Brazil vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Use of IMF credit (DOD, current US$)
Use of IMF credit (DOD, current US$) over time
- Brazil
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
How they compare
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) currently reports 75.50 billion DOD, current US$ against 18.45 billion DOD, current US$ in Brazil, a difference of 57.05 billion DOD, current US$.
That makes Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s figure about 4.1 times Brazil's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ahead.
Brazil ranks 5th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 7th of 124 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 1 and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0 DOD, current US$ | 755.73 million DOD, current US$ | 755.73 million DOD, current US$ | Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) |
| 1980s | 2.62 billion DOD, current US$ | 5.90 billion DOD, current US$ | 3.28 billion DOD, current US$ | Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) |
| 1990s | 1.87 billion DOD, current US$ | 7.56 billion DOD, current US$ | 5.69 billion DOD, current US$ | Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) |
| 2000s | 9.35 billion DOD, current US$ | 9.09 billion DOD, current US$ | 258.05 million DOD, current US$ | Brazil |
| 2010s | 4.19 billion DOD, current US$ | 20.81 billion DOD, current US$ | 16.61 billion DOD, current US$ | Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) |
| 2020s | 15.84 billion DOD, current US$ | 66.22 billion DOD, current US$ | 50.38 billion DOD, current US$ | Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher use of imf credit, Brazil or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), at 75.50 billion DOD, current US$ against 18.45 billion DOD, current US$ in Brazil as of 2025.
- What is the difference in use of imf credit between Brazil and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- 57.05 billion DOD, current US$, with Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- 56 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2025.
- How do Brazil and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for use of imf credit?
- Brazil ranks 5th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 7th of 124 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB), published as Use of IMF credit (DOD, current US$). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Use of IMF Credit: Data related to the operations of the IMF are provided by the IMF Treasurer’s Department. They are converted from special drawing rights into dollars using end-of-period exchange rates for stocks and average-over-the-period exchange rates for flows. IMF trust fund operations under the Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility, Extended Fund Facility, Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, and Structural Adjustment Facility (Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility in 1999) are presented together with all of the IMF’s special facilities (buffer stock, supplemental reserve, compensatory and contingency facilities, oil facilities, and other facilities). SDR allocations are also included in this category. According to the BPM6, SDR allocations are recorded as the incurrence of a debt liability of the member receiving them (because of a requirement to repay the allocation in certain circumstances, and also because interest accrues). This debt item is introduced for the first time this year with historical data starting in 1999.