Debt outstanding and disbursed, Long-term debt including IMF credit in Benin
Benin: Debt outstanding and disbursed, Long-term debt including IMF credit was 2.38 billion DOD, current US$ in 2011. β Volatile
Debt outstanding and disbursed, Long-term debt including IMF credit in Benin, 1970β2011
Source: World Bank, Global Development Finance. Measured in DOD, current US$.
Analysis
In 2011, debt outstanding and disbursed, long-term debt including imf credit in Benin stood at 2.38 billion DOD, current US$.
That represents a change of up 7.3% on the previous year and down 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, debt outstanding and disbursed, long-term debt including imf credit in Benin peaked at 3.01 billion DOD, current US$ in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0 DOD, current US$, in 1970.
That places Benin 32nd out of 50 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 256.23 million DOD, current US$ | 0 DOD, current US$ | 697.83 million DOD, current US$ | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.50 billion DOD, current US$ | 770.64 million DOD, current US$ | 2.05 billion DOD, current US$ | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.39 billion DOD, current US$ | 2.09 billion DOD, current US$ | 2.56 billion DOD, current US$ | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.29 billion DOD, current US$ | 1.18 billion DOD, current US$ | 3.01 billion DOD, current US$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.30 billion DOD, current US$ | 2.22 billion DOD, current US$ | 2.38 billion DOD, current US$ | 2 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 29 Botswana 3.79 billion DOD, current US$ compare
- 30 Chad 3.42 billion DOD, current US$ compare
- 31 Mauritius 2.55 billion DOD, current US$ compare
- 33 Niger 2.20 billion DOD, current US$ compare
- 34 Eritrea, The State of 2.03 billion DOD, current US$ compare
- 35 Cabo Verde 2.01 billion DOD, current US$ compare
More external debt data for Benin
- IFC, private nonguaranteed 41.44 million NFL, US$ (2024)
- IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per capita 2.87 NFL, US$ per person (2024)
- IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per unit of GDP 0.0019 NFL, US$ 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 4.5% (2024)
- Net financial flows, IDA 448.24 million NFL, current US$ (2024)
- Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$), per capita 30.99 NFL, current US$ per person (2024)
- Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0209 NFL, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Public and publicly guaranteed debt service 15.7% (2023)
- Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$), per square kilometre 3,343 NFL, current US$ per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is debt outstanding and disbursed, long-term debt including imf credit in Benin?
- Debt outstanding and disbursed, long-term debt including imf credit in Benin was 2.38 billion DOD, current US$ in 2011, according to World Bank, Global Development Finance.
- What is the highest debt outstanding and disbursed, long-term debt including imf credit recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 3.01 billion DOD, current US$ in 2004.
- What is the lowest debt outstanding and disbursed, long-term debt including imf credit recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 DOD, current US$ in 1970.
- How does Benin rank for debt outstanding and disbursed, long-term debt including imf credit?
- Benin ranks 32nd out of 50 countries with data for 2011.
- Is debt outstanding and disbursed, long-term debt including imf credit rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank, Global Development Finance, published as part of Debt outstanding and disbursed, Long-term debt including IMF credit (DOD, current US$). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.