What is the highest external debt stocks, long-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?

The highest recorded value was 0.4719 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 1994.

What is the lowest external debt stocks, long-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?

The lowest recorded value was 0.0818 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 1970.

How does Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank for external debt stocks, long-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp?

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

Is external debt stocks, long-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?

Over the last ten years it is up 69.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

External debt stocks, long-term (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

Name: External debt stocks, long-term (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP 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): External debt stocks, long-term (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP was 0.3547 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)

0.3547 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP

Change on year

up 9.7%

Rank

3rd

of 12 groups

All-time high

0.4719 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP

in 1994

All-time low

0.0818 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP

in 1970

Years of data

1970–2024

External debt stocks, long-term (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), 1970–2024

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

Analysis

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) recorded 0.3547 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP for external debt stocks, long-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.7% on the previous year and up 69.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, external debt stocks, long-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) peaked at 0.4719 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 1994 and was at its lowest, 0.0818 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP, in 1970.

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

External debt stocks, long-term (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), year by year

Annual values for External debt stocks, long-term (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), 1970 to 2024.
Year	DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	Change
1970	0.0818 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	—
1971	0.102 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+24.7%
1972	0.1027 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+0.7%
1973	0.1035 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+0.7%
1974	0.1008 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-2.6%
1975	0.1079 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+7.1%
1976	0.1132 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+4.9%
1977	0.1314 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+16.0%
1978	0.1518 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+15.6%
1979	0.156 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+2.8%
1980	0.155 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-0.7%
1981	0.1293 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-16.5%
1982	0.1605 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+24.1%
1983	0.1991 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+24.1%
1984	0.2296 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+15.3%
1985	0.2863 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+24.7%
1986	0.3716 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+29.8%
1987	0.4186 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+12.6%
1988	0.4038 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-3.5%
1989	0.4133 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+2.3%
1990	0.3926 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-5.0%
1991	0.3802 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-3.2%
1992	0.4128 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+8.6%
1993	0.4295 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+4.0%
1994	0.4719 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+9.9%
1995	0.3891 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-17.5%
1996	0.3374 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-13.3%
1997	0.3163 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-6.2%
1998	0.3194 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+1.0%
1999	0.4179 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+30.8%
2000	0.412 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-1.4%
2001	0.4169 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+1.2%
2002	0.4321 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+3.7%
2003	0.3759 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-13.0%
2004	0.3144 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-16.4%
2005	0.2361 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-24.9%
2006	0.1571 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-33.5%
2007	0.1574 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+0.2%
2008	0.1445 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-8.2%
2009	0.1723 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+19.2%
2010	0.172 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-0.2%
2011	0.1759 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+2.3%
2012	0.1877 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+6.7%
2013	0.1971 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+5.0%
2014	0.2099 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+6.5%
2015	0.245 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+16.7%
2016	0.3028 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+23.6%
2017	0.3225 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+6.5%
2018	0.3204 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-0.6%
2019	0.3028 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-5.5%
2020	0.3409 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+12.6%
2021	0.3091 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-9.3%
2022	0.2905 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-6.0%
2023	0.3234 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+11.3%
2024	0.3547 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+9.7%

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1970s	0.1151 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0818 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.156 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
1980s	0.2767 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.1293 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.4186 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
1990s	0.3867 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.3163 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.4719 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
2000s	0.2819 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.1445 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.4321 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
2010s	0.2436 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.172 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.3225 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
2020s	0.3237 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.2905 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.3547 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP	5

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

1 Mozambique 2.96 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
2 Lebanon 1.82 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
3 Mongolia 1.49 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
4 Senegal 1.26 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
5 Montenegro 1.01 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
6 Bhutan 1.01 DOD, 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 external debt stocks, long-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?: External debt stocks, long-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) was 0.3547 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest external debt stocks, long-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?: The highest recorded value was 0.4719 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 1994.
What is the lowest external debt stocks, long-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?: The lowest recorded value was 0.0818 DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 1970.
How does Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank for external debt stocks, long-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp?: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 3rd out of 12 groups with data for 2024.
Is external debt stocks, long-term (dod, current us$), per unit of gdp rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?: Over the last ten years it is up 69.0%. 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 External debt stocks, long-term (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: External debt stocks, long-term (DOD, current US$), per unit of GDP
Unit: DOD, current US$ per US$ of GDP
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 133 places, 6,263 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed: 27 August 2026

External debt stocks, long-term (DOD, 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.