Debt on Non-concessional terms to GDP in Central African Republic
Central African Republic: Debt on Non-concessional terms to GDP was 14.7% in 2011. ▲ Rising
Debt on Non-concessional terms to GDP in Central African Republic, 1970–2011
Source: World Bank, Global Development Finance. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Central African Republic recorded 14.7% for debt on non-concessional terms to gdp in 2011.
That represents a change of down 13.7% on the previous year and down 24.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, debt on non-concessional terms to gdp in Central African Republic peaked at 36.7% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1970.
That places Central African Republic 19th out of 50 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 42 years of available data.
Debt on Non-concessional terms to GDP in Central African Republic, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.0% | — |
| 1971 | 4.7% | — |
| 1972 | 8.9% | +89.5% |
| 1973 | 13.1% | +46.9% |
| 1974 | 15.9% | +21.4% |
| 1975 | 14.2% | -10.4% |
| 1976 | 14.2% | +0.3% |
| 1977 | 18.4% | +29.1% |
| 1978 | 18.8% | +2.5% |
| 1979 | 16.7% | -11.2% |
| 1980 | 17.1% | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 21.3% | +25.0% |
| 1982 | 21.1% | -1.4% |
| 1983 | 22.8% | +8.1% |
| 1984 | 21.1% | -7.5% |
| 1985 | 18.2% | -13.6% |
| 1986 | 17.8% | -2.1% |
| 1987 | 19.1% | +7.4% |
| 1988 | 17.7% | -7.7% |
| 1989 | 15.7% | -10.9% |
| 1990 | 12.6% | -19.8% |
| 1991 | 13.2% | +4.7% |
| 1992 | 13.0% | -1.8% |
| 1993 | 15.5% | +19.4% |
| 1994 | 19.4% | +25.4% |
| 1995 | 16.2% | -16.8% |
| 1996 | 15.4% | -4.6% |
| 1997 | 15.9% | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 18.7% | +17.9% |
| 1999 | 19.6% | +4.5% |
| 2000 | 19.7% | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 19.4% | -1.8% |
| 2002 | 36.7% | +89.3% |
| 2003 | 23.6% | -35.7% |
| 2004 | 20.9% | -11.3% |
| 2005 | 19.1% | -8.7% |
| 2006 | 17.8% | -6.9% |
| 2007 | 14.0% | -21.2% |
| 2008 | 12.7% | -9.1% |
| 2009 | 16.6% | +30.9% |
| 2010 | 17.0% | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 14.7% | -13.7% |
Central African Republic compared with similar countries
- Central African Republic's 14.7% is above the median for low income countries, which is 9.0%, 1.6× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Central African Republic's 14.7% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 9.9%, 1.5× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Debt on Non-concessional terms to GDP in Central African Republic changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | +89.5% | 4.7% | 8.9% |
| 2002 | +89.3% | 19.4% | 36.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 12.5% | 0.0% | 18.8% | 10 |
| 1980s | 19.2% | 15.7% | 22.8% | 10 |
| 1990s | 15.9% | 12.6% | 19.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 20.0% | 12.7% | 36.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.8% | 14.7% | 17.0% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Central African Republic
More external debt data for Central African Republic
- IFC, private nonguaranteed 0 NFL, US$ (2024)
- IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per capita 0 NFL, US$ per person (2024)
- IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per unit of GDP 0 NFL, US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per square kilometre 0 NFL, US$ per square kilometre (2023)
- Public and publicly guaranteed debt service 0.5% (2024)
- Net financial flows, IDA -4.00 million NFL, current US$ (2024)
- Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$), per capita -0.7502 NFL, current US$ per person (2024)
- Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$), per unit of GDP -0.0015 NFL, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Public and publicly guaranteed debt service 2.8% (1993)
- Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$), per square kilometre -4.02 NFL, current US$ per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is debt on non-concessional terms to gdp in Central African Republic?
- Debt on non-concessional terms to gdp in Central African Republic was 14.7% in 2011, according to World Bank, Global Development Finance.
- What is the highest debt on non-concessional terms to gdp recorded in Central African Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 36.7% in 2002.
- What is the lowest debt on non-concessional terms to gdp recorded in Central African Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1970.
- How does Central African Republic rank for debt on non-concessional terms to gdp?
- Central African Republic ranks 19th out of 50 countries with data for 2011.
- Is debt on non-concessional terms to gdp rising or falling in Central African Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central African Republic data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank, Global Development Finance, published as part of Debt on Non-concessional terms to GDP (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Non-concessional 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. 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. Long-term debt outstanding and disbursed (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.