South Africa vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Debt on Non-concessional terms
Debt on Non-concessional terms over time
- South Africa
- Sub-Saharan Africa
How they compare
Sub-Saharan Africa currently reports 205.59 billion current US$ against 113.51 billion current US$ in South Africa, a difference of 92.08 billion current US$.
That makes Sub-Saharan Africa's figure about 1.8 times South Africa's.
Across all 18 years both countries report, Sub-Saharan Africa has been ahead every year.
South Africa ranks 1st and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 2nd of 50 countries.
Sub-Saharan Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | South Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 25.36 billion current US$ | 143.79 billion current US$ | 118.43 billion current US$ | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 2000s | 47.73 billion current US$ | 134.67 billion current US$ | 86.93 billion current US$ | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 2010s | 107.93 billion current US$ | 196.17 billion current US$ | 88.24 billion current US$ | Sub-Saharan Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher debt on non-concessional terms, South Africa or Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Sub-Saharan Africa, at 205.59 billion current US$ against 113.51 billion current US$ in South Africa as of 2011.
- What is the difference in debt on non-concessional terms between South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa?
- 92.08 billion current US$, with Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa?
- 18 years are reported by both, from 1994 to 2011.
- How do South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for debt on non-concessional terms?
- South Africa ranks 1st and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 2nd of 50 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Bank, Global Development Finance, published as Debt on Non-concessional terms (current US$). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Non-concessional Long-term Debt Outstanding and Disbursed (LDOD) conveys information about the borrower's receipt of aid from official lenders on non-concessional terms as defined by the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the OECD. This is the difference between the total debt outstanding and disbursed less debt on concessional terms. Concessional debt is defined as loans with an original grant element of 25 percent or more. The grant equivalent of a loan is its commitment (present) value, less the discounted present value of its contractual debt service; conventionally, future service payments are discounted at 10 percent. The grant element of a loan is the grant equivalent expressed as a percentage of the amount committed. It is used as a measure of the overall cost of borrowing. Loans from major regional development banks--African Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, and the Inter-American Development Bank--and from the World Bank are classified as concessional according to each institution's classification and not according to the DAC definition, as was the practice in earlier reports. LDOD is the total outstanding long-term debt at year end. Long-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original or extended maturity of more than one year and that is owed to nonresidents and repayable in currency, goods, or services. Data are in current U.S. dollars.