Interest due, total long-term and short term, including IMF per BOP (current US$) by country
Interest due is actual amounts of interest due in currency, goods, or services in the year specified.
Countries reporting
49
Highest
3.08 billion current US$
South Africa
Lowest
-182,835 current US$
Sao Tome and Principe
Median
23.56 million current US$
Years covered
49
1963–2011
Data points
1,655
What the numbers show
Interest due, total long-term and short term, including IMF per BOP (current US$) is currently reported for 49 countries. The highest value is 3.08 billion current US$ in South Africa; the lowest is -182,835 current US$ in Sao Tome and Principe.
The median across all reporting countries is 23.56 million current US$, and the mean is 256.92 million current US$.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 16,852.
Over the past decade 18 countries rose and 28 fell. The largest increase was in Djibouti (up 997.0%), and the largest decrease in Sao Tome and Principe (down 106.8%).
Interest due, total long-term and short term, including IMF per BOP: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 3.08 billion current US$ | 2011 | up 57.6% | volatile |
| 2 | Nigeria | 1.97 billion current US$ | 1999 | down 16.3% | volatile |
| 3 | Sudan | 1.18 billion current US$ | 2009 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 4 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.12 billion current US$ | 2011 | up 56.9% | volatile |
| 5 | Egypt, Arab Rep. | 1.10 billion current US$ | 2011 | up 59.6% | rising |
| 6 | Morocco | 778.45 million current US$ | 2011 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 7 | Angola | 744.31 million current US$ | 2011 | up 38.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Tunisia | 669.44 million current US$ | 2011 | up 37.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Zimbabwe | 456.02 million current US$ | 2011 | up 196.9% | volatile |
| 10 | Ethiopia | 229.27 million current US$ | 2011 | up 227.5% | volatile |
| 11 | Ghana | 223.49 million current US$ | 2011 | up 101.9% | rising |
| 12 | Mozambique | 146.17 million current US$ | 2011 | down 36.2% | volatile |
| 13 | Senegal | 128.64 million current US$ | 2011 | up 107.5% | volatile |
| 14 | Algeria | 116.01 million current US$ | 2009 | down 90.2% | volatile |
| 15 | Equatorial Guinea | 70.00 million current US$ | 1999 | up 790.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Tanzania | 69.68 million current US$ | 2011 | down 54.3% | falling |
| 17 | Kenya | 53.00 million current US$ | 2011 | down 52.3% | volatile |
| 18 | Guinea | 44.99 million current US$ | 2011 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 19 | Zambia | 44.80 million current US$ | 2011 | down 74.8% | volatile |
| 20 | Uganda | 34.43 million current US$ | 2011 | down 29.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Mali | 34.36 million current US$ | 2011 | up 78.8% | rising |
| 22 | Mauritania | 34.26 million current US$ | 2011 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 23 | Mauritius | 26.13 million current US$ | 2011 | down 55.0% | falling |
| 24 | Burkina Faso | 25.32 million current US$ | 2011 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 25 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | 23.56 million current US$ | 2011 | down 94.3% | falling |
| 26 | Congo, Rep. | 21.91 million current US$ | 2011 | down 89.0% | volatile |
| 27 | Madagascar | 18.41 million current US$ | 2011 | down 42.7% | volatile |
| 28 | Chad | 16.82 million current US$ | 2005 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 29 | Namibia | 16.57 million current US$ | 2011 | up 292.7% | volatile |
| 30 | Central African Republic | 13.76 million current US$ | 1999 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Burundi | 13.27 million current US$ | 2005 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 32 | Botswana | 12.43 million current US$ | 2011 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 33 | Eswatini | 11.20 million current US$ | 2011 | down 28.2% | volatile |
| 34 | Lesotho | 10.10 million current US$ | 2011 | down 37.3% | volatile |
| 35 | Benin | 10.00 million current US$ | 2005 | down 80.2% | falling |
| 36 | Malawi | 8.90 million current US$ | 2011 | down 69.6% | volatile |
| 37 | Niger | 8.47 million current US$ | 2009 | down 72.7% | volatile |
| 38 | Rwanda | 8.11 million current US$ | 2011 | down 44.6% | falling |
| 39 | Togo | 7.52 million current US$ | 2011 | down 66.5% | falling |
| 40 | Djibouti | 5.20 million current US$ | 2004 | up 997.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Eritrea | 3.30 million current US$ | 1999 | — | volatile |
| 42 | Comoros | 1.49 million current US$ | 2009 | down 29.0% | volatile |
| 43 | Liberia | 1.39 million current US$ | 2011 | down 99.0% | falling |
| 44 | Guinea-Bissau | 427,912 current US$ | 2011 | down 96.3% | volatile |
| 45 | Gambia, The | 300,000 current US$ | 1979 | — | volatile |
| 46 | Cabo Verde | 200,000 current US$ | 1980 | — | volatile |
| 47 | Sierra Leone | 0 current US$ | 2011 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 47 | Gabon | 0 current US$ | 2011 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Sao Tome and Principe | -182,835 current US$ | 2011 | down 106.8% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Africa 9.18 billion current US$
- Sub-Saharan Africa 6.63 billion current US$
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 6.63 billion current US$
- Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria 3.55 billion current US$
- Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa 3.55 billion current US$
- North Africa 2.55 billion current US$
About this data
Interest due is actual amounts of interest due in currency, goods, or services in the year specified.