Debt outstanding and disbursed, PPG and PNG private creditors (DOD, current US$) by country
Public and publicly guaranteed debt from private creditors include bonds that are either publicly issued or privately placed; commercial bank loans from private banks and other private financial institutions; and other private credits from manufacturers, exporters, and other suppliers of goods, and bank credits...
What the numbers show
Debt outstanding and disbursed, PPG and PNG private creditors (DOD, current US$) is currently reported for 50 countries. The highest value is 90.46 billion DOD, current US$ in South Africa; the lowest is 0 DOD, current US$ in Guinea-Bissau.
The median across all reporting countries is 36.48 million DOD, current US$, and the mean is 2.70 billion DOD, current US$.
Over the past decade 23 countries rose and 20 fell. The largest increase was in Burkina Faso (up 105,693.0%), and the largest decrease in Uganda (down 100.0%).
Debt outstanding and disbursed, PPG and PNG private creditors: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 90.46 billion DOD, current US$ | 2011 | up 480.9% | volatile |
| 2 | Angola | 7.86 billion DOD, current US$ | 2011 | up 47.1% | rising |
| 3 | Morocco | 6.58 billion DOD, current US$ | 2011 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 4 | Tunisia | 5.64 billion DOD, current US$ | 2011 | up 41.2% | volatile |
| 5 | Sudan | 3.77 billion DOD, current US$ | 2011 | up 118.2% | volatile |
| 6 | Egypt | 3.29 billion DOD, current US$ | 2011 | up 86.7% | volatile |
| 7 | Ghana | 2.27 billion DOD, current US$ | 2011 | up 193.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Ethiopia | 2.26 billion DOD, current US$ | 2011 | up 2,263.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 1.66 billion DOD, current US$ | 2011 | up 2,114.2% | volatile |
| 10 | Zambia | 1.54 billion DOD, current US$ | 2011 | up 141.6% | volatile |
| 11 | Algeria | 1.48 billion DOD, current US$ | 2011 | down 68.3% | volatile |
| 12 | Gabon | 1.47 billion DOD, current US$ | 2011 | up 1,542.9% | volatile |
| 13 | Zimbabwe | 1.33 billion DOD, current US$ | 2011 | up 191.3% | volatile |
| 14 | Nigeria | 1.06 billion DOD, current US$ | 2011 | down 69.3% | volatile |
| 15 | Congo | 1.02 billion DOD, current US$ | 2011 | up 27.1% | volatile |
| 16 | Senegal | 765.02 million DOD, current US$ | 2011 | up 1,122.1% | volatile |
| 17 | Cameroon | 484.23 million DOD, current US$ | 2011 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 18 | Côte d'Ivoire | 438.71 million DOD, current US$ | 2011 | down 88.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Kenya | 319.84 million DOD, current US$ | 2011 | down 23.5% | volatile |
| 20 | Seychelles | 248.72 million DOD, current US$ | 2011 | up 297.9% | volatile |
| 21 | Mozambique | 229.83 million DOD, current US$ | 2011 | down 85.2% | volatile |
| 22 | Sierra Leone | 208.00 million DOD, current US$ | 2011 | up 16,879.6% | volatile |
| 23 | Mauritius | 176.99 million DOD, current US$ | 2011 | down 56.9% | volatile |
| 24 | Cape Verde | 72.71 million DOD, current US$ | 2011 | up 348.6% | volatile |
| 25 | Eritrea | 36.75 million DOD, current US$ | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Somalia | 36.20 million DOD, current US$ | 2011 | up 12.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Chad | 29.30 million DOD, current US$ | 2011 | up 118.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Central African Republic | 27.08 million DOD, current US$ | 2011 | down 50.9% | rising |
| 29 | Madagascar | 19.64 million DOD, current US$ | 2011 | down 46.7% | volatile |
| 30 | Eswatini | 18.42 million DOD, current US$ | 2011 | up 48.9% | volatile |
| 31 | Guinea | 18.03 million DOD, current US$ | 2011 | down 37.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Djibouti | 17.24 million DOD, current US$ | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 33 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 16.41 million DOD, current US$ | 2011 | down 96.6% | volatile |
| 34 | Burkina Faso | 14.81 million DOD, current US$ | 2011 | up 105,693.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Lesotho | 11.67 million DOD, current US$ | 2011 | down 79.8% | volatile |
| 36 | Malawi | 5.24 million DOD, current US$ | 2011 | down 44.9% | volatile |
| 37 | Gambia | 4.07 million DOD, current US$ | 2011 | up 552.9% | volatile |
| 38 | Mali | 3.88 million DOD, current US$ | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 39 | Botswana | 750,000 DOD, current US$ | 2011 | down 96.1% | volatile |
| 40 | Uganda | 0 DOD, current US$ | 2011 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Benin | 0 DOD, current US$ | 2011 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Burundi | 0 DOD, current US$ | 2011 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Togo | 0 DOD, current US$ | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 40 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 DOD, current US$ | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 40 | Rwanda | 0 DOD, current US$ | 2011 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Niger | 0 DOD, current US$ | 2011 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Comoros | 0 DOD, current US$ | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 40 | Mauritania | 0 DOD, current US$ | 2011 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Liberia | 0 DOD, current US$ | 2011 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 DOD, current US$ | 2011 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Africa 66.51 billion DOD, current US$
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 47.54 billion DOD, current US$
- Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa 21.03 billion DOD, current US$
- Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria 20.54 billion DOD, current US$
- North Africa 18.98 billion DOD, current US$
About this data
Public and publicly guaranteed debt from private creditors include bonds that are either publicly issued or privately placed; commercial bank loans from private banks and other private financial institutions; and other private credits from manufacturers, exporters, and other suppliers of goods, and bank credits covered by a guarantee of an export credit agency. Long-term debt outstanding and disbursed (LDOD) is the total outstanding long-term debt at year end. Private nonguaranteed long-term debt outstanding and disbursed (LDOD) is an external obligation of a private debtor that is not guaranteed for repayment by a public entity. 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.