 1=low to 6=high in 2011.
- What is the lowest cpia debt policy rating recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 1=low to 6=high in 2025.
- How does Kenya rank for cpia debt policy rating?
- Kenya ranks 42nd out of 84 countries with data for 2025.
- Is cpia debt policy rating rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from CPIA database, World Bank Group (WBG), published as part of CPIA debt policy rating (1=low to 6=high). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) measures the extent to which a country’s policy and institutional framework supports sustainable growth and poverty reduction, and consequently the effective use of development assistance. The outcome of the exercise yields both an overall score and scores for sixteen criteria that compose the CPIA. These criteria include: A. Economic Management (1. Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies; 2. Fiscal Policy; 3. Debt Policy and Management), B. Structural Policies (4. Trade; 5. Financial Sector; 6. Business Regulatory Environment), C. Policies for Social Inclusion/Equity (7. Gender equality; 8. Equity of public resource use; 9. Building human resources; 10. Social protection and labor; 11. Policies and institutions for environmental sustainability), D. Public Sector Management and Institutions (12. Property rights and rule-based governance; 13. Quality of budgetary and financial management; 14. Efficiency of revenue mobilization; 15. Quality of public administration; 16. Transparency, accountability, and corruption in the public sector). The Debt Policy and Management criterion assesses whether the country’s debt management strategy is conducive to ensure medium-term debt sustainability and minimize budgetary risks. The criterion covers: (a) the extent to which external and domestic debt is contracted with a view to achieving/maintaining debt sustainability; and (b) the effectiveness of debt management functions (including the degree of coordination between debt management and other macroeconomic policies, the effectiveness of the debt management unit, and the existence of a debt management strategy and of a legal framework for borrowing).