What is the highest debt service on external debt, total (tds, current us$), per unit of recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?

The highest recorded value was 0.0461 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2024.

What is the lowest debt service on external debt, total (tds, current us$), per unit of recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?

The lowest recorded value was 0.0087 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 1970.

How does Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank for debt service on external debt, total (tds, current us$), per unit of?

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 3rd out of 12 groups with data for 2024.

Is debt service on external debt, total (tds, current us$), per unit of rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?

Over the last ten years it is up 115.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$), per unit of in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

Name: Debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$), per unit of in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
Creator: Statizoid (derived)
License: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$), per unit of was 0.0461 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)

0.0461 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP

Change on year

up 14.8%

Rank

3rd

of 12 groups

All-time high

0.0461 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP

in 2024

All-time low

0.0087 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP

in 1970

Years of data

1970–2024

Debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$), per unit of in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), 1970–2024

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP.

Analysis

The most recent figure for debt service on external debt, total (tds, current us$), per unit of in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) is 0.0461 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 14.8% on the previous year and up 115.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, debt service on external debt, total (tds, current us$), per unit of in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) peaked at 0.0461 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.0087 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP, in 1970.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.

Debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$), per unit of in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), year by year

Annual values for Debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$), per unit of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), 1970 to 2024.
Year	TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	Change
1970	0.0087 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	—
1971	0.0094 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+8.4%
1972	0.0094 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-0.6%
1973	0.0127 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+35.4%
1974	0.0091 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-28.1%
1975	0.0106 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+16.3%
1976	0.0111 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+4.4%
1977	0.0117 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+5.5%
1978	0.0128 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+9.3%
1979	0.0151 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+18.1%
1980	0.0221 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+46.4%
1981	0.0187 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-15.2%
1982	0.0204 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+9.1%
1983	0.024 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+17.7%
1984	0.0329 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+37.0%
1985	0.038 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+15.5%
1986	0.0358 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-5.8%
1987	0.029 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-19.1%
1988	0.0315 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+8.7%
1989	0.0289 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-8.3%
1990	0.0286 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-1.2%
1991	0.0249 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-12.7%
1992	0.0239 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-4.3%
1993	0.0197 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-17.4%
1994	0.0311 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+57.9%
1995	0.0307 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-1.3%
1996	0.0278 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-9.4%
1997	0.0277 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-0.5%
1998	0.0252 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-8.9%
1999	0.0342 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+35.6%
2000	0.0323 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-5.5%
2001	0.0345 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+6.7%
2002	0.0307 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-11.1%
2003	0.0242 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-21.2%
2004	0.0196 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-19.1%
2005	0.0278 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+42.3%
2006	0.0261 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-6.1%
2007	0.0171 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-34.6%
2008	0.0156 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-8.8%
2009	0.0152 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-2.5%
2010	0.0125 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-18.1%
2011	0.0126 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+1.2%
2012	0.0168 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+33.2%
2013	0.0182 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+8.6%
2014	0.0214 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+17.5%
2015	0.0332 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+54.8%
2016	0.0335 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+0.9%
2017	0.0318 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-5.1%
2018	0.0417 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+31.4%
2019	0.038 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-8.8%
2020	0.0374 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-1.7%
2021	0.0383 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+2.5%
2022	0.0383 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-0.0%
2023	0.0402 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+4.8%
2024	0.0461 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+14.8%

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1970s	0.011 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0087 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0151 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
1980s	0.0281 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0187 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.038 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
1990s	0.0274 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0197 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0342 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
2000s	0.0243 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0152 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0345 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
2010s	0.026 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0125 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0417 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
2020s	0.0401 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0374 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0461 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	5

Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

1 El Salvador 0.3319 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
2 Mongolia 0.2278 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
3 Mozambique 0.1995 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
4 Papua New Guinea 0.191 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
5 Suriname 0.1861 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
6 Kazakhstan 0.159 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare

See the full ranking of 133 places →

More external debt data for Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

IFC, private nonguaranteed 590.20 million NFL, US$ (2024)
IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per capita 0.4576 NFL, US$ per person (2024)
IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per unit of GDP 0.0003 NFL, US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per square kilometre 34.76 NFL, US$ per square kilometre (2023)
Public and publicly guaranteed debt service 2.7% (2024)
Net financial flows, IDA 11.51 billion NFL, current US$ (2024)
Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$), per capita 8.92 NFL, current US$ per person (2024)
Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0058 NFL, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
Net financial flows, IBRD 3.82 billion NFL, current US$ (2024)
Public and publicly guaranteed debt service 8.9% (2024)

All data for Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) →

Frequently asked questions

What is debt service on external debt, total (tds, current us$), per unit of in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?: Debt service on external debt, total (tds, current us$), per unit of in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) was 0.0461 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest debt service on external debt, total (tds, current us$), per unit of recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?: The highest recorded value was 0.0461 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2024.
What is the lowest debt service on external debt, total (tds, current us$), per unit of recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?: The lowest recorded value was 0.0087 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 1970.
How does Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank for debt service on external debt, total (tds, current us$), per unit of?: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 3rd out of 12 groups with data for 2024.
Is debt service on external debt, total (tds, current us$), per unit of rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?: Over the last ten years it is up 115.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) data come from?: The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 55 observations, free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page.

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$), per unit of in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income). Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 11 September 2026, from https://debt.statizoid.com/stat/debt-service-on-external-debt-total-tds-current-us-per-unit-of-gdp/sub-saharan-africa-excluding-high-income/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://debt.statizoid.com/stat/debt-service-on-external-debt-total-tds-current-us-per-unit-of-gdp/sub-saharan-africa-excluding-high-income/">Debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$), per unit of in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)</a> — Statizoid

How this figure is calculated

Debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$) ÷ GDP (current US$)

Computed from

Debt service on external debt, total International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB)
GDP Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks

Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.

About this data

Indicator: Debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$), per unit of GDP
Unit: TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 133 places, 6,252 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed: 26 August 2026

Debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.