Debt outstanding and disbursed, Long-term debt including IMF credit (DOD, current US$) by country
Long-term debt is debt that has an original or extended maturity of more than one year. It has three components: public, publicly guaranteed, and private nonguaranteed debt. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Use of IMF credit denotes repurchase obligations to the IMF for all uses of IMF resources (excluding those...
What the numbers show
Debt outstanding and disbursed, Long-term debt including IMF credit (DOD, current US$) is currently reported for 50 countries. The highest value is 183.82 billion DOD, current US$ in South Africa; the lowest is 374.42 million DOD, current US$ in Liberia.
The median across all reporting countries is 4.22 billion DOD, current US$, and the mean is 12.26 billion DOD, current US$.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 491.
Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 23 fell. The largest increase was in South Africa (up 485.6%), and the largest decrease in Algeria (down 85.2%).
Debt outstanding and disbursed, Long-term debt including IMF credit: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 183.82 billion DOD, current US$ | 2011 | up 485.6% | volatile |
| 2 | Egypt | 61.19 billion DOD, current US$ | 2011 | up 22.9% | volatile |
| 3 | Morocco | 50.31 billion DOD, current US$ | 2011 | up 47.1% | volatile |
| 4 | Angola | 35.04 billion DOD, current US$ | 2011 | up 150.9% | rising |
| 5 | Tunisia | 33.90 billion DOD, current US$ | 2011 | up 65.7% | volatile |
| 6 | Sudan | 30.25 billion DOD, current US$ | 2011 | up 46.1% | volatile |
| 7 | Cote d'Ivoire | 20.22 billion DOD, current US$ | 2011 | up 1.5% | volatile |
| 8 | Ethiopia | 15.88 billion DOD, current US$ | 2011 | up 42.4% | volatile |
| 9 | Tanzania | 15.37 billion DOD, current US$ | 2011 | up 39.2% | rising |
| 10 | Kenya | 15.13 billion DOD, current US$ | 2011 | up 57.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Ghana | 14.80 billion DOD, current US$ | 2011 | up 31.0% | volatile |
| 12 | Nigeria | 12.79 billion DOD, current US$ | 2011 | down 78.3% | volatile |
| 13 | Zimbabwe | 9.11 billion DOD, current US$ | 2011 | up 62.2% | volatile |
| 14 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 7.88 billion DOD, current US$ | 2011 | down 48.1% | volatile |
| 15 | Senegal | 7.75 billion DOD, current US$ | 2011 | up 20.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Mozambique | 7.23 billion DOD, current US$ | 2011 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 17 | Algeria | 6.18 billion DOD, current US$ | 2011 | down 85.2% | volatile |
| 18 | Uganda | 5.92 billion DOD, current US$ | 2011 | down 10.5% | volatile |
| 19 | Zambia | 5.79 billion DOD, current US$ | 2011 | down 41.8% | volatile |
| 20 | Guinea | 5.70 billion DOD, current US$ | 2011 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 21 | Cameroon | 5.12 billion DOD, current US$ | 2011 | down 70.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Mali | 5.02 billion DOD, current US$ | 2011 | down 3.2% | volatile |
| 23 | Gabon | 4.93 billion DOD, current US$ | 2011 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 24 | Mauritania | 4.76 billion DOD, current US$ | 2011 | up 22.9% | volatile |
| 25 | Congo | 4.31 billion DOD, current US$ | 2011 | down 40.6% | volatile |
| 26 | Madagascar | 4.13 billion DOD, current US$ | 2011 | down 45.5% | volatile |
| 27 | Burkina Faso | 4.11 billion DOD, current US$ | 2011 | up 56.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Somalia | 3.98 billion DOD, current US$ | 2011 | up 11.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Botswana | 3.79 billion DOD, current US$ | 2011 | up 400.7% | volatile |
| 30 | Chad | 3.42 billion DOD, current US$ | 2011 | up 75.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Mauritius | 2.55 billion DOD, current US$ | 2011 | up 50.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Benin | 2.38 billion DOD, current US$ | 2011 | down 8.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Niger | 2.20 billion DOD, current US$ | 2011 | down 27.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Eritrea | 2.03 billion DOD, current US$ | 2011 | up 156.7% | volatile |
| 35 | Cape Verde | 2.01 billion DOD, current US$ | 2011 | up 193.6% | volatile |
| 36 | Rwanda | 1.94 billion DOD, current US$ | 2011 | down 16.5% | volatile |
| 37 | Malawi | 1.85 billion DOD, current US$ | 2011 | down 62.5% | volatile |
| 38 | Sierra Leone | 1.48 billion DOD, current US$ | 2011 | down 28.4% | volatile |
| 39 | Lesotho | 1.42 billion DOD, current US$ | 2011 | up 23.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Djibouti | 1.28 billion DOD, current US$ | 2011 | up 171.2% | volatile |
| 41 | Seychelles | 917.38 million DOD, current US$ | 2011 | up 107.8% | volatile |
| 42 | Burundi | 773.25 million DOD, current US$ | 2011 | down 60.8% | volatile |
| 43 | Gambia | 770.14 million DOD, current US$ | 2011 | down 11.6% | volatile |
| 44 | Togo | 759.74 million DOD, current US$ | 2011 | down 68.4% | volatile |
| 45 | Eswatini | 687.66 million DOD, current US$ | 2011 | up 31.2% | volatile |
| 46 | Central African Republic | 593.83 million DOD, current US$ | 2011 | down 62.1% | volatile |
| 47 | Comoros | 491.01 million DOD, current US$ | 2011 | up 12.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Guinea-Bissau | 437.09 million DOD, current US$ | 2011 | down 72.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Sao Tome and Principe | 378.46 million DOD, current US$ | 2011 | down 33.2% | volatile |
| 50 | Liberia | 374.42 million DOD, current US$ | 2011 | down 82.6% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Africa 426.12 billion DOD, current US$
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 288.64 billion DOD, current US$
- Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa 235.00 billion DOD, current US$
- Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria 227.02 billion DOD, current US$
- North Africa 137.48 billion DOD, current US$
About this data
Long-term debt is debt that has an original or extended maturity of more than one year. It has three components: public, publicly guaranteed, and private nonguaranteed debt. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Use of IMF credit denotes repurchase obligations to the IMF for all uses of IMF resources (excluding those resulting from drawings on the reserve tranche). These obligations, shown for the end of the year specified, comprise purchases outstanding under the credit tranches, including enlarged access resources, and all special facilities (the buffer stock, compensatory financing, extended fund, and oil facilities), trust fund loans, and operations under the structural adjustment and enhanced structural adjustment facilities. Data are in current U.S. dollars.