Adjustments to scheduled interest (current US$) by country
Interest due is actual amounts of interest due in currency, goods, or services in the year specified. Interest payments are actual amounts of interest paid in currency, goods, or services in the year specified. This item includes interest paid on long-term debt, IMF charges, and interest paid on short-term debt....
What the numbers show
Adjustments to scheduled interest (current US$) is currently reported for 45 countries. The highest value is 1.50 billion current US$ in Nigeria; the lowest is -941.43 million current US$ in South Africa.
The median across all reporting countries is 7,000 current US$, and the mean is 83.80 million current US$.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 30 fell. The largest increase was in Ethiopia (up 1,820.9%), and the largest decrease in Kenya (down 11,284.3%).
Adjustments to scheduled interest: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 1.50 billion current US$ | 1999 | up 77.8% | volatile |
| 2 | Sudan | 1.06 billion current US$ | 2009 | down 11.7% | flat |
| 3 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.03 billion current US$ | 2011 | up 123.4% | volatile |
| 4 | Angola | 542.55 million current US$ | 2011 | up 41.3% | volatile |
| 5 | Zimbabwe | 410.11 million current US$ | 2011 | up 301.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Egypt | 221.62 million current US$ | 2011 | up 1,049.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Ethiopia | 135.86 million current US$ | 2011 | up 1,820.9% | volatile |
| 8 | Mozambique | 118.51 million current US$ | 2011 | down 43.5% | volatile |
| 9 | Ghana | 94.46 million current US$ | 2011 | up 419.3% | volatile |
| 10 | Guinea | 13.46 million current US$ | 2011 | up 343.7% | volatile |
| 11 | Mali | 7.32 million current US$ | 2011 | up 1,223.9% | volatile |
| 12 | Central African Republic | 6.72 million current US$ | 1999 | up 91.9% | volatile |
| 13 | Senegal | 6.23 million current US$ | 2011 | up 242.2% | volatile |
| 14 | Mauritius | 3.00 million current US$ | 2011 | down 85.1% | volatile |
| 15 | Togo | 2.57 million current US$ | 2011 | down 76.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Uganda | 2.28 million current US$ | 2011 | down 92.4% | volatile |
| 17 | Malawi | 1.29 million current US$ | 2011 | down 90.4% | volatile |
| 18 | Lesotho | 1.13 million current US$ | 2011 | up 164.0% | volatile |
| 19 | Rwanda | 855,129 current US$ | 2011 | down 87.8% | volatile |
| 20 | Burkina Faso | 836,378 current US$ | 2011 | down 95.2% | volatile |
| 21 | Liberia | 735,243 current US$ | 2011 | down 99.5% | volatile |
| 22 | Burundi | 434,909 current US$ | 2005 | down 19.2% | volatile |
| 23 | Gambia | 7,000 current US$ | 1979 | up 146.7% | volatile |
| 24 | Guinea-Bissau | -137,088 current US$ | 2011 | down 101.4% | volatile |
| 25 | Chad | -294,523 current US$ | 2005 | down 103.9% | volatile |
| 26 | Sao Tome and Principe | -751,835 current US$ | 2011 | down 194.5% | volatile |
| 27 | Eritrea | -764,000 current US$ | 1999 | — | volatile |
| 29 | Comoros | -1.45 million current US$ | 2009 | down 226.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Niger | -1.45 million current US$ | 2009 | down 107.5% | volatile |
| 31 | Madagascar | -1.65 million current US$ | 2011 | down 203.2% | volatile |
| 32 | Tanzania | -2.33 million current US$ | 2011 | down 102.2% | volatile |
| 33 | Congo | -3.56 million current US$ | 2011 | down 102.2% | volatile |
| 34 | Mauritania | -4.94 million current US$ | 2011 | down 212.2% | volatile |
| 35 | Benin | -6.28 million current US$ | 2005 | down 122.6% | volatile |
| 36 | Sierra Leone | -6.57 million current US$ | 2011 | down 299.3% | volatile |
| 37 | Eswatini | -8.15 million current US$ | 2011 | down 281.8% | volatile |
| 38 | Zambia | -8.55 million current US$ | 2011 | down 107.2% | volatile |
| 39 | Botswana | -10.06 million current US$ | 2011 | down 794.8% | volatile |
| 40 | Morocco | -17.35 million current US$ | 2011 | up 93.3% | volatile |
| 41 | Algeria | -28.61 million current US$ | 2009 | down 131.2% | volatile |
| 42 | Tunisia | -52.45 million current US$ | 2011 | down 158.4% | volatile |
| 43 | Kenya | -64.51 million current US$ | 2011 | down 11,284.3% | volatile |
| 44 | Democratic Republic of Congo | -99.90 million current US$ | 2011 | down 125.6% | volatile |
| 45 | Gabon | -134.88 million current US$ | 2011 | down 176.1% | volatile |
| 46 | South Africa | -941.43 million current US$ | 2011 | down 222.9% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria 2.03 billion current US$
- Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa 2.03 billion current US$
- Africa 1.24 billion current US$
- Sub-Saharan Africa 1.08 billion current US$
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 1.08 billion current US$
- North Africa 151.83 million current US$
About this data
Interest due is actual amounts of interest due in currency, goods, or services in the year specified. Interest payments are actual amounts of interest paid in currency, goods, or services in the year specified. This item includes interest paid on long-term debt, IMF charges, and interest paid on short-term debt. 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. Short-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original maturity of one year or less. Available data permit no distinction between public and private nonguaranteed short-term debt. Data are in current U.S. dollars.